First look at the new Windows 7: a worthy computer upgrade?

Windows 7 has been heavily anticipated ever since Vista was released.  Why?  Because Vista has been a bust.  Most people constantly get run time errors or complain of Vista making their computer too slow.  Or sometimes, the computer is just not fast enough to handle Vista although Microsoft claims otherwise with “Vista ready” stickers.

Windows 7 beta 1 has been reviewed although not officially.  It is expected to be reviewed by Steve Ballmer at his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics show next week.  But, of course, as always, the operating system was leaked earlier for a quick demo.  Apparently, there are subtle differences between Windows 7 and Vista, such as the taskbar being 3D-like and high resolution, enabling easy accessibility to everyday applications.  Other than that, not too much has been done in the way of differentiating itself with Vista. 

Hopefully, overall Microsoft will iron out the Vista kinks and make things more stable with less computer issues for this operating system upgrade.  The Windows 7 operating system is slated for November 2009, but more likely for mid-2010.