I’ve installed Windows 7 on 2 laptops today.  One was an old Averatec, which Ashley is using these days.  It has been cantankerous when installing OSs before, so I expected the worst.  It worked flawlessly.  Even used the Windows XP drivers for the wireless card that I could not get to work with anything other than XP.

After this success, I decided to go for it on the Dell Inspiron 640m that I use daily.  This is a production laptop – my only computer on weekends – and I was apprehensive.  Every single thing has been painless.  It even recognized the wireless card, and after a connection to Windows Update, all device drivers were loaded.

So, how does it perform, Tom?  Well, I’ve spent a few hours with it downloading software for my laptop, surfing the web, etc. and it has not missed a beat.  Even the UAC is not as annoying as it was with Vista.  In fact, I think it may actually run faster on 7 than XP.  I’m even using Aero.

Your mileage may vary of course, but when time allows I intend to shift the desktop over as well.

While writing this, I was listening to "Looney Tunes" by Grooveyard