The release of the first beta of the Microsoft’s next OS, Windows 7, has determined a very heavy traffic towards Microsoft official site. As a result, the company has suspended for the moment the availability of the beta version, in order to add some additional infrastructure support.
As Brandon LeBlanc noted in a post on Windows 7 blog, the company wants to ensure customers have the best possible experience when downloading the beta. However, LeBlanc did not say when the beta would be made available again.
Earlier this week, Steve Ballmer took the stage at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to announce the first public beta of Windows 7, Microsoft’s pride and joy, and the best version of Windows yet, as the company likes to call it.
Windows 7 can be summed up in a few words: speed, reliability, simplicity, and is designed to make users fall in love with their computers again, by promising faster boot times, longer battery life, improved entertainment, innovative interface and more.
First and foremost, the new operating system was designed to deliver the experience the user wants, in terms of performance, reliability, compatibility, battery life and so on. For users, this will mean less frustration and compatibility complaints than in Vista, and more time to actually do what they need to do.
Secondly, Windows 7 was intended to make tasks faster and easier to complete, and help users get around an interface that used to be extremely crowded, but is now simple to navigate through. Windows 7 comes with new features, such as Jumplist, Previews and the new Taskbar.
Windows 7 also comes with a new Home Group that makes it easier for consumers to connect multiple home PCs together to share printers and access files, music, photos and videos, Microsoft said.
In addition to that, the new operating system also comes with a multi-touch interface, so don’t forget to buy a touch-screen monitor if you want to experience it to the full.
As far as the entertainment goes, Microsoft promised an enhanced experience, with access to more digital media, turning the personal computer into the center of their electronic experience.
Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center now offer support for more media formats, while the “Play-to” feature allows the streaming of music, video and photos to devices in a home network. Synchronization with other devices has never been easier, and the accessibility of media content has never been greater, the company believes. So far, Windows 7 had good reviews, but let’s not forget that the OS is still a beta.
