Pros:

- as in the 7 commercial: “snappy and responconsive (spelled incorrectly purposely)”

- never a bit of lag or slowness. this thing is faster than my Mac OS X side!

- full driver support. not one problem with it yet.

- that macs crash less than Vista is true. that macs crash less than windows in general is a false statement. i’m not prepared to tell you how many of my friends’ macbooks with leopard on them have crashed in the past year (im in high school and a trained intern in IT). my computer hasn’t crashed once yet with 7

- everything looks cool, maybe cooler than mac! my friends saw me using this, apparently thought it was on Mac OS, they said without any knowledge that it was windows “that is the coolest looking screen i’ve ever seen!!.” pretty good testimony, no?

- taskbar, which is half-inspired by the mac dock, is frickin sweet! brings the best of both the dock and the windows taskbar! seriously!

- amazing compatibility. the compatibility on this thing is redesigned. i use 10 windows xp exclusive programs on here, and they work like a charm, WITHOUT EVEN ACTIVATING COMPATIBILITY MODE! this is serious! Does anyone remember the game Knights of the Old Republic? does anyone recall that it doesn’t work on Vista and won’t work with XP since it is incompatible with half of the new graphics cards? well listen to this: i got it working on Windows 7! seriously! a program that was supposed to be compatible with XP, was not, but now works on 7! ha! and this was without compatibility mode turned on!

- windows 7 themes are outstandingly beautiful. sometimes i even activate show desktop just to look at it. when i do, i let out a sigh of pleasure like this: “aaaaaaahhhhhh”

- the clean install is the fastest i’ve ever seen on a computer. seriously! it is! it usually takes on average for any os about 45 mins to an hour. on 7 ultimate it took me 25 minutes! now that’s great!

- more, but there are too many to name on such a short notice

cons:

- all but flawless. theres a few bumps here and there, but nothing that ruins my experience in the least bit. will be worked out in future updates, as they already have been

there’s one thing I must say to all of those who say this is expensive: yes. it may be expensive. but have you ever recalled that Mac computers themselves are actually on average $300 more for the same hardware? so in all these two OS’s on their respective computers are actually around the same price range. so ha!

I was going to write some more in my review, but that’s really all I can say. not a single major issue, one or two minor issues that are fixable, that’s windows 7 for you!

overall: Windows 7 is the best operating system windows has ever developed! and it’s already equivalent to Mac OS X, if not better!
Rating: 5 / 5

Things I don’t like:

Has issues recognizing internet connection,

Very expensive when compared to other operating system prices,

Programs still crashing,

Slow boot,

Slow Shut Down,

Visual effects get annoying after a while,

Windows Media Player is boring,

Features that are meant to be convenient but are not,

Can not transfer your license to a different computer,

Product Activation nag.

Overall it is a mediocre improvement from XP, great from Vista… but if you need the full install this price is unreasonable.
Rating: 1 / 5

In the Mac world when you buy a new OS, you can install it on any Mac that can handle it (hardware-wise). It’s so easy and seamless. I understand it’s a different financial situation for MS, but they’re not helping anything with their overly strict pricing system.

I hope this review can be read without jumping into the all-too-common ‘Mac vs. PC’ fight. I’d like to imagine a world where they both learn from each other and thrive.
Rating: 2 / 5