First Looks at the Win 7.0 Beta

This is just a quick update to yesterday's remarks about my Windows 7 installation. I'm writing today's entry on the laptop, so obviously the task came to fruition. I had to download some old drivers from Gateway as the new beta did not provide updates to them. That wasn't much of a chore. I think we can all safely look forward to this year's release of the new Microsoft operating system. Of course, I have been running Vista trouble-free since it was released. I never had a lick of trouble despite the bad press. I did do a fresh installation on fairly new equipment though.

I think Windows 7 is going to zip right along. My Gateway notebook was dreadfully slow when running XP Pro. It was to the point where it was nearly unusable. I had even made use of Google's Chrome just to boost the browser experience at bit. Yet, this install has breathed a bit of new life into this old gal. The IE 8 beta which is included seems pretty snappy and, at least, allows for add-ons unlike Chrome.

If Windows 7 can make this old clunker seem fast, I cannot wait to get the release version on my quad-core regular computer. A quick computer seems nice although I'll probably not accomplish any more actual work.