I can see I am already disagreeing with a couple of the views, unfortunately that includes Paul Thurrot.. When I read his blog, I almost felt that I had been given a different release.
If you want to do it for the experiment, then good luck. You will get nothing out of M3 that you cannot get in...
aero
beta testing
control panel
cosmetic changes
desktop
experiment
feedback
gadgets
identical computers
navigationalpane
performance
performance index
personalization
startup
thurrot
user experience
utilities
video card
vista
windows 7