WOW-- laptop

[Aske]

backed up, wiped it, moved from Vista.32.home to 7.64.ultimate

It's like a new machine (3-4 years old) again.  Still reinstalling some programs and all, but startup is ~50% faster, general launch is better, the power management settings are so far more advanced, seeing all the memory rules, etc.  Only thing I don't like is the Wifi Icon in the Systray.  Same color on same color is too hard to see immediately.  Oh well, off to look for some tweaks and learn more about customization etc.

[gleek]

I thought the boot time and task bar were the most obvious differences between Vista and Win 7. The task bar took a little while to get used to (mainly because it looked so different to me), but I really like it now because of Aero Peek. I think most of the other changes are subtle, but you'll definitely notice them when you dig deeper.