I don't mean to sound crass, but...
You're saying you're a technician and have to "seriously" know Win7, but you never gave Vista a chance? Seriously? You nuked Vista after having it on your drive for 10 minutes? LOL.
Then you should have used Vista since it's using the same kernel.
There's nothing you can learn from Windows 7 that you couldn't have learned a few years ago with Vista. If you really need to know Windows 7, and you truly are a "tech" then there's a lot catching up to do since you skipped Vista all-together.
In all honestly, I seriously don't know why people say Vista is the crappiest OS. The ones who did say it is, usually didn't meet the hardware requirements, or their hardware manufacturers didn't fork out the necessary drivers to support it. It's not Microsoft's fault, it's the hardware and software companies. They've had more than enough time (more than 3 years) prior to Vista's release to get off their asses and support it, but they never did.
The Creative Labs company is the prefect example. They purposely crippled their hardware and flat out lied. They said that it didn't support Vista when all along it did, and made people shell out more money for a product that supposedly "supported" Vista. The community found out and were pissed off to say the least. And trust me, no company wants to pay an upwards of up to 400 dollars per WHQL license for drivers.
All Windows 7 is, is Vista 2.5, and it's what SP2 should have been. They didn't spend a whole lot on money in advertising Vista so it's their fault, really. But everyone has learned from Vista's kernel, and since pretty much all companies are using the same kernel to write their software now, they can finally get off their asses and support it, finally. Too bad Vista had to be the red headed step child for Windows 7 to succeed, though.
Anyways, in other news, Google's Chrome OS is coming out as well, and HP and Acer have already singed up to include the OS on their netbooks by the end of the year. The funny thing is that the CEO of Google is confident enough to leave Apple (where he current oversees the company) and return full-time to Google because of the pending OS release. HAHAHAHA.
Oh noes. What will the MAC zealots cry about now?
