I love Windows 7, and I'm a retired computer science prof who has used everything since well before DOS.

My test system has been running the release candidate, 32-bit, since early summer. It is smooth, powerful, and just as fast as XP without most of the annoyances of Vista. Currently, my production system has the full Windows 7 Professional 32-bit. At the moment, there are too many certified drivers missing unavailable for 64-bit, but that will change soon.

For a netbook, though, I'm not so sure. Run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to check that your system meets the minimum requirements. It is also useful to run this on your desktop to check driver compatibility. My Toshiba N250 netbook (cool little PC) would just barely be able to run Windows 7.


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