Windows 7 beta available Friday

[SkippyBing]

Thanks for that Ian, fortunately I appear to have already got an automatic update otherwise I may have had to figure out which computer had the most up tp date copy of all my mp3s!

Have to say so far Win 7 seems to be working fine, having skipped Vista the only snag I'm having at the moment is a working driver for my tablet, which considering it's a beta seems perfectly acceptable. I've even got Wings over Israel working off the XP drive without changing anything, which is better than Vista could manage.

[Chris Trott]

I think the true point of "greatness" that "7" promises is the multi-point interface. If you have a touchscreen or other sensitive input, you can use as many points of contact and the computer track all of them. Theoretically, I could take my tablet, equip my fingers with the magnetic sensor that drives my tablet pen (i.e. tape the magnet to my finger) and type on a virtual keyboard and/or flip switches in a virtual cockpit (if my laptop could run any FS which it can't since it's not a gaphics platform) simply by moving my hand over it and tapping on the screen.