Yes folks – everybody and there dog is talking about the so called windows 7 Beta MS have pushed out, how good it is and so forth. I need to add at this point that I personally thought Vista is not as bad as some make out but I also agree that even on a fuly loaded system, it is still sluggish compared to XP for example. This is not a review as such (there is plenty about should you need one) but my very first impressions of the beta (version 7000).
I installed this on a Dual Core 1.66Ghz machines with 1.5Gig Ram, Intel 950 Gfx Card – not the fastest machine ever made but also not that slow. Install was even easier then Vista, tell it where to install, User and Machine name, Password and hint and away you go. It booted very fast indeed, faster then most OS I have tried but remember also this is a clean install – most clean installs are fast – they slow down later.
It updated itself and only one update to get later (trackpad) plus installed Windows Live pack (they had to remove a lot of programs due to Anti Trust action). I switched off UAC and no complaining that I had done this along with a hack to remove the testing text on the bottom right (Link here should you wat to try it). Not really had a chance to push this thing to death but from what I have read – it is much faster which is a good thing.
