Exploring Windows 7 for Mac users - AppleInsider

Microsoft is getting ready to relaunch Vista under the new ?Windows 7? brand, in the hopes that Windows XP users find it worth the upgrade. Will the new version make sense for Mac users who currently have some need to run Windows?

We installed the Windows 7 beta to find out. This series will look at the features Windows 7 offers to Mac users, and what is involved in moving from XP. This initial segment looks at how Windows in general differs from Mac OS X as a retail product, and how Microsoft plans to learn from its experience with Vista in its launch of Windows 7 later this year.

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