I have been running Win7 on my other computer for a little while now. Here is the deal: Yea, its "better", but I think when people say "Windows 7 is better" they should add "in relation to Vista". In reality, Win7 is pretty much Vista 2, but MS knows no one is going to ever buy an OS with the name "Vista" in it ever again. The "pros" about it that really stand out to me is that compatibility mode works really well. I can even run drivers in compatibility mode! The reason I run drivers in compatibility mode brings me to the other big "pro" about it. I am running it on a computer who's hardware doesn't have Win7 (or Vista) drivers. Win7 uses WAY less resources than Vista. Ive got it running on a Celeron (I think 1.6Ghz) and only half a gig of RAM. Now, Im not running Photoshop or gaming on that computer or anything like that, but for what I do use that one for (mostly surfing and basic video conversion), it runs fine. I have installed it on other computers for people who bought it and who I would consider "casual users" and they are thrilled with it (they had Vista before).