Is it safe to upgrade to iTunes 8 on Windows Vista (32-bit)

For the last few months after iTunes 8 has been released, I've seen post after post from folks who say that the upgrade process is less than perfect and in many cases causes lower level issues on their computer post-upgrade. I have iTunes 7.7.1.11, and each time I'm prompted to upgrade to version 8, I pass it up.
Is it safe to upgrade now, or does the iTunes/Windows community still hold reservations on the success of an upgrade and it should be done more at the caution to the user to proceed at their own risk, or is it once in a blue moon that a user would run into issues upgrading to iTunes 8 while running Windows Vista?
Also have folks tried iTunes 8 on Windows 7 and do they see any more positive results from that than on Vista?
Cheers,
George

In regards to Windown 7 Beta... I upgraded iTunes yesterday to 8.0.2 (never could get the 8.0.1 installer to work, even under WinXP). So far it's not been pleasant. I plugged by 80G Classic in to sync and it didn't want to eject. Windows and iTunes were fighting over the thing. The iPod synced and tried to auto-eject, then windows said "hey! here's a removable disk! What ya want me to do with it?" I told windows to ignore it (Cancel) and iTunes started syncing the iPod again. Lather, Rinse, Repeat... I was finally able to get it timed just right to unplug it during the split second that it showed the OK to disconnect screen and all appears OK on the pod for now. I'm not too happy at this point. I do still have 8.0.0.35 on my XP install.. may end up using that and uninstalling 8.0.2 if it doesn't clear up.

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