Is the beta version of Windows 7 any good?
Windows Vista is horrible and I hear that Windows 7 may be better. I am just a little reluctant to download it to try it out.
Windows Vista is horrible and I hear that Windows 7 may be better. I am just a little reluctant to download it to try it out.
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So fsr so good. For me it is about he same as VISTA.
I have no complaints with VISTA and none with W7 either.
Both are fine systems.
Just remember it is a beta and not to be used as a permenant OS because it is prone to crashes an won't work after July 1st....or Aug 1st depending on who you beleive.
Anonymous
I am running Windows 7 Beta right now.
I have never used Vista before nor have I ever seen it. I understand from using the beta Win7 that it is very much like Vista but has been supposedly streamlined to be more efficient so as to load faster and not be a resource hog.
Now I have been using Win-XP Media center edition on my Dell XPS M170 Laptop for the past 3 yrs. Well that is the laptop I have installed Windows 7 Beta on, and it runs as good as XP if not better. So far I have been using it for 1 wk and there is some software that came with my laptop (proprietary) that I had some trouble with at first, but I am now running all software on Windows 7 as I was on XP. And the best
thing is, I can still play COD2.
Anonymous
Hello SoCal Attorney-
My name is Jeff and I work alongside the Windows Outreach Team. It seems that you need a little help deciding whether or not to go ahead and give Windows 7 Beta a try. Because I do not know your experience level with computers, let me make a few suggestions for reading material to check out. After you look at these pages you should have a good idea if the Windows 7 Beta is right for you.
The first is the Win7 Beta FAQ page: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-faq.aspx (Internet Cop, your latter date is correct. The Beta stops working Aug. 1)
The second is the Installation Instruction page: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-installation-instructions.aspx
And the last is Gizmodo’s coverage of Windows 7 Beta: http://i.gizmodo.com/5136781/gizmodos-complete-windows-7-coverage?skyline=true&s=x
Cheers!
Jeff
Windows Outreach Team
Anonymous
Yes it really good and takes up less resources than vista if you want to download it put it on a computer you don't use as much but beware this is a beta version there can be issues
phlaming
windows vista WAS horrible, now that it has sp1 and some other updates it is better (if you have enough ram) i have the beta and i love it. but if you really want to try it out, just d/l the iso and virtualpc, and run it in virtual pc.