After saying I didn’t want to change and a mostly fun time with Ubuntu 9.04, I’ve installed Windows 7 on my laptop to see what all the fuss is about. And I must say that after Vista, Win 7 is a big improvement… It feels lighter and faster! And after Ubuntu it’s so nice to be able to play YouTube videos without flickers etc, and although I haven’t tried yet, I am expecting to enjoy being able to control my laptop with LogMeIn again.

I have had no driver issues and everything is working as expected. I have grown a liking for some of the Open Source programs that were included with Ubuntu and have installed them onto my Windows 7 laptop. The Gimp (image editor) and Open Office (MSOffice alternative) are the most notable, along with Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird and I am sure I will find others. VirtualBox to run a Virtual copy of Linux perhaps…

So, to summarise, for the basic stuff I have been using it for Win 7 is very cool and I’d recommend for people to upgrade if they get the chance. It seems to be ‘friendlier’ to my system, not stealing all the resources just because it can…