What are the benefits of Windows 7 for software developers? [closed]

Question

I'm trying to make the case for upgrading my development machine to Windows 7 - I'm currently on Windows XP 32bit.

I've already identified the fact that moving to a 64bit OS should help performance by allowing me to max out the amount of RAM in my system.

But what other features new to Windows 7 are a boon to software developers?

Answer 1

On modern hardware, it is faster than both XP and Vista in just about every task -- booting, copying, launching programs. It also uses multicore CPUs more efficiently than XP.

I've also found that the search feature on the new Start menu saves a ton of time that I usually spent looking for files in XP.

As far as actual development goes, I know Eclipse has a native 64-bit version. Visual Studio doesn't have one though. In any case, 32 vs. 64 bit probably won't have any noticeable performance differences when you're using your IDE.