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Like Elvis in '68, Microsoft is itching for a "comeback," and Windows 7 is the perfect excuse. In fact, this week in LA at the Professional Developers Conference, Windows 7 officially shoved Vista aside. Having suffered through the often deserved criticisms of that ill-fated OS installment, Microsoft's people are thrilled to tears to be able to talk about something (anything!) else. On Sunday, they took journalists through a lively 7-hour orientation on Win 7, then handed off a Dell XPS M1330 loaded with pre-beta Build 6801. Thankfully for the overworked, underappreciated developers at Redmond, it's surprisingly stable, and its look and feel already puts Vista to shame.

I got my hands on Windows 7 at last, fresh off one of the PDC hard drives. I haven't even used it for a whole day yet, so I can't tell you much more than what you already know just now. I know there are a lot of things to like about this OS, and as I explore them, I'll go into more detail over on at Channel 10. I did, however, experience one driver issue that I think is worth noting. Given that this is a pre-beta developer's copy of an operating system, I'm sure this will be resolved by the time it goes gold. But for the sake of those googling to find the solution, I figured it's worth putting this out there in case anyone has the same problem.

You use Windows 7, they WILL know exactly where you are.