Windows 7 after 2 months of use

I first reviewed Microsoft's latest and greatest Windows 7 two months ago today. After 2 months of use here is what I found.

I continued to run Windows 7 on my kids computer. Let's face it. If anyone is gonna break it. It would be a 5, 10 and 15 year old.

PRO:
I like the parental controls with the ability to lock out users after a certain time and day of week.

CON:
If the user does not log out when the parental controls kick in. There is NO WAY to log the user out. If you only have 1gb of RAM as I do. Windows 7 runs out of steam real quick.

PRO:
Interface is pretty easy to use and the kids were able to navigate basic functions without any instructions from me.

CON:
It looks like VISTA! (and works like VISTA)

PRO:
After the initial installation the computer ran just as fast (slightly slower) than XP.

CON:
After continuous issues with network connections. I replaced the onboard NIC with a 3com. The problems never went away. I would be connected and working then no internet. I would have to shut down to get it to work again. The disabling and re-enabling of the network card would not do it. It would see the connection but have issues with getting an IP address. (if I plugged in my netbook with Ubuntu on it into the same plug. It worked fine) only after a reboot would it start working again. There are only a hand full of programs installed. Firefox, notepadd ++, OpenVPN, and Open Office. The computer seems to run slower and slower every day.

I was trying to VPN into my office and edit some html pages for a customer. Notepad++ kept freezing (so did windows explorer) I assume this might be due to internet connection but it should not FREEZE.

I also had issues with programs disappearing from the task bar? You had to alt+tab to the application since it was missing from the task bar.

My final word on Windows 7? I will stick to XP. Windows 7 offers nothing for me. I have a lower end computer (p4 with 1gb ram) XP runs great on it. 7 crawls after 2 months of use. What exactly does Windows 7 bring to the table? Direct X 11? Dont even have a new enough video card to run 11. Not to mention the fact that there still are no games for Direct X 10! I was able to infect windows 7 with several viruses so there is no new security features that are going to make it worth my while. I think Microsoft took VISTA tried to "re brand" it as Mojave when that failed they slapped the Windows 7 name on it. All the praises I have read so far about windows 7 are from people who just installed it and used it for a short time. I too was ... Well impressed is too strong of a word. But after 2 months.. YEP XP FOR ME!!!