Windows 7 WARNING

So the first thing Windows 7 does is declare it is susceptible to 7 out of 10 viruses...

If that isn't bad enough, it now has a Zero-Day Exploit...

The last time Ubuntu had a Zero-Day Exploit was in 2007...

And to make matters even worse, most security products for Windows simply fail to preform as expected...

Oh, and that isn't all, I guess IE8 is now suffering more issues:
New Attack Fells Internet Explorer
and
Major IE8 Flaw Makes "Safe" Sites Unsafe

Choose the Blue Pill - Wake up and come over to Linux...

(oh, and as a side note, there are some great informations about keeping you and your children safe online... It doesn't really pertain to Linux, but it still might be useful...
Free Tool to Online Safety)

Now, it turns out that there might be more to Windows 7 and it's effect on hardware:
Is Windows 7 killing your hard disks?
While this is just an opinion, it would be a good idea to start looking into other support forums and see if it is the Hard-Disk BRAND, the Laptop BRAND, or the Operating System.

And one last point, Microsoft has given the bad guys information that they need:
Microsoft accused of helping virus writers
We know that Microsoft has made a lot of things "easy" on developers and on 3rd-party vendors, but remember, hackers are developers too, and mal/spy/ad-ware is only another 3rd-party application.