Windows 7 is going to be with us a long, long time. The sales reports and customer feedback is proving it. Really, it would be hard for Microsoft to outdo themselves with the next release, unless all features from Windows 7 Pro & Ultimate are thrown in, as well as MSE. I mean, their Media Player is included, when there are plenty available, so why not MSE, with the end user being able to disable it should they want to. And IE8. It's got to get better, or move up to IE9, and do away with these Active X controls that are security risks? Say what you want, but Windows Live Safety Scanner removes a dozen or more every time that I run a scan. There are other browsers that doesn't use Active X, so why can't IE trash them (along with IE6)?