By Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY
You get the idea that Microsoft (MSFT) can’t shove aside its Windows Vista operating system fast enough. Microsoft recently opened up a beta, or test, version of Windows 7 — Vista’s eventual successor — to anybody who wanted an early crack at it.The software is best downloaded at this stage only by techies who have a spare PC to try it on. For-sale versions of Windows 7 aren’t expected until late this year or early next.
Microsoft has made bold promises for Windows 7: that it will crash less and be faster, more secure, more reliable and easier to use.
If Microsoft delivers, well, amen. Critics have hammered Vista for being bloated, a resource hog and overly intrusive. It’s premature to evaluate Windows 7′s performance against Vista. But what I’ve seen so far gives me great hope.
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/2009-01-21-windows-7-beta_N.htm
