ANyone tried Windows 7 yet?

[ExpatinIstanbul]

This is right, as MS have been told they can no longer ship IE with the O/S there will be no upgrade path to Windows 7, you will have to install from scratch

They can stick it up their arse then. I'm beginning to think 7 will be the last of the big MS OSes, others will start to catch up and overtake, particularly if the business world's reliance on Office begins to move in favour of open source.

 

[GS Bloke]

They can stick it up their arse then. I'm beginning to think 7 will be the last of the big MS OSes, others will start to catch up and overtake, particularly if the business world's reliance on Office begins to move in favour of open source.

Open Source will never be a leader in desktop O/S's. Compaines are not confident in the levels of support and the learning curve for Windows users to go Open will be massive and the training will make it unfeasable.
Then there are the apps that businesses need to run - they won't work on Open Source.
I have tried to use uBuntu, and WINE to run MS Office, but it just wasn't to be, too many crashes and time wasted looking for printer drivers etc.
I am running Windows 7, and it is worth the upgrade if you are using Vista as it is much faster and more reliable.
You will be able to download and install IE8, it's just not installed by default.
I am a fan of Open Source, but it has it's place.

 

[ExpatinIstanbul]

Open Source will never be a leader in desktop O/S's. Compaines are not confident in the levels of support and the learning curve for Windows users to go Open will be massive and the training will make it unfeasable.
Then there are the apps that businesses need to run - they won't work on Open Source.
I have tried to use uBuntu, and WINE to run MS Office, but it just wasn't to be, too many crashes and time wasted looking for printer drivers etc.
I am running Windows 7, and it is worth the upgrade if you are using Vista as it is much faster and more reliable.
You will be able to download and install IE8, it's just not installed by default.
I am a fan of Open Source, but it has it's place.

I'm not saying it's possible to switch over straight away, there's still quite some way to go before Microsoft's dominance can be displaced. I've been trying to use Openoffice as an alternative to Office, but there's still too much difference in the interface and menu structure to make it feasible for me to roll it out within my business. But, I can see the day when an open source product will appear, that will offer small businesses such as mine the opportunity to switch without too many headaches, and that will run alongside a much simpler and stripped down OS.

I for one will not bother with windows 7, as I see no need and I won't be held to ransom any more by Microsoft's binding licensing structure.