I installed Windows 7... and I jizzed in my pants

Well, my installation was a little less than painless, although there is the possiblity that my CD-RW/DVD combo drive just isn't a fan of DVD+RW. Got it installed, and have had mostly minimal trouble. Mainly I had to fight with my Bluetooth drivers and I'm still not sure if I have my Bluetooth working right or not.

Couple tips (sorry if you've already mentioned it):

• If you're trying to install a Vista driver and it gives you crap, try Troubleshoot Compatibility in the context (right-click) menu and run it as Vista.
• DO NOT use the ATI Catalyst 8.12 Windows 7 Preview driver. It's much easier just to use the 9.1 Vista driver and the Vista driver actually supports CrossFire if you're running it. 8.12 W7 Pre gave me crashes, unrecognized devices, and more.

"I really think there going to come out and be all like

"APRIL FOOLZ,,,THIS IS REALLY VISTA GUYZ THAT WE SHOULD OF MADE"

no but seriously, Windows 7 is like vista without the whoring of RAM."

I'm installing W7 to my external hard drive, so I'll be triple booting W7, Ubuntu and vista.

If anybody's curious about non-destructive repartitioning software, I recommend GParted (it's free!). Do note that ALL repartitioning software carries the risk of damaging or destroying your data, so always be sure to backup irreplaceable data before using it.

EDIT: I should mention that this is the repartitioning software Ubuntu uses in its installer.

Alert! Alert! If you like playing any Punkbuster games, you may want to keep a separate XP/Vista partition. Punkbuster currently hates W7 and have stated they will not support it until it's released. Some games may not have trouble with this, but CoD4 and BF2 do, with workarounds having varying degrees of success.

"If anybody's curious about non-destructive repartitioning software, I recommend GParted (it's free!). Do note that ALL repartitioning software carries the risk of damaging or destroying your data, so always be sure to backup irreplaceable data before using it.

EDIT: I should mention that this is the repartitioning software Ubuntu uses in its installer."