I'll wait for 7.1...

...unless the Linux world gets it's act together, then it'll be HELLOOOOOOOO penguin at home. Yeah, guess it'll be 7.1 after all. Hey ho. (I can hear the fanbois massing now...*)

Never install a version 0 of any product, just don't do it. Let the early adopters have all the problems and then pick up the working version in the sp1 release. It was true of Vista, XP and it will be true of 7 too.

I've had the misfortune of having to suffer Vista and 2008 Server at work (first action? Make it as XP-like as possible). Biggest gripe? The bloody start orb. I hate that interface in KDE and I hate it in Windows - just how many clicks is it to get to what you want? I also dislike the whole user authentication thing.

It was pretty jarring when I started using Linux where it seemed like every 5 minutes I was getting asked for a password. Of course, that was because I was fiddling around, now I am simply using it, I hardly ever get challenged (except for updates etc). What does Vista do? OK/Cancel. WHAT? I could be any moron with physical access, ask for the bloody password!

The whole 7 UI is just fugly. So much wasted space and so frustrating; it's like the "hide the option" feature of the start orb is the pervading mantra for the entire design.

Actually...I think I've just talked myself into staying with XP.

*I don't want much, just an X that can be easily configured to allow me to set which display is the "master", not the first one found, or the one "above" or whatever unconfigurable madness X uses. Also VPN support**, the ability to use my printer, my webcam, all the buttons on my mouse. Y'know, the little things that "just work" in Windows. Yes, I know some of this is not the fault of Linux per se, it's the OEMs not creating drivers or releasing source; but that does not change the fact that Linux does cannot do what I want/need.

**Yes, I know about OpenSwan etc; it doesn't work with Checkpoint.