Has anyone downloaded the Beta? I'm still on XP, i just never really liked Vista. Both my desktop and laptop are only a few years old, but Vista just ran vert slowly. Anyway I've heard Windows 7 is sort of like Vista version 2 but without the performance issues and with a few new bells and whistles. Has anyone trialled it? Does 7 have the same or similar hardware requirements as Vista?

Just found the specs:

1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor

1 GB of system memory

16 GB of available disk space

Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128 MB memory (to enable the Aero theme)

DVD-R/W Drive

Internet access (to download the Beta and get updates)


1Gb of RAM and a 1GB CPU?? Yeah right!