I finally decided to install this on my laptop yesterday since I already wiped it out to prepare it for VMware ESXi (which unfortunately doesn’t support the onboard NIC on my laptop). I got this copy for free from the Microsoft Heroes Happen Here event and I’ve been avoiding it all this time because of all the complaints about it.

Well, after a few hours of working with it, I have to stay that I’m actually glad I tried it out. So far I’m very happy with it. I like the new GUI and the performance seems really good on my laptop. All the applications that I use work with it and no driver issues so far. I’m running it on a Lenovo ThinkPad X60s.