Dell 1555 with Windows 7 - Clean Install

Hi ... I've recently ordered my first Notebook, a Dell Studio 1555 with P8600 processor and 256 mb graphics.

It should arrive in the next 2 to 3 days and I wanted to install Windows 7 on it instead of the accompanying Windows Vista Home Premium. What I wanted to know is:

1. Has anyone experienced any problems while working with Windows 7 on their Dell Laptops yet? Is the RC stable enough to be used as the only OS, as I don't want to clutter my laptop with two OSes. I'm a small business owner and although I use my Laptop all the time for business I don't use any corporate enterprise software (whatever the hell that means).
2. Will all drivers and programs that work with Windows Vista work with the Windows 7? Especially Since, I have 3 HP printers/scanners and one of them is quite old.
3. Can I follow the sticky guide on this forum for removing bloatware and doing clean install of Windows Vista for a clean Windows 7 install as well? Does anything need to be tweaked before installing Windows 7 or can I use all of Dell Studio's Windows Vista features and software such as MediaConnect etc. on Windows 7?

4. Basically keeping in mind that I will be using my Laptop for everything from Accounting software to Outlook to watching movies and playing games and using bittorrent, what would the gurus here recommend - Windows 7 RC or Windows Vista Home Premium or trusted old Windows XP?

 

I installed Windows 7 RC on my Studio 17 as soon as it came out. I haven't had any issues with it, and everything works great on it. I do everything on my laptop you mentioned (except torrents, because I only have a 250gb drive) with no issues.

I haven't installed any Dell software except the Delldock (not even the webcam software - I don't use it). I've read that most of it works fine (quickset, directmedia and such). Vista drivers are supposed to work fine on W7, and the one driver I tried, the Infrared port driver (for the remote control) worked fine.

I say go for it, you probably won't regret it. W7 RC is a great OS, and if I could, I'd pay for it right now.


Edit: Keep in mind, W7 RC is still a beta, (though it's the best damn beta I've ever run and it's better than Vista's beta, and even better than the initial release of XP), things can still go wrong with it, and you'll get very little to no support from Microsoft for it. If having support is important to you, I'd recommend sticking with Vista for the time being.