If you are interested in what the new Windows will look like, here are some screenshots I have taken from a test system running a ‘release candidate’ of Windows 7. The system was originally running Win 7 with 512Mb of RAM to see how it would perform, not surprisingly it was a little sluggish but after adding another 512Mb it was transformed. So it appears that (and let’s hope Microsoft doesn’t cripple the final version of the software we can actually buy) this latest version might just restore my faith in Windows!

By the way, the test system used is an elderly Compaq that is running a Celeron 2.6Ghz with 1Gb RAM and a 128Mb video card – try running Vista Home Premium on that…