| A Review Of The Upcoming Operating System Windows 7 |
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| Computers - Windows Tips and Tricks |
| Written by Martin Brinkmann |
| Wednesday, 28 January 2009 09:35 |
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Microsoft has learned from it's previous experience with Vista and is rolling out a new operating system called Windows 7. Windows Vista has such a bad reputation that Microsoft felt compelled to come out with a new operating system.
Microsoft has learned from it's previous experience with Vista and is rolling out a new operating system called Windows 7. Windows Vista has such a bad reputation that Microsoft felt compelled to come out with a new operating system. Microsoft made sure that Windows 7 will run better on the same hardware requirements than Windows Vista. Early benchmarks indicate that Windows 7 outperforms even the latest version of Windows Vista in all aspects. Microsoft has handed out test builds of the Windows operating system since October 2008 to selected testers. While the early versions where lacking some of the features they did give a good impression of the things to come. One of the main and first changes that users will see is the new Windows 7 Taskbar that got revamped completely. The sidebar that was one of the new features in Windows Vista has been changed so that gadgets can now be placed anywhere on the computer desktop. Libraries are another new feature that makes it possible to group folders together for easier searching. Windows 7 can be controlled with your fingers. You can scroll and zoom with flicks and pinches. The drawback here is that many of the icons are too small to use with your fingers. To use this feature use applications that are designed for touch. Adding a new method of input to an operating system does come with the problem of adopting the operating system for all different input methods. Windows 7 comes with a new hardware feature called Device Stage. It can be used by device manufacturers as some sort of mini control center tailored specifically for each device. A metadata update service makes it possible to update the device stage anytime. Some long time Windows software programs have been updated with a new user interface. This includes Wordpad, the Windows Calculator and Microsoft Paint. The most significant change was to Windows Media Player. Windows Media Player now supports new codecs which include AAC,H264,Xvid,Divx. Also they have added more multimedia features which includes a new animation framework along with DirectX 11. Another new feature his BitLocker to Go. This feature encrypts data that is written to any removable drive such as a USB, and also enables users to use network shares without using a VPN. The security concept of Windows 7 is similar to the one in Windows Vista. It has however been streamlined which resulted in a reduced need of user interaction. They are hoping not to repeat the Vista debacle which had many bugs and code rewrites. Also there should not be any problem with drivers and compatibility of applications that plagued Vista. Many users are looking forward to the Windows 7 release. Especially those that have skipped Windows Vista due to the bad press that it received during release. About the Author: Martin runs a premier Windows 7 news portal that has the latest news about Windows 7. There is also a Windows 7 Forum on the news portal. |