The general public will have to wait until May 5 to get their hands on Windows 7 RC1. The press and Web sites are being given early access to it. Being a writer for this site does have some privileges and I was able to download the RC early. Here are some first impressions, but a full review will be coming later.
There are hundreds of Windows 7 reviews out there. We hope this review might bring something slightly different to the table. Windows 7 is impressive, very impressive. Be advised that the public beta offering will be pulled on Feb. 10, 2009 so if you are interested, best to grab it now.
Some people are finding that while testing Windows 7 the older security software used on XP or Vista do not function correctly in Windows 7. Currently there isn’t much to choose from in the way of security software for Windows 7, but a few companies are providing beta versions of their security suites for Windows 7.
Demand for Windows 7 has been overwhelming. Be it those who enjoy testing operating systems or those who just want to get rid of Vista but don’t want XP. Microsoft has extended the public availability of the Windows 7 beta until Feb. 10.
If you or someone you know will be in the market for a computer soon and don’t want to get stuck with Vista or continue to use XP Microsoft may have a surprise for you. Windows 7 may be ready in time for the back to school shopping season.
Microsoft is still preparing the final version of Vista SP2 and it will be released at some point before Windows 7. At least it should be released before Windows 7. But is anyone really paying attention to Vista at this point? Not really.
Microsoft fumbled the initial Windows 7 beta offering taking it down for about 24 hours will it added “infrastructure” to deal with “demand.” That’s not all the company may be doing. The download is back up but something odd has cropped up in the activation keys.
Microsoft has officially announced MSDN and Technet availability of the Windows 7 beta, as previously reported. What was a bit sketchy at the time was the limitation of 2.5 million downloads. The company isn’t really limiting the downloads but they are limiting how many keys are handed out for the beta.
During Microsoft’s CES keynote the company announced that the Windows 7 beta would be available to MSDN and Technet subscribers. Surely enough of it is there for those users to download. Windows 7 beta should be available to the general public very soon.
Microsoft’s ill-fated “Vista Capable” program, which we have covered at length, actually earned the company money. Some new estimates say that the Redmond based software giant may have earned upwards of $1.5 billion thanks to the upgrade program.
Windows 7 beta 1, Vista and Windows XP have been compared in real world speed tests. Windows XP is faster than Vista but it turns out that Windows 7 is faster than both and is also capable of running on lower end hardware than Vista.
Improving upon Vista would not be a hard task even for the most incompetent of programmers but Microsoft has done more than that with Windows 7. If the first looks are to be believed the first beta of Windows 7 could be released to the masses right now.
It should come as no surprise that anyone who has been following the saga of Windows 7 is interested to know what versions of it will be available. Microsoft has been silent about this issue, but now a small tidbit of information has come to light.
Windows 7 is all set to be the savior of Microsoft if the early versions are any indication. We should all prepare to bid Vista a fond farewell and prepare to welcome Windows 7.
It’s fairly obvious that Vista has been a flop and users as well as industry professionals have made Microsoft well aware of this fact. There is almost no compelling reason for the average user or business to put money into upgrading to Vista. Some of these people are best advised to wait anyway because Windows 7 promises to be “Vista done right.”
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