Though in thinking about it, MS probably should have brought it in at $30 for the first year. Really clear the decks of most Vista and XP machines. For the most part XP does what the average consumer needs it to do.
Yes it does that very well indeed. I'm a happy XP customer since 2001.
Windows7 just gets it done faster, prettier, and without all those BSOD events.
I don't have to restart W7 but rarely. It plays well with all my other programs and drivers.
I think people will like it a lot.