I prefer 7 all the way. Don't have to run into all this administrator poo poo, and lousy compatibility with Vista.  It was also a bit nasty on less than optimal systems.Windows 7 has fixed most of that, and made everything quite intuitive, while at the same time, allowing you to take control exactly as you need it, depending on the circumstances. Had to work on a pc with vista a day ago, and just the amount of poo poo it was giving me was the annoying part. I knew what I had to do to fix the problem, but vista was refusing to cooperate. I do XP and 7 only now. 7 also allows for quite a lot of dumbed down parts, like diagnosing an internet connection, which fixes it prob 90% of the time. I'm really all around happy with 7. So glad I got it.