Windows 7 now official - Join the Windows 7 Launch discussion today

All,
This Win 7 RTM board will be winding down as Windows 7 is now an official product and we need to separate the beta discussion from discussion about the released product, Lenovo Enhanced Experience implementation on systems shipping 10/22/09 onward, and other topics.
Please join the discussion on the Win 7 Launch discussion board, view some of the videos that Matt Kohut uploaded last night which address many of the common questions.    For a limited time, we have asked some of our engineers, some featured in the videos, who have been close to the Windows 7 program and Lenovo Enhanced Experience to join the discussion and help answer some of your questions for the next two weeks.
Thanks,
Mark
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Yus9,
Fair points - I think straight up questions and answers will come out.  There is the Lenovo and Windows 7 page that should have links and most of the information that you might need.
Rather than have 1 very long video, we tried to break up some of Matt and John's discussion into relevant chapters.  Not everyone is a fan of video, but I thought it added another way for people to connect with us.
Thanks !
Mark
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