Relishing Windows 7

Few days back, I downloaded and installed the evaluation copy of Windows 7.

I had read a lot of good reviews about Windows 7 on blogs claiming that it is much more stable that its predecessor (Vista) and thought of giving it a try.

The evaluation copy (build 7100) is freely available from Microsoft site. I downloaded the 64 bit version (3.05 GB iso image), which is the ultimate edition and takes around 8GB hard disk space.
My PC has a "AMD Athlon 64 x 2 dual core 5200+ 2.7GHZ" processor with 2GB RAM.

The only one drawback that I found of Windows 7 is that there is no direct upgrade support from Windows XP. So, I had to backup my data and go for a fresh install.

The installation was smooth. I expected it to take an hour, but, it installed in cool 20 min.
The changes that Microsoft did appears right from the installation screen which unlike the dull blue screen of Windows XP has full graphics UI.
Even the boot-up is much faster than Windows XP. I liked the way Windows logo comes up the most. It's like 4 light beams coming together in a fusion.

I never tried Vista but have seen people using it. I found Windows 7 to be much faster and reliable even when this is just an evaluation version.
I would highly suggest to give it a try.