Microsoft delivers the goods at PDC 2008

C|Net | at | by Mike

As developers began to get their hands on Windows 7 Tuesday, they offered varied reactions to the Microsoft operating system update.

Windows 7 arrived in various forms here at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference. Windows VP Steven Sinofsky showed its key features on stage, the OS appeared on PCs throughout the convention center, and developers also got their own copies to take home with them.

Attendees to PDC 2008 received pre-beta copies of Windows 7 on DVD, as well as a 160GB Western Digital portable hard drive packed with code.