Well, we've reached that time where we no longer have to hear about leaked betas, release candidates, or early fake RTMs of Windows 7.

It is done, completed, and been shipped to manufacturers (and people who have better connections than me). At this point, they're making images and testing the final version on their machines. And yes, we can all look forward to lots of crapware being installed on it: "Windows has a wireless manager, try the Dell wireless manager!" "You didn't want to use Windows power management, here is our custom tool" "You wanted to be reminded every boot about hp's printer driver update, right?"

We've all been hearing plenty about Windows 7.

"It's Vista with less suck"
"It's the Vista we should've had"

Okay, I said most of those things. I wasn't a Vista hater, but it would've been nice to get some of those features earlier on. I'm personally looking forward to it for all my uses.

1) Laptop:Will run smoother, new window management make touch pad usage easier
2) Media Center: The features I gained in Vista's Media Center TV Pack will be integrated into Windows 7. (Not looking forward to having to reset my DRM on my CableCard recordings)
3) Vehicle: I've been running XP due to its low resources and not wanting to bet on drivers for Vista. It's been misbehaving lately and could use a more modern OS. I'm ready to make the jump there

Yes, I'm saying XP is not modern. It's OLD: 2002 if my my memory serves me right. Honestly, it was beefed up Windows 2000 to support graphics and a better GUI.

We're 3 months away from when it will hit the shelves. It's a little too long for me! I miss my MSDN account......

Comcast is here to please again. Almost a month after sucking in new customers with the OTA Digital TV Transition, Comcast is changing customers (at least in my area) to all digital.  Currently, stations like ABC/CBS/NBC/FOX that broadcast in digital only, are down converted to analog for cable customer use. Other stations on cable are also broadcast in analog.

This is all changing. I have mixed feelings. Overall, my negative feelings reside with the timing. Almost exactly a month after the OTA transition, they're announcing the change?

Their FAQ page is horribly misleading.

Are there any ways that I can make my old television set work?

If you subscribe to Comcast cable, we will take care of you.  You won't need to worry about getting a new TV if you subscribe to a Comcast cable package. 

Comcast will offer some converter boxes, but that doesn't plug the hole. I have a friend that has 5-6 TVs in his house. Comcast won't give him enough converters. What if someone had OTA TV and decided to research pay TV. Cable suckered them in with no need for boxes and the customer avoided DirecTV/Dish. Whoops, well don't worry about that, you wanted to pay for their DVR anyway, right?

Onto the positive. If comcast broadcasts one digital station, theoretically, my HDTV will display in full resolution. Anyone who doesn't have an HDTV should view the same signal, but at a lower resolution.

I have noticed on a comcast Digital Tuner box that it will display black on a low res TV that is tuned to a HD channel.

Time will tell how it plays out, anyone else have any additional info on this?