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Microsoft, today posted Windows 7 release for developers. A quick tip for those of you with NetBooks, who want to install Windows7, you can install it from a USB Drive. Here's how:
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos/how_to_install_windows_7_beta_a_usb_key

I believe I will wait for Service pack 2 or 3 of Windows 7 before even contemplating installing it....remember that Microsoft does it's beta testing after "final release". Vista is still so buggy they had to rename it to market it. Just my humble opinion. I order new machines with an optional "downgrade" to WinXP Pro, the last somewhat stable OS.

I agree, I'm waiting. But I'm definitely going to use it.
I have been using Vista Business since it's release and really like it. However w/ MS, the safest thing to do is wait at least for SP1.

ProHealth, I would keep what I have, if I liked it.

I don't like Vista so I have been using Window7 RC exclusively since February. I have had absolutely no problem with it. With the XP virtualization mode, I can now convert ALL my machines to a single OS.

One of the labs we use has an applet which does not support Vista, so I have one machine that is still running WindowsXP. Well that's history, because the app is now installed under XP virtualization and it works just fine.

There should be no hurry to upgrade, however, the OS will not be available commercially until October.

I have been debating whether to downgrade our tablets to XP, matching our desktops or to just wait for Windows 7 to become stable. The doctor and nurses use wireless tablets to connect to the server, and about every other day, one of the tablets just gets glitchy. It's a real pain in the butt because the staff blames it on Amazing Charts, but I'll bet a million bucks it's Vista. They bring the tablets to me after nearly putting the pen through the screen (I cannot convince folks that pushing down harder does not make the tablet work faster) and I watch the spinning circle of death for awhile and then restart the computer. After a restart, everything is fine, until the next time it happens.

I converted to mac right after Windows ME came out. I was in the process of trying to learn Linix when I bought a mac for my physician hubby. Since everyone knew macs were for artists and computer illiterates, I figured he'd love it and I could have the "real" computer to myself. After about a month of having the printer and camera work when they were plugged in, I was starting to really like this mac, even though none of my great shareware would run on it. When we added a camcorder and everything STILL worked, I was hooked. I've completely forgotten what irqs are.

All that tweaking and learning was fun when I was young. Now, I just want stuff to work. Restarting the darn tablet in the middle of a patient's exam or being worried about losing everything you've entered into the chart makes the paperless office way too stressful.

I love Amazing Charts, the tablets, and the paperless system that we have going here at our office. But I sincerely hate how often stuff just quits working on those darn tablets.

I hope Windows 7 is better.

I have been working with Win 7 for almost 6 months and it is rock solid. They have not added much benefits/features but made it really good and solid.

It is much faster(like XP) but gives you the latest and greatest features of Vista. If you have a new hardware and you are running XP for reliability you will have to move to Win 7.

I know Bert will have a comment on this post. I am a bit biased

Last time I used AC on tablet it was not tablet aware(like writing etc), so what do you use it for?

I am holding off on downgrading to XP for that very reason -- waiting to hear what the AC gurus have to say.

It is true, you can't write directly in the AC windows with the stylus. You have to click in the AC window, which opens either the handwriting recognition or on-screen keyboard window, create the text, and paste it into AC (using Motion C5 tablets).