Hi, Matt -

"Rushed to release" is probably the wrong phrase; how about "greatly accelerated schedule". As I recall, Win7 was originally to be released in 2010, but after Vista had so many issues and folks didn't take to it, Microsoft decided to speed up development and here's Win7 less than two years later. Most people really only used Vista because their new machines came with it, but check the vendor discussion boards to see how many people downgraded back to XP. Also, check the vendor discussion boards to see the number of problems folks have had, especially those using Vista to make music.

Once I got SP2 for Vista installed, my system is pretty stable now and I have very few problems.

Also, I wasn't implying at all that Win7 wasn't tested well, nor was I implying that it's not stable. Comments here and elsewhere indicate that it is very stable, and so it really is what Vista should have been (but wasn't) in the first place.

I just feel like I'm paying for a brand new full operating system, not an upgrade. If I want to go from Vista Ultimate to Win7 Ultimate, it will cost on the order of $219. That's the same price it will cost someone to upgrade from Vista Home to Win7 Ultimate. In contrast, the Apple folks got to pay $29 to go to Snow Leopard. I could live with that.

I'm just griping mildly among friends here. I don't want to start an O/S war or generate any flaming. I just wanted to get it off my chest. I hope folks take it that way.

John

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