Have a small home network all w/Vista. If I sign up for RC and install on one, what are compatibility issues w/network, data/image exchange, storage. And how easy to return to Vista if proves beyomd my smarts?

You could download MS Virtual Machine and run a copy of Win 7 on that or you could make a partition on one of your Vista machines and install Win 7 on it? then at least you would still have your original Vista install. I have Win 7 interfacing with XP, Server 2008 and Ubuntu, all seems ok and I have had no major network problems :)

Hi SujanS,The warning with W7-RC says not to run it on a productive maschine.As said you could run W7 in a virtual maschine or on a separate partition.I prefer a complete extra harddisk.You see from this forum there can be the one or other problem with your network but it's not the general experience. So far in my home network I encountered no problems.Morticah

Generally networking with Windows Vista machines doesn't seem to be a problem. IF you want to be able to go back to Windows Vista then that may be difficult, as upgrading to Windows 7 is not recommended at the moment. So a dual boot, or using a virtual machine as others have stated would be the safest ways to experiment with Windows 7 for your set up.

If I install W7RC will it affect data now resident in a separate drive on my second computer using Vista? I can 'store' my documents & picrures in my base computer - how accessable (via home network) will it be after W7RC installation?