"Customers are likely to see regressions with Windows 7 ongoing servicing"
I have outgrown a few laptops since 2006 when I finally gave up dual boot and just ran with Linux.  Linux admittedly does have the occasional mixup (especially about competing graphical interfaces and init systems) and does sometimes need a little experimentation to get things working as I would like; however, these seeming inconveniences are mostly caused by newly presented &quot;options&quot; and are not about forced lock-in.  Besides, Linux also has some very positive qualities that have become essential to me.  Linux maintains compatibility with old code (sometimes very very old code) that is still useful to me.  Linux puts an astounding array of tools at my fingertips that help me automate work and learn new things.  Linux also keeps me secure, virus-free and conveniently keeps everything installed on disk up-to-date... and it gradually (every 6 mos for me) gets better all the time -- for free.  I can&#x27;t see a reason why I would ever want to return to an OS as restrictive and inconvenient as Windows.