Even though I don’t use Internet Explorer, I keep up with all the updates. So I downloaded it last week, and it was nothing to write home about, but the rendering does seem faster. Here’s what I’m running:
So after playing with it for about 30 minutes after downloading it, I left it alone and haven’t touched it since. Today, I go to run Microsoft Update, and I get this:
Apparently, in Microsoftland, if it’s beta, it isn’t real. So apparently, Internet Explorer 8 beta doesn’t count as Internet Explorer. So if you want your OS updates, stick with IE7.
You would think by now that Microsoft would have just made MS update it’s own standalone application, like Apple does with their software update. Ooh well.
