Your views on Windows 7

Next issue's Everyone's Talking About section is about Windows 7, and we'd like to get your viewpoints for inclusion in the page.

It's likely that Windows 7 will integrate much more with Windows Live, and there will be a lot of focus on synchronisation. Microsoft has recently unveiled the Live Mesh service, which enables you to create Mesh folders on your desktop which are synchronised across all your computers and portable devices. This kind of functionality will likely be built in to Windows 7.

It's also likely that we'll see touch features built in to Windows 7. These might not be so great on desktop systems, but on laptops it will be great to replace certain mouse/keyboard functions with touch equivalents - scrolling and zooming, for example.

Windows 7 won't be a complete rewrite - the underlying Windows architecture will largely remain as it is - but improving on some of Vista's performance issues, such as boot times, is a priority.

It's due for launch in January 2010 - just over a year away - so if you don't fancy installing Vista, it's quite feasible for XP users to go straight to Windows 7, missing out Vista entirely.

What new features are you most looking forward to or hoping for in Windows 7?

If you're an XP user, do you think you'll plan to skip out Vista altogether?

Let us know your views and you might get to appear in the next issue of PC Answers!