I just built a new dual boot AMD Phenom? II 4 Core, 16 GB RAM, 2x1TB HDD.

It dual boots into Windows 7 and Debian LINUX 6.2

The Windows 7 is a joke, 3x slower than the Debian, total junk ... I just wanted a Windows stand alone o/s for some specific applications for work and maybe for Netflix as it requires Silverlight (MicroCrap paid them off I guess ? proprietary programming).

Its not the cost of the Windows CD, I get them OEM, it's the overall stability of the Win platform ? still sux as far as I am concerned ? point and click toy ...

Windows is a malignancy ... Stuff it Ballmer ...