The teaser’s out. Microsoft has recently released the beta version of Windows Vista’s successor, Windows 7. I’ve yet to get a hold of a copy, though, so what I’ll be passing on to you right now are second hand information from the developers themselves.

While Windows 7 will definitely sweep Vista off the shelves, it is not exactly a whole new different OS. Rather, Redmond sees Windows 7 as a refinement of its predecessor. The world’s leading OS maker promises their new product to be more user-friendly, or as Bill Gates put it, more user-centric. The Microsoft boss added that the new operating system would perform more efficiently at less power and without taxing the system too much. In other words, what Gates is really trying to say is that Windows 7 is everything that Vista is not.

It’s a fact that many haven’t migrated yet from XP to Vista. So the question now is, should they wait for Windows 7’s release? Or should they jump ship and ride instead on Vista until the next boat arrives? I suggest that they wait. Microsoft will eventually convince everybody to change OS again, so I guess it’s better to wait. The expected release date of the new OS is sometime in 2010, although many expect it to be introduced commercially by the second half of next year. Either way, the wait won’t be that long.

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