With the backlash and failure of Vista, Windows is quickly moving to Windows 7. This OS is focused on correcting all the Vista short comings, while providing a faster operating system and speedy USB enumeration.
However, upgrading or installing Windows 7 from a DVD takes a long time. You can speed up the process by putting the Windows 7 ISO file on a USB stick and install from there.
The guys at Think Computers, put together a nice tutorial. The USB tutorial covers the placement of Win7 on a custom USB flash drive, then doing a complete install from the UFD.
Windows 7 is about 2.5GBs so make sure you have a 4GB flash drive before you think about starting this process.
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