I bought win 7 the other day and have some comments about how I would like it to work.

 

First: Internet tv through media center extender on 360 is missing.... why?  It was in vista, why take it out?

 

Second:  The windows media center desktop gadget should play videos in the small box instead of launching into media center.  If I want full screen I'll double click it.  The point of a gadget should be to catch the users attention, then preview, and finally watch if it is interesting.

 

Third:  Why is there no xbox live gadget showing you when your friends are online and what games they are playing?  Thats a simple concept.  I would like to be reading news, email, or my favorite blogs, see a friend come online, and then go to my xbox and join a game.  This should be a gadget available out of the box.

 

Other than that, everything works pretty well.  Leaps and bounds over my experience with vista, however lacking these types of extra functionality really is a shame.  It turns what could be a phenomenal experience into just a good experience.