Windows 7 is the first Windows OS I've actually considered buying.

Win 7 may not have 'Quick Launch' anymore, but showing "Desktop" (Propeties, Toolbars) on your taskbar pretty much gives you access to all your most used apps and folders.... or you can create all your 'Quick Launch' shortcuts in a new folder and choose 'New Folder'  Does the trick for me.

*Edit*

Even better, here's an article on how to add the proper Windows Quick Launch to Win 7... link

Only if you keep all of that on the desktop   

That was perfect.

I don't use OD quite as much as I used to because it just takes so much time to always change the icons to match my setup(and annoys me if they are ones that really clash)  and I hadn't gotten into the whole Fences fad because I preffered OD. Although I had installed fences since upgrading to Win7, because of the missing quick launch, and put the main shortcuts I needed into one fence and just kept it shrunk down to where only one icon is showing. Which is an easy and viable alternative. But having the quick launch back will be nice. More choices never hurt  

So thanks for that link starkers

Sure it has one, just a bit more difficult to add to the taskbar.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-7/add-the-quick-launch-bar-to-the-taskbar-in-windows-7/

   I'm guessing that you, like myself, sometimes open a bunch of threads in different tabs and then get distracted by something else before finally reading them and commenting.

My experience so far is pretty much the same as Zakai. I like my quick launch.

The big thing though, is that my mother got a no-apparent-reason BSoD while installing to her computer. The incomplete install rendered it unbootable. Was a miracle we saved what files that were still on it. Had another on my own system without apparent reason a few days ago while browsing the web. Never had one with Vista.

Also, thanks for the link, Starkers. You too, vStyler.

I only keep my most used stuff on the desktop... and now there's Fences there's no clutter... but still visible in the Desktop toolbar.  And then of course, there's putting all the shortcuts to most used apps and folder in a desktop folder... you then get a flyout menu with the contents.

However, the linked method is so much simpler and less time consuming.  Thanks go to Ausvet for the heads-up for that one.

Windows 7 is the first OS I've paid for since MS-DOS 6.22!

I had the same. I had to do a clean install instead of upgrade.

W7 still has some of Vista's annoying bugs:

You have to wrestle with permissions just to make a folder on, or reorganize your start menu. Or add programs as a toolbar on your taskbar like I do - it's great to have this flyout menu 'start panel'.

W7 randomly forgets what window size explorer was. If you maximize it, it's ok for a while but then rezizes itself. Resizing the window yourself only works once - the next time it opens, it opens full width but only half height

And to add to it, media player 12 is a real pig. There is no way, no setting, which will start the window maximized when you click on a video. It start at some stupid dwarf size of approx 200x200 which you then have to maximize. Either that or you have to choose 'fit window to video'.

W7 is just anothe bug ridden piece of crap.

My custom start menu:

Media Player bug:

I take it, then, you don't like Win 7?

There are things I like about it. The new look of explorer, the systray.

But as far as getting things to work the way you want, both Vista and W7 are a downgrade from XP.

Oh yeah, WMP12 is not fun. I don't want to get another program to do what I already have stuff to do. But what happened to all the easy to find options? I still haven't figured out how to get it to ignore files smaller than a certain size.

It's only early days yet for Win 7... and as I recall, many were initially saying that XP was crap and a downgrade from 89, ect. 

I sorta liked XP because it had better features/funcionality than 98 SE.  Actually!!!  No I didn't!!   I hated the appearance of XP and thought it reminiscent of the bastard child of Fisher Price... it remained as long as it did on my PC only because of Stardock's apps, so when Vista came along I was thrilled.  Skinned or not, it was more tolerable to look at than XP.

this is very true! i loved how you explain every issue i am also annoyed of when i was in Vista.

I agree, haven't tested 7 tough. I've just installed XP again after having a very nasty malware in my pc. I hate those things.

I really cant seem to understand why so many people put shit on vista ive been using it from first day release in Australia yes first few months i couldnt get some my software to work due to lack of drivers, but that isn't vista's fault its software companies but after first few months my vista has been working perfectly there are a few faults ive notice in win7 too i just can't remember of the top my head right now!!!

i started using vista ultimate 64 the first day it was available and the ONLY problem i had was a lack of 64-bit drivers for my HP laser printer. once HP supplied those, vista was golden. not once did i have an issue while using vista was it the fault of the OS. since i install and 'test' beta software, i expected there to be issues once in a great while after installing said beta software. that wasn't the fault of vista!

now, as for windows 7, i've been using it for months. i joined technet back in august just so i could get the RTM build of windows 7. again, i've had ZERO issues with win7. windows stay resized and in place. all applications run smoothly. EVERYTHING works as advertised. i've also installed win7 (upgrade, retail, oem, technet) on numerous machines (desktop, laptop, netbook) and so far, the only problem i've encountered has been with a verizon wireless network feature on a dell laptop. after calling dell and getting a hidden link to a software upgrade, even it works flawlessly.

yes, i've had to reinstall win7 since august but that was due to my hdd crashing. you can't blame win7 for that.

edit: there was one other issue.......a linksys wireless router didn't want to work with win7. after upgrading the firmware for it, everything is fine and dandy. (talk about tracking down and borrowing a laptop with xp on it in order to get the firmware update! i ended up borrowing a netbook from a local cell phone office)