No Joke -- Win7 has really changed all this IME. I use an iMac at work. I like it. (I prefer the way my mouse feels in Windows but aside from that, I enjoy the

No Joke -- Win7 has really changed all this IME. I use an iMac at work. I like it. (I prefer the way my mouse feels in Windows but aside from that, I enjoy the iMac a great deal). Still, I think Win7 is the best consumer OS i've ever used. And specifically to the point you're making -- I got used, with the iMac, to keeping the box up for ages, 30, 60, 90 days at a time. Just by habit I've done the same with my Win7 box at home. Wasn't even stunning to me until I realized one day "Oy! I've got a Win box that's been up for 40 days and feel as snappy as day 4." I tell you what, you can hold on to your bias or not, your choice, but this is a great OS and a great starting point for them in Redmond for Win8.