They also refereed to it in the Daily Show episode linked above.
"Does Windows 7 have those "senior moments" like Vista where it will just get non responsive for like 5-15 seconds, just long enough to piss you off? How about networking, does it still slow to a crawl if you watch videos or listen to music while transferring files?"
I've been using 7 since the RC was made public and the answer to both those questions is no.
I haven't met one person offline who actually purchases music online. This might mostly be due to my demographic (25, male, Canadian) but anyone I know who isn't tech literate just gets their digital music from some less trustworthy source like limewire while the more technically literate folks use torrents.
Not that I've ever used IRC to download books for my PDA, that would be silly.
Heard that the next Space Shuttle is supposed to carry several Guernsey cows? It's gonna be the herd shot 'round the world.