Looks like a beta of Windows 7 is now available for people to download (at least for MSDN subscribes. I understand the general public will be able to download it soon as well).
When I got my new laptop, all I had was 32-bit Windows Vista, which isn't very good (I wanted 64-bit Vista, but they do that). Anyway, now that my MSDN subscription has arrived (the other half of my prize) I had been planning to install 64-bit Vista instead.
But now I'm thinking I could go with Windows 7, which is supposed to Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, etc... it's "only" a beta, though, so I'm not sure. I don't really want to dual-boot either, because I know after a while I'll stop using one of the partitions. I wish I could predict which one!
Maybe I can wait another week or two and see what others say about Windows 7 first. Yeah, I think that's what I'll do.