Actually one of the great improvements with 7 is improved backwards functionality with software and components, but hey lets not let facts get in the way.
I'd just be happy if they offered a cheap and easy upgrade from Vista to XP.
If 7 is equal to or better than XP, great. If it's merely better than Vista, I won't waste my money.
Really? I loaded the latest Win7 Beta and my NIC dropped dead. No driver available for it in the latest release.
Same NIC worked flawlessly in XP SP2/SP3 and Vista Business Premium.
It's a Marvell Yukon Gig-E NIC onboard a Shuttle SG31G2. Any ideas? I looked around for a few hours trying to find anything to help me get the NIC going to no avail. The Win7 Interface is a little cleaner (and faster.) I loaded up my most commonly used software and noticed a smaller memory footprint vs. a similar configuration in Vista Business Ultimate. That's a step in the right direction for MS anyway....