Windows 7 in general is great, and there are several email clients you could use (including the MS one), many of which are better than Outlook Express.

I'd recommend going for that, and like JuggaloBrotha not installing a pre-release version of Office.

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The only thing they were allowed to leave in was an internet connection, and even then, eventually european users will get a choice screen eventually.
It arrived on Windows Update earlier this week... but as my default browser is not IE, it has no effect on me (it is purely to offer alternative browsers to those who aren't aware of them).

Things like Windows Live have been optional updates since I installed Windows7 a month ago (and were on Vista for months before that).