Microsoft has been working toward getting the next version of its Windows operating system, Windows 7, ready to launch. Part of that effort was their public release of Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 for testing this past Tuesday. I have installed the release candidate so I can get familiar with it for my day job and to be able to answer your questions as its release gets closer.
Ars Technica reports today that Microsoft has released a beta of its Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor tool which examines your computer and gives you a sense of how it stacks up and what you may need to consider upgrading before you decide to upgrade to Windows 7.
I’ve heard that Windows 7 is less resource intensive than Windows Vista, so if you’re already running Vista happily you stand a good chance of being able to run Windows 7 without difficulty. I don’t know if I should believe what I hear, because this would be a first for Microsoft, but if you’d like to find out what the Upgrade Advisor tool says about your computer, download it from the Microsoft Download Center.
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