Yesterday I said I got some sources to download the leaked Windows 7 beta 1.I’d downloaded it successfully today and so could try it immediately.

As it’s a ISO file,I had to burn it into a DVD and then started my installation.

The procedures of installation are quite similar with the earlier versions of Windows(XP,Vista etc).

All options are user-friendly so that the installation may be even done by some newbie.

The installations took approximately 30 minutes in my laptop.

 Restarting the computer after the initial installation.

Doing some detail setups.

The last procedures before first time use.

Optimizing performances.

Windows 7 is going to run on the way. 

It’s just after completion of installations.

The new function in Windows 7-notification of important messages combines update,risk information altogether.

This thumbnail function has been in Windows  Vista,but it shows bigger and clearer here.

In idle time,CPU consumption is very low.On the other hand,it occupies 38%(more than 700M physical memory) of total RAM(2GB).However,the system runs smoother than Windows Vista.No delay on actions could be noticeable.

It just applies with an integrated charming theme.

Till now I had used it for about 1 hour.I installed an antivirus software,surfed internet for a while and updated some drivers of hardware.This is the first beta of Windows 7,therefore I won’t expect too much on it.However,I found only the audio driver can not be supported at the moment.So I think the overall performance is quite good,especially compared with the beta version of Windows Vista.

PS:Only Kaspersky and AVG are providing beta antivirus software currently.