As a recovering Luddite, who only went with 7 when finally forced to do so, I must agree that 7, while quirky in some ways, is definitely 'better' than XP. The networking piece in 7, provided you don't accidentally get sucked in to using HomeGroup, is vastly superior to XP.
In my Luddite defense, the business apps I routinely use, which are the driver of my OS choice, continue to be rock solid on XP, the OS on most of the rigs in our office network. Furthermore, there is nothing inherent in Win7 in the way of productivity gain that would justify electively upgrading the OS before a machine croaks, even after experiencing and becoming a fan of Win7.
