Goodbye, Internet Explorer:

I timed it: it took 90 seconds after opening IE for my homepage to come up; it was another 84 seconds to open a new tab. I swear, it gets longer every time I use it, and, as I noted from day one of this test of Microsoft's Windows 7, Internet Explorer has some serious lag problems. I don't know why, and I don't care. Why? Because Firefox works fine and so did Google Chrome. Granted, there is clearly a problem with IE (I might even entertain the possibility of a user malfunction); it's just not clear to me why I would want to fix it in any way other than simply not using IE. So, uninstall happens. Oh wait, I can't uninstall it... I can only "turn Windows features on or off" (shakes head in disgust).

I should note that IE (64-bit) works comparably to Firefox. I am on a 64-bit machine, but most plug-ins don't support 64-bit internet browsers, so the 32-bit IE is the one that gets used.

So, strike one, Windows 7. When there are plenty of internet browsers that just work out-of-the-box, there simply isn't any motivation to investigate very deeply. Most people will just not use your product.

I have other issues. Stay tooned.