Windows 7 will start showing up on new PCs on October 22, 2009.  It will replace it’s operating system predecessor “Vista”.   Hopefully it can’t be as bad as Vista.

The main benefit is that it will runs faster and smoother. The interface has new features and improvements. It also has a new Windows XP mode, which will run XP applications.

The upgrade from Vista is supposed to be pretty painless. but if you can wait then  I would suggest putting off your new PC purchase until Windows 7 is released.  A 1-step recovery process is always better, especially with a laptop.