If you got a copy of the Windows 7 beta, you may be wondering what changes there are in the experience for the average user.  After all, at first glance it largely looks like just a new skin on a slightly leaner version of Vista.

But if you look closer, there’s all kinds of minor tweaks and new features that make Windows 7 more than the sum of its parts–not to say it’s a perfect operating system, just that you’ve got to do a little poking around to appreciate the extent of what’s different about it.
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