What the… Hey!

I received my copy of the Windows 7 upgrade (a Family Pack, good for 3 systems) last night, and got right on upgrading my first system.

I started with my Dell Studio Hybrid, which is my Media Center PC.  My rationale for this is that the Media Center software in Vista is a piece of junk.  Where the XP Media Center software was rock solid, the Vista version continued to crash at random intervals (up until last night ).

The Windows 7 version is much better, and seems to be more solid (though I did get a black screen at one point).

Interestingly, the Studio Hybrid is only rated for 32-bit Win 7, and came up without the Aero interface running. I was able to switch  it over to Aero without any fuss, though.

Interesting thing #2 is that Internet TV is now gone from Media Center. I haven’t researched the why of it, but it was a feature that was going nowhere anyway.

All in all, I’m much happier with the upgrade (so far).

Update: It seems that Internet TV is still there, but needs to be set up.  I’ll give it a shot tonight and report back…