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Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Now In Beta!

At CES 2009 in Las Vegas, Steve Ballmer just announced the general availability of beta versions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2! Windows 7 I've been using Windows 7 on my main work desktop and laptop for a while now; the experience has been amazing,

Completely pumped about Hyper-V Server

So, I finally got around to burning an ISO of Hyper-V Server and installing it on my new dev box. So far, I'm extremely impressed: -- It installs *really* quickly... including reboots and first-time login, it took me under ten minutes! -- It's a lightweight

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 now available

I've been using Windows Server 2008 w/ Hyper-V for months now to host internal development systems; virtualization is letting me experiment with both test and production Windows Vista SP1 and XP SP3 images for doc writers, as well as with providing safe