@Tomkitten,
"Figures released by Amazon.co.uk in the UK show that pre-orders of Windows 7 in the first eight hours of its availability
surpassed the demand for Windows Vista in its first 17 weeks.
CNet gives Windows 7 Home Premium a rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, stating that it "is more than what Vista should have been, [and] it's where Microsoft needed to go."
My previous psot should have read "...is analagous to a more well thought-out or enhanced Win Vista OS that boots up and shuts down far more efficiently.
It is more 'user-centric.'