Windows 7 is the first version of Windows I'm actually looking forward to... gotta love the chance of winning an opportunity to buy something! (I'm in!)

Jack, well put and concise. As someone who has used Ubuntu since version 5.04 and spent about a year with it as my primary desktop when I worked as a developer, I sill use XP on a daily basis and am glad they are still offering it to the general public.

I've always wondered why Ubuntu didn't choose a hardware manufacturer and work on supporting at least one or two lines of their products, so hopefully this will be the push required not only to push it beyond the linux fanboys, but also make it worth being pushed!

(I'm also a realist and don't think linux is ready just yet for mass consumption without some sort of hardware vendor backing it.)