I got Windows 7 beta and decided to try loading it onto a virtual machine.  I've been using VM Workstation which has been an excellent product for creating virtual machines for other operating systems.  However, when I tried installing Windows 7 beta x86 into a VM, the install locked up and I couldn't get it to continue.  Don't know what I'm doing wrong.  Now that my laptop is back from repair at HP, I decided to load Win 7 onto my HP TouchSmart panel.  Backed up the whole machine to my Win Home Server, wiped it clean and loaded Win 7 beta x64 directly onto the TouchSmart.  It worked like a charm.  No problems with the install.  After the install, Win 7 booted right up and downloaded updates.  I'm mostly interested in seeing what I can do with multi-touch support on the TouchSmart.  I've got Visual Studio 2008 loading right now.  I read online that it is possible to create multi-touch apps using .NET 3.5 sp1.  It isn't the full support that will be in WPF 4.0.  I will post my results as soon as I get something working.