If you are already on Vista 64, still with the 64-bit version of Windows 7. Everything is moving towards 64-bit computing. Hardware drivers are much more prevalent and software companies are finally learning how to release stable programs that take advantage of the larger addressing structure.

Also, Vista 64 to 7 64 is an easy upgrade. Moving down to 32-bit 7 would require a clean install which always takes days to reinstall everything.

I’ve been running Windows 7 since the beta, about 9 months now, upgraded to the release candidate, now waiting on the final release version to upgrade again. I must say I think Microsoft finally got it right this time.

While I did have some driver issues after the first install, because no Win7 drivers had been released, running Vista drivers worked great for all of them. Because Windows 7 is really Vista at its core (with numerous performance improvements), many of the hardware problems most people experienced that led to a disgust for Vista in the beginning, are now resolved and should mean a problem-free Win7 experience.

It boots faster, runs faster, along with some great enhancements like libraries, and the pin-to-taskbar shortcuts, I think most people will be happy with it. The interface is very similar to Vista, so if you’ve gotten used to that, you should have no problems getting re-acclimated.

The best part about it, in my opinion, is that it was built specifically to run with lower minimum system requirements than Vista, and runs great on netbooks. Where Vista would slow to a crawl, XP runs just OK, its blazing fast.

I look forward to hearing how your experience is with it.. and have fun with your Win7 launch party!