I was once like that...but it is a world filled with workarounds and complications. Enter Technet, pay some money upfront for a world of convenience and legality
On a related note, yes, Windows 7 rocks the shiznit.
ive been using win 7 for a copy months now, evalutation version, its completely stable, im using the 64 bit version... it takes up less resources then vista, I also installed it on another laptop, a bit older... didnt run so well on there
I am using the RC1 copy till March when it starts crapping out. I won't be buying just yet then. Maybe, the Fall of 2010, or early 2011. My main OS, is Windows XP Pro x64. The windows 7 x64 is a secondary OS on another partition. I was also one of the beta testers for it.