http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/12/leaked-copies-o.html

Anyone played with it?

I have an MSDN copy at the moment, its nice enough, but you can tell its still a beta.  Its less stable than Vista, but at the moment I kind of expect that.  Ive had issues with the ATi drivers not working very well, but then again I dont think itll be long before they do work ok.  

Have a copy am going to try it on virtual machine

Running Public beta 7000 at the moment, and speed wise....It knocks Vista into a Cocked Hat!

The only thing that wont run properly so far is Zune player.  But a quick extract and install the specific files and its fine.  All hardware detected and looks quite tasty.

Strange cause everything Ive seen says Win7 boots faster than Vista but thats it, nothing else has changed much speed wise.

Quote from: SeriousStrange cause everything Ive seen says Win7 boots faster than Vista but thats it, nothing else has changed much speed wise.

You may have been looking at the transition stuff, 7 features on the vista base, as they swap over more stuff to the 7 elements its got faster, should get faster each month now till launch at the end of the year and all being well with the progress bung in the new kernal, which they should do if things keep on the pace. They say it wont just to cover their backs since they are having to rush it out.

My system is in no way cutting edge, its a 4200 x2 with 2gb ram and a 6600GT Graphics card
And it behaves like a faster machine on XP.  So far, Im convinced this is the Vista Killer.
All my hardware was detected out the box and even works properly outputting to my Sony TV.

Lets face it though, with the general opinion on vista being pretty negative, pretty much everything is a vista killer, including my left pinky.

I will just put this in here. Seems there are rumours that Microsoft are going to be offering free or discounted Windows 7 upgrades to users who buy Vista PCs after July 1st. So if you are buying a new computer it might be worth postponing until then.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/01/07/Report_Microsoft_to_do_free_Windows_7_upgrades_1.html?source=NLC-DAILY&cgd=2009-01-07

Im still sticking with XP.

I find that funny though, they say after 1st July 2009, what about everyone else who paid full whack for the OS and then be told to go buy another OS as they messed up lol.

Must admit though I have Vista Ultimate x64 and it works like a dream on the shuttle SX38 but it does get sluggish after a while so constantly tweaking it.

Its simply because they want to rip off as many people as possible again but also to prevent a hiatus in sales. If they dont a lot of peeps will postpone upgrading until the new OS is released.

Indeed, but the thing is the majority will sit back and wait anyway bar the likes of OEMs etc as they need the OS.

Personally if I could get the games I play to work in linux well I would make the swap. I have used the likes of Cedega and Wine but they tend to cause a few problems for me.

Any idea how much it will retail for, and if they do the con that is the multiple different versions and prices?

Im guessing if Win 7 is the Xp of the latest OSs Ill switch from Vista around about the time that work etc start to move across. Presuming I have work haha.

Looks like Ill be skipping Vista, Im still happily running XP 64.

Quote from: zpyderAny idea how much it will retail for, and if they do the con that is the multiple different versions and prices?

Im guessing if Win 7 is the Xp of the latest OSs Ill switch from Vista around about the time that work etc start to move across. Presuming I have work haha.

AFAIK prices havent been announced yet, but expect them to be roughly the same as Vista.