As of today Windows Vista is no longer the latest operating system from Redmond, because today Windows 7 has been released to public, which means you can buy it on Amazon, Ebay or any other tech store worldwide. Although Windows 7 is built on the same core as the unpopular Windows Vista it seems Microsoft fixed everything users complained about Vista. I absolutely agree with this statement as when I got Windows 7 on my computer it felt like something Microsoft should have done long ago.Responsiveness, moderate hardware requirements, security and probably one of the most important issue for today's users - graphical interface.
Hack, users reported they tried to run Windows 7 on 512 MB of RAM and it seemed to work just fine. Not bad for operating system from Microsoft!
Most obvious at first look are changes concerning completely new and redesigned user interface, differing from new superbar, detachable sidebar gadgets, visual themes, Windows explorer interface, Aero Peak, Aero Shake, Jump list and to full touch screen support. Well there are more of the new interface but let's take a look under the hood.
Windows 7 is the first operating system which has been designed with Solid State Drive technology in mind. I/O operations for example have been sharply reduced for longer SSD lifetime and better performance. Moreover Windows 7 automatically recognizes the presence of Solid State Drive and therefore shuts down unnecessary services such as Superfetch, ReadyBoost and Windows Defragmenter, the services which would obviously hurt solid state drive or add no value.
Other features in Windows 7 are DirextX11 library support, Internet Explorer 8, improved HomeGroup, security, wireless set-up process simplicity, startup repair tool and much more.
The only setback I personally find with Windows 7 is its price and as being Windows Vista user, I can not pretend and stop not asking myself whether it is fair from Microsoft to charge Windows Vista users for what we were supposed to get in the first place. After all, Windows 7 is in a way still Vista, so why charge us once again! I can only hope we shall get a fair price in case of upgrading.
But beside my doubts about the price and whether selling Windows 7 at full price to Windows Vista users is ethical, Windows 7 I must say is a worthy successor to Windows XP, and personally I feel the time for Windows XP to finally retire has arrived.
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And may I say, the system works perfectly and has caught a lot of the mistakes of previous windows editions.
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