Windows-7 beta 1 became available today. I was able to download it rather swiftly by help of the Akamai download manager. I installed it under Virtual PC and I had a look at the new features such as the desktop Gadgets. (Which Mac OS has had for a long time, I know :-)
Installation and setup was swift and painless, overall I'm getting a good impression but I only scratched the surface.
In case you wonder, I'm not a Microsoft fan but I'm not religious about operating systems either. I started as a Unix hacker in the early nineties, but during the past years I have been using Windows (NT, 2000, then XP) on my desktop, with Cygwin tools on top. On my servers I have Linux installed. It has not been worth for me to put Linux on my laptop (yet?), mainly due to mobile application development tools I require, and which are available only on Windows.
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Apparently Windows-7 will ship in 6 different versions, how confusing.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/158861/windows_7_to_ship_in_six_different_versions.html
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