Robert_Charlton - 7:47 am on Jun 7, 2009 (gmt 0)

Windows 7 is Vista 2.0. At least it won't be a nightmare with regards to updated device drivers.

Wouldn't this depend on when you bought your hardware?

I have no personal experience with Vista, but I've heard a lot of complaints from friends and technicians about it, a fair amount having to do with device drivers.

What's the status on "legacy" devices? Have the manufacturers done their part by now, or is there a chance I'll have to replace a bunch of expensive peripherals... things like heavy duty printers and scanners that work fine on XP... if I move to Windows 7?