(TheForceField.Net) January 8, 2009 — Microsoft will release Windows 7 beta got public review and testing January 9. According to Microsoft's Windows 7 web site, the operating system will be available for download beginning Friday afternoon.
Windows 7, the next generation of the Microsoft Windows operating system, is purportedly leaner and faster than its predecessor, Windows Vista while retaining Vista's overall core. Windows Vista has had a slow adoption rate since it's release at the end of 2006.
Consumers have been less than enthusiastic to adopt Vista and many companies skipped an upgrade to Vista, opting instead to wait for the launch of Windows 7. Windows 7 beta can be downloaded at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx