MS has announced at CES today that the leaked Windows 7 beta will officially go public tomorrow, January 9th (not that anyone was really waiting to get their hands on it since it was leaked in late December). Also, it was noted that the leaked 7000 build will be the same version that will be made available to the public tomorrow. After a few quirks with installing the OS due to some registry issues from a previous installation, I was finally able to get it up and running after about 4 or 5 formats. So far it seems like a more optimized Vista, which definitely feels good to use finally. Some things I've noticed.
- New loading GUI is cool, I like flashy lights.
- I generally don't like huge taskbars but this one seems ok, everything seems resized to fit better and I can finally close a specific window inside a group without actually opening it.
- Show Desktop icon is embedded to the right of the clock, good move.
- Shut down defaults to actually shut down your computer, not sleep mode like before. I prefer clean boots.
- Stupid Welcome window doesn't pop up anymore, like you need to be reminded of your system specs in the first place.
- UAC has been toned down alot by default, finally feel like an Admin again.
- Definitely snappier than Vista as far as general browsing, opening folders, and installations, although still kinda graphics heavy.
Will play around with it a bit more and leave some more feedback later. If you've got a spare PC lying around that meet's the min requirements, give it a try, especially if you didn't like or try Vista, you might be surprised.
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