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We recently had the opportunity to hear from author William Stanek about his view of Windows 7 and his latest book, Windows 7: The Definitive Guide. Stanek calls Windows 7 "the single most important launch of Windows in the history of Microsoft." He predicts most PCs will transition to Windows 7, and recommends all PC users get up to speed on the changes ahead.

We'd like to hear from those of you who are planning to upgrade to Windows 7. Tell us the top reason you're making the move to Windows 7 by leaving a comment on this entry by 12am PT, Oct. 25, and we'll choose 7 random posts to win a free Ebook version of any of our new Windows 7 titles. One grand prize winner will be randomly chosen to win print copies of all three titles.

Cakewalk has been reprogramming PCs into music studios since the days of DOS. Today, CTO Noel Borthwick explained the deep, technical details of how the architectural changes in Windows 7 will help (and sometimes hinder) audio processing.

iMovie 08 confused me after moving to it from 06. Windows Live Movie Maker beta just seemed useless compared to the older Movie Maker 2.7. Apparently, my evaluation of this beta is not a singular one. Microsoft's on On10.net points to Movie Maker 2.7 for use with Windows 7 beta. And, check out the comments to the On10 blog entry. Very interesting stuff.