Image Gallery: Windows 7 -- A closer look at your next OS?
Pre-beta Windows 7 addresses many Vista complaints -- and introduces a slew of changes
By Yardena Arar and Harry McCracken, PC World
October 29, 2008 12:00 PM ET
Windows 7 makes its prebeta debut
Windows 7, successor to Windows Vista, is slated to ship in early 2010 (although rumor has it that Microsoft hopes to get it out even earlier. But aside from saying it will refine Vista's kernel, Microsoft hadn't released many details about the new operating system -- until now. Prebeta code distributed at the company's Professional Developers Conference suggests that Microsoft is serious about creating a less in-your-face operating system.
For a comprehensive look at the next edition of Microsoft's flagship operating system, read "Windows 7 First Look: A Big Fix for Vista." And for much more on Windows 7, from various angles, click on the following links:
- Windows 7 on YouTube? (video)
- Azure and Windows 7 Explained (Azure will be Microsoft's approach to cloud computing.)
- Windows 7: Will Your PC Be Ready?
- Microsoft Plans a Stripped-Down Windows 7
- Video -- See Windows 7 Multi-Touch Demoed
- Microsoft Defends 'Windows 7' Moniker
- Windows 7 Fuels War Against Google
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