Will you be an early adopter of Windows 7?

[Kaitlyn]

Just wondering what your plans are! My computer has been having a lot of problems recently so I was going to buy a new computer/parts in the near future. Thought about just waiting until Win7 is out and use that rather than the hassle/potential problems of updating.

On the flipside, am wondering if it's worth waiting or even going straight to win7 at right away regardless. It seems to be a big change - what if it's actually full of problems?

I know/have seen plenty of Win7 installs and a lot of people really do like it, but just wondering if being an early adopter is a wise decision...

[matradley]

Already adopted. 2xPCs and 1xlaptop. Between the three, I am running 1 x64 and 2 x86 copies of Win 7. I have had no problem with the installation and configuration. In fact, Win 7 was able to find, pretty much, all of the drivers on its own (mind you, you would want to provide the proper video card drivers).

[luthair]

I've been running RTM (MDSNAA) on a laptop since mid-august with no issues.

I've been planning on moving my desktop to Windows 7 when I had a bit of time, but recently I've been considering holding off until I buy an SSD.

[jollyeskimo]

Going to shell out for the family pack if it becomes available as reported... I've seen enough of the beta and RC that I have no qualms upgrading everything in the house (except perhaps the netbook) to it.

Beta/RC is early adopting... barring some fairly catastrophic issues, it's a pretty safe bet as far as I'm concerned.

[Kasakato]

I am running Win 7 RC on both my laptop and desktop, plus RTM on the netbook. Works fine.

[bimmer009]

Using Win7 on my laptop, and it's faster than XP and more stable.

[Seiphas]

I've been using Windows 7 x64 RTM on the desktop for the past couple months, and it's a tad faster than Vista. For those who think that XP would be faster, it isn't, because it can't handle the majority of the hardware in my computer. Windows 7 isn't that much faster in terms of speed, but in terms of User Interface refinement, it's definitely up there. Finding stuff, as much as I hate to say this, is far easier, and the redesigned taskbar is definitely worth the upgrade.

I haven't had any issues with it crashing, and considering the stuff I do on it, that's pretty surprising.

[Hairball]

I will wait for a little bit. For example the Intel GMA 950 drivers on my laptop weren't completed yet, and there was a limitation of functions.

I haven't attempted using it on my desktop yet though. But from my experience it seems alright, but I don't think it's really a humongous difference compared to Vista which I've used for over 2 years now.

[SinCron]

I already have mine and an official key. Just waiting for my new rig.

[zod]

I'm guessing i'll be replacing my computer within a year. So I don't see the point of sticking windows 7 on my current computer, and I'll just make sure my new one gets an OEM copy of windows 7 on it.

[Gloaming]

I'll be building a new one in November and it will get Windows 7.

[Mprezd]

Running it on my dell x1 laptop. Bit disappointed as there is no video driver even though there was on the RC. Have 3 other keys to use and will do the desktop when I decide to rebuild it. Wouldn't mind waiting for a 2nd ssd first though.

[vdub07]

Running legit x64 rtm here... some minor driver issues but nothing that is a real problem.

[Badman]

My main desktop was running xp but needed a reformat, so I had gotten a MSDNAA key for 64bit. Installed it and never looked back.

Also just bought a laptop with 32bit vista with the free upgrade to windows 7 when it officially releases, but I couldn't wait and installed my own 64bit copy for now.

Hate vista and xp is really getting outdated. Great OS and I used mac OSX but im not a huge fan of it.

[ji_howa]

running Win 7 64 bit, all good except no proper drivers for my wireless lan card... getting lots of packet loss and disconnections