Microsoft release Windows 7 for general testing

The new version of Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows 7, which is due for roll out in October 2009, will be made available for people to download and install from 5th May. This gives people the chance to install the new operating system to try out. Of course, this means users will eb the guinea pigs for Microsoft ahead of its release, with errors being submitted via the error reporting dialogue. This enables Microsoft to collate common bugs in the system and fix them before it get unleashed. Microsoft are keen to get it right with Windows 7, following what some people have considered to be a rather disappointing operating system release in Vista.

The download will be available from http://www.microsoft.com/download if you want to try it.
In my opinion it doesn’t look a great deal different to Vista, but the performance is better.

Transfer of files is certainly quicker and I like the addition of the netwroking features that make it easier to share files between computers and set up wireless networks (perhaps not so good for us, seeing as people will be able to do it for themselves more).

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