Upgrading to Windows 7

I have a MSDN account which means I have early access to Windows 7.  And I had plenty of space on my hard drive.

I followed this process http://lifehacker.com/5126781/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-with-xp-or-vista. Couple of thoughts:

1. I gave the Windows 7 significant amount of the hard drive. I anticipated that I would need some space for XP so I that partition 2x time as large as the current XP install. The rest of the space went to Windows 7.

2. Gparted live was a god send.

3. Windows 7 Pro was an incredibly robust and easy install. Tons of drivers.

Challenges:

1. Video card – I had a 64M card that worked ok, but I went and upgraded to a 512M card for $80 at Best Buy. My old one was maybe ok.

2. Need to re-install all software – basically it was a ground up install; I had to re-install Office etc.

3. Move data – I had to move data over from the XP side to Win 7 for say my documents – saw a great suggestion to create a data partition on the future

My Windows 7 experience:

It is great – it what Vista wanted to be. My drivers are all there- it found my shared printer no problem. It supports two screens very well. I really really like the OS to the point that it became my every day OS day. I know that XP days are numbered.  I am seriously considering upgrading the downstairs machine next