Windows 7 'Incredibly Stable,' Intel Expert Says

Windows 7 'Incredibly Stable,' Intel Expert Says

The trial version of the next Windows operating system has won a key endorsement from a software expert at chipmaker Intel, a company that, despite being one of Microsoft's closest partners, was so leery of Vista that at one point it banned the widely maligned OS from its corporate workstations. Windows 7 and companion OS Windows Server 2008, at least when it comes to the beta versions, are a whole different ball game from Vista, said Intel software developer Doug Holland, in a company blog post this week.



Holland says he's so pleased with the Windows Server 2008 beta, which Microsoft released last week along with the Windows 7 beta, that he's using it as the main OS on his personal laptops and desktops "and would do so also on my corporate notebook if our IT support department allowed."