Is Windows 7 beta all that good?

[TimPoet]

I want to nuke my hard drive and reinstall XPee. A twitter friend suggested I go Windows 7. I am far from an early adopter of any OS. I didn't get XP til after George (glc) did.

That said, I am disappointed in how fast my last XP install got corrupt. Sooo, is Win 7 all that good?

If it is, please see my specs below and tell me if my system is Win 7 ready. And if I load the beta how much will the OS cost me when that goes kaput in a year?

Thanks in advance.

EDIT:
Oh yeah, will my applications work in Win 7? Like Outlook 2002 and all?

[EzyStvy]

Search out the "Scan My PC and tell me what you think" software that always comes out when new OS's are released.

If you do switch - you might as well wait a few more weeks and get the final release. You can't upgrade a Beta version - you have to do a full install.

If you really like XP, you can get a really nice LCD for the price of Win 7.

[cmichael258]

You can download and run Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor on your system and it will give you a readout of software and hardware that will/won't work with W7:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en