Posted 01/09/2009 at 07:50:17am

I've been using Win7 beta 7k build for a couple of weeks. The new Super Taskbar is nothing like I've seen before in any other operating system. It did not affect my multiboot configuration of Fedora 10, Windows XP, and SabayonLinux. Incredibly stable in a beta with potential to be the first O/S Microsoft has released to simply work out of the box. XP took until SP2, 98SE took until 2.1a, and most software will not install on 2000 without SP4.

I have to admit I was disappointed with Vista, though I did not hate it, but working a tech bench for the first seven months after Vista's release was somewhat painful. I wrote a big old blog on my early impressions of Vista on my website. I have not had any experience using HomeGroup just yet. Also, Movie Maker and Windows Mail are not included by default. Downloaded separately.