I finally got around to pre-ordering Windows 7. It's scheduled to launch on October 22nd. I'll be waiting patiently until then. Microsoft has also given a deep discount for students. You can get the Home Premium edition in 64-bit as a upgrade for $30. Basically, you can have any type of Windows OS and have it upgraded for cheap. Unfortunately, if you're transitioning from XP or from 32-bit, you'll need to do a complete install which means you're going to need to save your programs and files for the installation.
Windows 7 is everything Vista was supposed to be, but wasn't. It's streamlined, sturdy, and user-friendly. I never considered Vista to be a bad OS, but I thought it was too resource heavy. Those will mid-range computers would find issue with the slow workings of the OS. Vista takes 2GB of RAM to run, which is just plain excessive. Windows 7 should remedy this and put Windows back where it needs to be.
Kudos to Apple for taking advantage of MS's complacency. It also helped remind MS that they need to create a good, reliable product if they don't want people jumping ship. It was as if Vista was a filler until they could put out something they liked.
I've come to the realization that I like physiology. It is the engineering of medicine. We actually use engineering concepts like forces, stresses, strains, and voltages. It's also pretty conceptual, so there is less need to memorize terms and gives me a chance to focus on the workings of the human body. I'll take this stuff any day over straight memorization.
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