The Good
Windows 7 seems to me to be, more or less, Windows Vista done right. They could have easily called this something like “Windows Vista Second Edition” (if not for the negative association a lot of people seem to have with “Vista”). Most of the improvements are behind the scenes, with more optimal use of memory, less stuff running in the background, and performance optimizations across the board making your computer seem much snappier. If you are familiar with Windows Vista, moving to Windows 7 will not be a problem for you at all. From the surface, it looks mostly the same.