Windows 7 beta due out Friday, promises to not suck

by: Chuck - posted: 1/8/2009 7:50:00 AM

I missed this last night but one of the things that Microsot announced last night at their CES keynote was that the Windows 7 beta will be available Friday for everyone to download and try out.  The OS features a host of UI and stability improvements over Vista and should be a much more pleasant experience than Vista was.

It's worth noting that this is a beta and that it's probably going to have more than it's share of "quirks".  However I do know a few non-Microsoft people who have been running the previous build of Windows 7 (the PDC build) without any major problems.  I've got a spare box lying around the house that I'll probably upgrade to the new OS to see if it lives up to it's promises.  Check back next week for some impressions.