Image Gallery: Windows 7 -- A closer look at your next OS?

Pre-beta Windows 7 addresses many Vista complaints -- and introduces a slew of changes

By: Yardena Arar and Harry McCracken, PC World

2. Meet your next desktop: Sidebar dies, Gadgets live

Microsoft has killed the Sidebar in Windows 7, but the Gadgets it contained live on. They simply sit wherever you choose to place them on your desktop.

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