Differences between Sharepoint 2007 and Sharepoint 2010

The differences between the 2 versions is purely based on my observations .

Sharepoint 2007	Sharepoint 2010
Uses 12 Hive as the repository for the sharepoint resources .	Uses 14 Hive as the repository for the sharepoint resources
Deployment is comparatively cumbersome.	Deployment is easier , as it is done with VS 2010.
Has only Global solution store, like farm level solutions.	Has sandbox and farm level solutions ,that makes 2010 more scalable.
Shared service providers[SSP] provides wide features of MOSS 2007.	SSP is replaced by Service application, thus making the environment more scalable.
Doesn’t have site/web creation events.	Incorporated with site/web creation feature
Look and feel - Tabs,Menus	Look and feel - Ribbons , like Office 2010.
Backup/restore wasn’t granular. However it could have been done extending APIs.	Backup/restore is more granular , that can be achieved out of the box itself.
BDC wasn’t editable.	BDC is renamed to BCS with 2 way data binding.