Finally finished downloading Windows 7 and installed it on my Dell. Went with replacing Windows Vista. 
For a Beta release Windows 7 feels far more stable and responsive than Windows Vista SP1. It even boots faster than Vista.
Some random things about Windows 7:
- The first thing I did was turn off UAC but apparently that has a side effect. Desktop gadgets cannot be used without turning on UAC. Don’t know why.
- If you are beta testing Windows 7, be sure to read this great list of 30 Windows 7 secrets by Tim Sneath. Its a seriously great article about some cool things that are present in Windows 7.
- If you are annoyed by the Send Feedback link present on all windows, use this simple registry hack from Tech Recipes to get rid of that.
- Love the desktop slideshow feature of Windows 7. Just select a folder containing wallpapers and specify a rotation interval, Windows 7 will rotate the wallpapers. Earlier people used to downloaded third party software for doing this.
- Windows 7 includes DivX support in Windows Media Player. So codec packs are not needed more.
