Windows 7

I've been testing Microsoft's new Windows 7 since it was in beta stages. I can tell they must have hired some Unix/Linux programmers. Because this OS rocks.

I've heard many people say that this should be a service pack to Windows Vista. And that it's practically the same. Well it's an entirely different animal.

For starters it doesn't require the high end, amp'd up hardware that Vista did. So if your currently running a PC with Vista and upgrade to 7; you'll notice almost a 60% increase in performance.

I've been testing it in a virtual environment with a 1GZ processor and 512MB of ram with only 10GB of hard drive space(which is almost full). And it runs great.

Microsoft did not put older drivers built in, and there are not many that have been developed, but some of the Vista drivers work. So if you have a 5yr old system, it's a gamble whether it will work completely or not. I say completely because it will load and run, but you may not be able to have sound, or the video will be lesser quality because there are no drivers for it.

But it's lighter, faster and just plain kicks a$$.

In the next week or 2, I'm gonna be testing the new Google OS. I'll let ya how that turns out..