Fellow Sysads,

Thank you for your feedback. It seems that are some issues to be aware of when considering the deployment of Windows 7.
Below is a summary of the replies from the threads at StudioSysadmins and sysadminbash:

Pros:
*) Super zippy compared to Vista. --Trace Bloomer
*) No blue screens, no crashes on either of the three systems I help set up, that I am aware of. --Eric Jordan
*) The general consensus is that it has better performance and stability, specifically in regards to the nVidia Graphics drivers compared to vista. --Trace Bloomer
*) File copy operations are much faster. (100MB/S from a standard workstation to first gen Isilon system) --Saker Klippsten
*) Ditches USB and FireWire drives "like that" when your unmount them. --Eric Jordan

Cons:
*) Problems authenticating against an OSX Server 10.5.7? OD --Daniel Roizman
*) nvidia graphics driver tends to have issues managing memory and we frequently blue screen when using (Maya, Zbrush and Photoshop) --Daniel Roizman
*) Maya 2010 had a few issues. --Wes Anderson
*) some issues reported but resolved relating to mocap software --Gary Giambalvo

*) still at Service Pack 0, which I've avoided with all of the Win releases. --Eric Jordan

Advice:
* Go with Widows 7 Professional, it offers Volume Licensing using one serial. --Trace Bloomer, David Krause

* Create a "GodMode folder" for quick access to all the configuration panels. --David Krause, --Saker Klippsten


Thank you all again for the feedback! We will be evaluating Windows7 Professional for minor deployment here at luma, and I will post any issues we run into back in this thread.

Best,

Artin Matousian
System Administrator
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