The latest beta of Windows came out last weekend… and I don’t care. Yes, I downloaded it as soon as I could. Yes, I’ve installed it on a virtual machine. Yes, Microsoft has declared “Beta Keys for Everyone”, so the world should be running on Windows 7 Beta – but no, I just don’t care.

The Washington Post has a nice, well balanced review of Windows 7. I advise you to read it, since it’s taken a fairly mature approach of looking at how the average user will feel about the upgrade. Instead of looking at one particular feature and either screaming abuse or singing its praises, David Murphy has tried to cover the breadth of changes and how they really impact him.

Part of the problem is that I’ve just got used to Vista. I’m now comfortable with the sidebar taking up a valuable two inches of my screen real-estate, and I haven’t had an un-expected UAC prompt in months (yes, it is still enabled; but I’m used to – nay, demand – the extra confirmation when I perform a proper administrative task).

I’d still like to see what Windows 7 would look like fully powered on my machine – having only run it in a VM situation so far, I haven’t had a chance to play with the proper shiny effects – but it’s not my number one priority. Sorry Microsoft!