It dropped today, has anyone had the chance to install it yet?
 
I've been running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit from my MSDN account for the last month and it's been a blast to use so far.  The number of things that are now built into windows(file sharing, icon based taskbar, file browsing) is impressive.  I didn't have to install a single driver either on my home machine or my work laptop. 
 
 Post your thoughts in here, so far it's been a dream to use.

I have been using Windows 7 for about a month as well. Overall it just feels like windows vista 2nd edition. Which is not a complaint since i had no issues with vista for the 2+years i had been using it.

i've been using it for like a year and I love it but sadly now i use a mac but i still game on my pc and love it for that

For anyone with a .edu email address, Microsoft is offering Windows 7 Home Premium and Professional for $30.  I'm definitely taking up on this offer later this year.
 
http://www.win741.com

wow that's a really good deal, might have to hit that up!

" For anyone with a .edu email address, Microsoft is offering Windows 7 Home Premium and Professional for $30.  I'm definitely taking up on this offer later this year.
 
http://www.win741.com "

" @CitizenKane said:

" For anyone with a .edu email address, Microsoft is offering Windows 7 Home Premium and Professional for $30.  I'm definitely taking up on this offer later this year.
 
http://www.win741.com "

That's totally how I got it - downloaded it this morning! Works great. "

Other than for gaming, I still see no compelling reason to be drawn away from OSX, Debian/Slackware, and Solaris which are all my daily preferred environments. (This isn't insinuating an OS religious debate, but demonstrating the lack of generated interest about a particular platform's release over the tendency for excitement surrounding others, for some reason). Further, I don't see anything about Windows 7 that is currently compelling enough to make me bother upgrading from XP on the windows partition (which is only used for the occasional game).
 
Even if I lived and breathed a Windows environment, I don't think that Windows 7 would excite me. I get excited over new versions of OSX and Solaris and new linux kernels and new Debian releases (you know, every blue moon when one of those actually occurs), but each version of Windows has always seemed far less interesting than the previous one.
 
I don't have any qualms with Windows or Windows users (though I detest the operating system on a number of technical merits that the typical user doesn't give a fuck about), but even if I didn't have needs that far exceeded Windows (development, debugging, scripting, living in the shell, open data and source access, etc), I think I would have been underwhelmed and let down by both the Vista and Windows 7 released. And I was a guy who got a little excited the morning of Windows 95's release and even XP/2000 and fondly recall a time when I was beta testing NT 3.5 (oooh!).
 
Part of it may just be that each version of Windows since the first release of XP has seemed like nothing more than a small iteration essentially going nowhere. Like the difference between an 2006 model car and a 2007 model car. Not enough to care about. I know I was certainly excited (like many others) back when Microsoft was aiming to do rather revolutionary (for Microsoft, at least) things with the core of their operating system, storage, data indexing, retrieval, scheduling and other things. But all that seems to have gone by the way-side for . . . well, for whatever they're shoving out now.

It's great...

Also using Windows 7 Ultimate from my student MSDN
 
love it so far, very work efficient in its layout with minor tweaks.
 has a very nice minimalist look.
 
wishing i had a bit more ram and firefox support (4GB)

Picked up an OEM copy for a system build at Newegg. Yet to install, but will give it a go this weekend

Still using the RTC version of Windows 7, but I'm definitely going to pick it up whenever I build my new PC next year.

"For anyone with a .edu email address, Microsoft is offering Windows 7 Home Premium and Professional for $30.  I'm definitely taking up on this offer later this year.
 
http://www.win741.com "

I'm wary of touching it until at least Service Pack 1 is released, honestly.

It is awesome.  I installed it on my notebook that used to have Vista, and it is so much faster now.  It's very fast, clean, and efficient.  I love how it organizes the taskbar or whatever you call it at the bottom there, it keeps the work space as clean as possible.  I'd definitely prefer this over XP, it feels so much better organized.

Got it today for free. No, not that way. My university is part of the MSDNAA program that gives us access to almost every MS software without paying anything.  
 
I chose to go with the 32 bit version since my laptop is kind of dated and only has 2 gigs of RAM. Is anyone here running the 64 bit version ? I heard a lot of  2-3 year old games have issues running on the 64bit version.
 
@Branthog:  To be honest, the only difference I found between Vista and 7 has been in terms of performance. 7 is noticeably faster when running multiple apps, while still maintaining the pretty interface from Vista. There's really no need to shell out 200 bucks for it yet but if you happen to buy a new PC or can get a deal somewhere, I would definitely recommend picking it up because MS is sure to stop supporting Xp sometime in the near future.
 
PS: To everyone buying the student version ($30) - beware of the Digital River service, their download manager is really crappy and they don't have a customer service phone line (only an online form which bugs out 9/10 times).

man, windows 7 looks pretty fcuking sweet, and this is coming from an apple fanboy.

What I don't understand is why "Windows 7 upgrade" is $129. 
 
Vista -> 7 isn't $129 worth of improvements.

" What I don't understand is why "Windows 7 upgrade" is $129.   Vista -> 7 isn't $129 worth of improvements. "

" For anyone with a .edu email address, Microsoft is offering Windows 7 Home Premium and Professional for $30.  I'm definitely taking up on this offer later this year.
 
http://www.win741.com "

" Other than for gaming, I still see no compelling reason to be drawn away from OSX, Debian/Slackware, and Solaris which are all my daily preferred environments. (This isn't insinuating an OS religious debate, but demonstrating the lack of generated interest about a particular platform's release over the tendency for excitement surrounding others, for some reason). Further, I don't see anything about Windows 7 that is currently compelling enough to make me bother upgrading from XP on the windows partition (which is only used for the occasional game)...   

" For anyone with a .edu email address, Microsoft is offering Windows 7 Home Premium and Professional for $30.  I'm definitely taking up on this offer later this year.
 
http://www.win741.com "

i have been using the betas of windows 7 for since april, and i have had the full version for about a month or so now.  I never have really had a problem with windows ever since the bad ol days of 98'.  But, after getting over my initial WOW factor of how it looked (and i do still love the glass window effect in aero), I find myself wondering just how much of and innovation this is, and not just another iteration.
 
I naturally got my version of windows 7 for free, thanks to them sweet torrents, but if anyone were to complain about piracy, know that I am one of those people who only pirates things I would NEVER buy.  I never have and NEVER will buy a new operating system for a computer that isnt new.  And I dont feel I am alone in this.  No one I know would ever think to pay $130-$220 or whatever it may be, to upgrade a piece of software, when you can buy a brand new PC, that aint too shabby, for $400...  HELL, i bought my computer for 400 bucks a year ago, quad 2.4 Ghz cores, 2 gig ram.  Are you going to tell me that my OS was even a quarter of the cost?   Dont think so!  Its lunacy what some people will pay for. So therefore, since i would never buy it, Microsoft doesnt make any money off me either way.
 
Plus OSX did all that "new windows" stuff forever ago...  Same with microsofts newfangled stores.  Just a bunch on copycats.  I truly wish microsoft would innovate, and not just play catchup all century long...

" @Killjoy: I'm running games like Grim Fandango, Baldur's Gate, and Icewind Dale without a problem on Windows 7 x64. "

does anyone know if theres any way to turn off mouse acceleration in windows 7? (dont try to answer this unless you know what mouse acc is and how to turn it off in xp)

Got Windows 7 today, I was pretty happy with windows Vista 64, but man Windows 7 just ripped that OS apart, I notice every change and detail they made and love it.  One thing that I wasn't sure I would like was the new taskbar, but playing around with it I love it.  Everything is quit and snappy, I think my comp is finally running the way it always should of.

i'll stick to my vista

" i'll stick to my vista "

Mine's in the mail, got it for free with my new PC. 

I've been using it for a few weeks from MSDN as well. 64bit professional. Honestly? I don't see much difference from Vista. I don't really like the new bar and control panel is absolutly fucked.
 
Glad I only use windows for steam.

" @Ahmad_Metallic said:

" i'll stick to my vista "

me too, for now at least... "