I have no reasons to go to 7
To me, I'm happy with XP, and none of the new features make me want to go buy 7. I would end up spending my half-term installing all my programs/games.
most important features to me: faster boot, 64bit...finally all my ram is visible!
nice little details: task bar is interesting, saves a hell of a lot of space when you have enough windows to fill 2 monitors, tf2 boots about 3x faster then xp
cool surprises: my video card has not crashed in 15 hours of tf2 since I installed 7, the odd time tf2 does crash the OS tells you the program has stopped responding, allows you to instantly close it (no delay), you can then launch tf2 in about 15seconds, and reconnect to the server in about 15 seconds. Wireless is working perfectly, unlike before when I would frequently need to restart the router and computer before. I can download with 80% of my connection with minimal lag in tf2.
downsides: I seem to have lost about 10 frames per second in game, this drops me to the 50-80 range. Considering this is about what I gained by OCing my video card and i was considering removing that to fix the crashes I am not too concerned.
And my integrated sound card has started working properly, why is this a downside? Its a 5.1 card, and now its actually working like it should, that means that I can't plug in both my headsets and my speakers and have them all output exactly the same sound. So im stuck to using only one for the duration <_<
Oh and I got it from my school, so it was free. I have also been told by my work that I can get a free copy by paying for shipping <_<