So, I am somewhat impressed with Windows 7. Truth be told, I have found only two uses for it in my daily existence. It runs Outlook in the Outlook Anywhere mode for me in VirtualBox and it lets me use our extremely gut busted GoToMeeting teleconference sessions because Citrix is dumbed down. But to run Windows Seven dot Oh on real hardware is scary. It means I would need to install anti-virus and spyware busters, malware components, and also do that Windows update thing. Now what I do is take a snapshot of the guest and when something happens I don’t like I just roll back. Somehow, Windows Seven dot Oh runs just fine in virtual-land but to entrust it on real hardware? Uhm. No. I had fun once with my Windows 7 install and the update which ensure you have a genuine advantage thing. I rolled my install back 10 times and watched the same update go over and over again.

Friends tell me how hard Linux is to install and use and I’m always amazed by that. The majority of configurations and values and options are set in clear text files and often either poorly or well commented. My experience with Debian and Ubuntu is that things have gotten better. Of course if you want to use a Wizard for everything, Windows Seven dot Oh beckons. Then there is the update thing. I think Linux solved the whole update thing a decade ago at least. Now when you add new packages, you just add a new software source and that source is tracked automatically. Windows update is one cantankerous critter with Windows, Non Windows, third party updates, Kb updates, other updates. I’m sure that this all makes Windows Seven dot Oh easier to use though

So, dear readers, Windows 7 dot Oh is plenty kewl and it runs like gangbusters. Applications just open fast and trouble free. But don’t give it real hardware. Those new versions of that old legacy software will just plain go crazy. Friends don’t let friends install Windows on real hardware. You are asking for nothing but trouble…