During the last few months it seems that Microsoft stays on top of its game by letting users test its products before actually buying them. Windows 7 beta was the first step towards producing half-open applications which are available to test by wide public.

New platform is not that very new to be honest but contains upgrades and improvements that will help the end user by making the interface simpler, easier to navigate. New Office has now the image background removal tool, or advanced video processing capability.

Beta version is available in 7 languages and its final version will be deployed into 5 packages instead of 8 like it was before. I guess Microsoft has a knack for “less is more”, and we like it.