I installed Windows 7 RC1 last week-end and so far it has much exceeded my expectations. While Vista had a “oh shiny… but nothing works?” feel to it, Windows 7 seems to be finally fulfilling all those promises (or some of them, anyway!). Lots of neat stuff coming out from MS lately, hope they can keep that up. I am almost considering replacing my Linux box with a Windows server (gasp) to get the document libraries to work correctly (Samba is OK for basic use but lacks the more advanced search features).

Beside a much polished UI and a few very nice usability improvements, here are a few things that I find interesting or will need to try on the more technical side:

• Updated Virtual PC, now with USB support
• Managed Services Account will allow password-less service accounts
• VHD boot
• Powershell 2.0
• Search connectors
• Multi touch? Maybe.

I still have not loaded it on my work machine, mind you – am not sure Saleslogix will like it too much.