One requirement I have had for years and still no solution to my knowledge is the ability to upgrade to newer quicker PC hardware while simply taking out my HDD from old computer, plugging it into the new computer and away I go without all the blue screen rubbish.
A function like this may not be as sexy as an Aero display and requires a lot of low level hard work but I still think it is overdue.
When you make an installation from scratch, MS has to go searching through your hardware and installing basic drivers as required to get you going, why cant they have an option that can be invoked that is capable of doing this when you upgrade your hardware normally, thus avoiding a blue screen and then installing and prompting you as required through the procedure.
It strikes me this area of the Operating System has hardly changed and is desperate for a re-design.
