For the last 6 weeks or so, Windows 7 has been available for the MSDN and TechNet subscribers, and I have played with it since then. Since last week (October 22nd), it has been available on the shelves, but brand computers ordered after (approximately) October 15th have been delivered with Windows 7 pre-installed unless otherwise specified at the time of order.

On the shelves Windows 7 has replaced Windows Vista. Well, not exactly “replaced”: there are about 5 times more Windows 7 boxes than there ever were of Windows Vista.

Computer magazines are full of laudatory user comments, which makes me wonder: when did they have time to evaluate it since it became available? Or are they basing their judgment on the freely downloadable RC version? Granted that many people have downloaded it, but from a quick survey of people I know who did so, about one in 5 has actually installed it.

In the Paris métro (“subway” for our American friends) you can see ads for computers of various brands sporting a Windows 7 screen (i.e., a screen with a large “7” prominently conspicuous)