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The chairman of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, announced the launch this week of the experimental version of its new operating system, Windows 7, which will replace Windows Vista, heavily criticized since its premiere.



"We supply the best version of Windows that has never existed before," Ballmer said on Wednesday, following his opening address to the great hall of electronics CES (Consumer Electronics Show) which takes place in Las Vegas (Nevada, West is the United States) of Thursday to Sunday.


Windows 7 "will make life easier and faster," said Ballmer, who met the system as "simple, reliable and fast."

After the words of Ballmer, Microsoft released the beta (experimental) 7 for Windows developers and partners in the group with headquarters in Redmond (Washington state, northwest), while the general public can access it online from Friday, in a version in English only.


"Users can connect to the Internet and test Windows 7 at home. I encourage you to download," Ballmer told thousands of professionals, analysts and journalists gathered in a vast hall of a hotel-casino in the capital of the game.

An employee of Microsoft noted that the final version of the system will be available in January 2010, three years after the departure of Vista.

A few months ago the president of Microsoft in France, Eric Boustouller, had admitted "some disappointment" related to Vista, which nevertheless sold over 180 million copies worldwide since its launch in January 2007.

Microsoft showed in the exhibition the ease with which enables Windows 7 to network computers and other electronic equipment from home, from cameras to video game consoles and music players.