Microsoft has finally announced the official release date for their new Operating System: Windows 7. The Release is set for October 22nd of 2009. This has been a highly anticipated release following the consistent and frustrating annoyances of Windows Vista so we at The Neighborhood Nerd jumped on the beta testing platform as it was released almost six months ago. Since then we’ve seen the subtle evolution of the new OS and are very pleased with what we’ve seen. Windows 7 is much more user friendly than Vista was (even biting some ideas from Apple’s OSX), has a much smaller memory footprint, and has a lot of aesthetically pleasing features that have been added. Being Video Game addicts we did extensive testing on different games and media. Some of the features is that there is a much greater capacity for compatibility with older software than Vista provided, eliminating a lot of the conflicts that plagued the Vista platform and made it useless to many businesses. Vista also has many options that allow old-school users to customize their interface to closely match that of the Windows XP and earlier setups. Also, new hardware like multiple monitors, bluetooth devices and wireless printers and storage are easier than ever to install. Working on the Win7 Beta has been a pleasure for us here at The Neighborhood Nerd. Suffice to say we already have our copy pre-ordered.