NOT BUGGY, REVISED REVIEW!!
New review, after months of use: it is the best version of Windows ever, and I would say is just as good, or better than, Mac OS X. When I first installed it, it did something to the driver of my Gateway laptop’s trackpad. I had to install a patch (after hunting everywhere for it, which took several days) and now it works close to perfectly. This is the Windows version Vista was supposed to be. Now Mac fans (of which I am one) can no longer smugly say “It will be just as buggy as the previous Windows”, as one of the silly Apple ads said. I am tempted to give it 5 stars, but that would imply perfection, and no OS will ever be that.PREVIOUS REVIEW:I really looked forward to Win 7 after all the positive reviews. Here is my experience so far. The startup and overall performance of my computer, with 4Gb of RAM, a 1.83 GHz Intel core duo CPU and a 64-bit version of Win 7. While working on a Word and Excel doc, the computer spontaneously rebooted after installing new updates (without warning me it was about to reboot, or informing me it was installing updates, it just did it in the background so I had no idea it was doing so). After rebooting and restoring the Word and Excel session I was working on, I discovered, to my horror and frustration, the hyperlinks I had on my Excel doc, links to files on my external hard drive, had been edited to link to non-existing locations on my C: drive. How did this happen?? I spent hours having to re-edit the links on those cells to point to a folder on my external HD.Unbelievable!Also, my Gateway laptop trackpad seems incompatible with Win 7. When I move my finger across the trackpad the scrollbar scrolls down spontaneously, uncontrollably. I had to buy an external wireless mouse to deal with this, although honestly this may be a Gateway issue that they need to address. I’ve tried updating the trackpad/mouse driver from Device Manager, but I get a message saying I have the latest driver installed. Hopefully Gateway issues a fix, this is a VERY ANNOYING BUG!

Windows 7…FANTASTIC!!!!
Having suffered through Vista, and not wanting a chance of even a vestige of that vile product on my system, I first installed a new hard drive! Then, booted to the Windows 7 install disk. Piece of cake!! I installed the 32 bit version. All of the drivers were there. The install took maybe an hour and a half. Perfect. Love Windows 7!!! If you have been using Vista, Win 7 is the equivalent of a drowning man surfacing for air. I kid you not. Get Windows 7 today!!Also, I attempted to order from CDW and got a couple of knuckleheads on the phone with them who knew absolutely nothing about the product. Was trying to decide on a version, etc. So, just did my own reseach on the Microsoft site and ordered from Amazon, a reliable source.Have since upgraded to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99 off Microsoft website. And I thought Win 7 install was a piece of cake! Like the new interface a lot; system actually seems to be running faster. Really like the way photographs are displayed–without the clumsy viewer from previous versions. Get Win 8 today!!

I’m ok with what I got even if it was misrepresented! I was lead to believe it was a full version which means in the future I can load it on a new computer. What I got is a licence for a refurbished PC so not quite the value I was looking for as I will not be able to load this on a PC I may buy in the future. It loaded and is working fine on this PC so not entirely upset with the purchase.

all good no issues