If Cnet is correct and I can cop Windows 7 for as little as $49 it may be worth the time and effort.  Vista is horrendously slow as I am using ReadyBoost and caching as much as 20 GB to keep it moving at a decent speed.  If 7 is as good as they say it is it could be worth a look.  Hopefully the install can handle the migration okay.  Microsoft claims they have a business to run, but they know that Leopard users are only paying $29 to upgrade, and they also know that Linux is on their heels so I am hoping that this means realistic prices for Windows in the future.  By now everyone and their grandmother has Windows XP, so the $99 upgrade price from that operating system may be within reach for everyone’s budget.  Are they undercutting themselves with respect to Vista to get 7 out there yes, but so far doing that seems to be working better for them than actually improving Vista through service packs, so we’ll see …