i just installed dualbooting to ubuntu fully when 9 came out. and i try 7  RC1 on the same pc.

it's still a vista make over,  7 was still memory hungry and ate cpu cycles like crazy.

Win7 is really what Vista should have been. Nothing more.

Yeah, and for 50 dollars, XP owners who game can finally upgrade and use DX10, and all the modern features they missed when they skipped Vista. Vista owners, for 50 bucks, can increase the speed of their computer, and get some more streamlined new features.

50 dollars is the right price.

Man, that computer you say has really low specs and a slow processer. It is not made to use modern programs anyway. Of course it doesn't need a gaming/business OS.

You can buy that computer for less than you can buy Windows 7.

I have been using Windows 7 on my laptop since day 1 of Beta, and have been using it on my whole network since day 1 of the Release Candidate. It is damn solid. Let me count the ways:

1) It runs great on my $600 laptop that has a pretty wimpy dual core and 1 Ghz of RAM. This same laptop really struggled with Vista, which is what shipped on the laptop. As soon as I switched it to Windows 7, my issues with long boot ups and long waits to be able to start using the machine were solved. I get to my desktop much quicker, and it is responsive right away. My tower is a gaming tower, so it handled Vista and Windows 7 without breaking a sweat. Most of my testing has been on a laptop that had no business running Vista. This is NOT NOT NOT a new skin installed over the top of Windows Vista. Changes have been made "under the hood" on this OS and there is a noticeable performance improvement. That is the single most important thing to remember.

2) The new toolbar is awesome. Just use it. You'll see.

3) I am blown away by the new media functionality. You can now access your media library over an internet connection......and it works REALLY well. I've tried it out in several different situations, and it is seamless. You just open up your media player and there's your stuff. Even HD video streams damn near flawlessly just as if you were sitting in your own network. (This could probably be added to Vista too, but I don't know/remember if it's reliant on the new Homegroup feature or not.)

4) Homegroups make it much easier for Joe Schmoe to set up a network.

5) For some reason I was never able to get Vista to let me sync up with my 360 as a Media Center Extender, and it's working beautifully in Windows 7.

6) It will have free Windows XP virtualization in some of the skus.

7) Even in its release candidate status, it NEVER crashes. (Vista is actually pretty good about that too, despite what the Apple commercials tell you.)

8) It's going to be priced lower than Vista was at retail.

9) One of the biggest Vista haters/detractors I have ever met is blown away by Windows 7's performance increases and compatibility improvements, therefore I don't have to listen to him bitch anymore.

10) It looks sexy.

So there you have it. That's just my top ten list. I have more, but maybe that will be another day. Windows 7 is already getting a lot of positive feedback from casual users brave enough to beta test as well as IT professionals. It's going to sell well, and I'm thinking will give MS back some of the credibility that it lost with Vista. (For the record, I really liked Vista, because I actually used it for longer than a month after launch and didn't listen to the Apple ads.)

I bought the cheapest "main" SKU, and basically the only thing that was missing was the XP emulation(that MS says anyway). I don't need that, and thus, I'm getting this awesome new OS for 50 freakin' dollars...and I can't wait.

My desktop handles Vista without a hitch. That said, I am just getting it for the new features, sexy look, and increased gaming/multimedia performance.

Plus, it has some cool innovations, like the desktop peek.

You got a link to this $50 Win7?

@Zenfoldor

Sounding pretty good although I think I will wait for some feedback first before upgrading. I'm using XP Pro at the moment and it's flawless.

I've been running the release candidate of Win 7 on both my laptop and desktop; it is stable, slick and packed with cool features.

I've had no trouble with drivers on either of my systems and have had no trouble with steam or any of my non-steam games on my desktop (don't game on my laptop).

All in all I'd heartily recommend this upgrade and have personally reserved two copies to replace the RC I'm running now.

it's old pc but perfomance wise xp still better.

but any linux distribution have all thoe modern features and can run all the effects on a  old pc than dual core 1gb+ vista/7.

50$ it's only the preorder price its 100$ home basic and 200 for home premium.

120$ it's the real price and for upgraders from vista.

i wonder how much microsoft invest in trying to make people believe windows 7 it's a perfect windows, when really just what vista should have been from the beginning considering the C mess windows is and the perfomace they can get from that code.

have anyone seen the Internet Explorer 8 is better than firefox, safari , and chrome? microsoft 7 vs 3 points firefox, with things like security, speeds and standards.

come on!