From the technical improvements, we understand that Microsoft has done a lot of research to determine exactly what the problems were with the previous releases and what users want. From the features, we can see that Microsoft's main goal is to make a new operating system with the simplicity of the previous Windows release, Windows XP, but with the security of operating systems like unix, and the visual effects of Macintosh OS X. Well, that's a hell of a mix and if they've done it right, this release will be a revolution on previous releases.

The first thing that will probably concern most users is compatibility, because as we have seen, both the driver model and the installation procedure has changed. We will see how Microsoft is going to support applications written for previous releases.

In the next update, which will be released in a few days, we will further investigate if the current beta version actually offers the features that Microsoft promises us and hopefully, we will get to enjoy some of the beautiful visual improvements.

*29/08/2005 Updated.Click here for the rest of the article.