Everyone wants their friends to hate them, right? But for some reason, yours don't. So sad.
Well, it's time to get with the program, man, and host a Windows 7™©®¶¥ Launch Party!
Here, let these marketing droids show you how:
You'll be despised in no time!
Better version, here.

I have a virtual copy for testing, but I’m pretty ‘meh’ about Windows these days. I’m not allowed to install it as my main O/S either, and I doubt that policy is going to change for a while…
My hard disk recently crashed and I made the big switch to Linux (Centos + gnome desktop) and am totally loving it.
if i wasn’t a Windows developer, i’d consider switching to a Mac.
i do have a CentOS laptop in the drawer next to me… it has one job: to build the C++ EXE that lives on my ISP’s server and makes licenses for one of my products. so, it gets used once every two or three years. :)
is that for real?
yup
Best moment has got to be “Make sure you install Windows 7 at least a couple of days in advance of the party — call Customer Service if you have any questions!” It’s obviously going to take at least a couple of days to get the buggy install straightened out.