Windows7
Ok, so we waited for a few months to go by before writing a short review on Windows 7. Why? Just to be sure that it was as good as it SEEMED to be.
Yes, Microsoft has hit a home run! Windows 7 is the best thing I have seen in a very long time. I have found it easy to install, with most drivers found on the Windows installation. Networking and printer setup is a snap.
Windows 7 comes in 3 versions: Home, Pro, and Ultimate. All 3 come in 32bit and 64bit selling at the same price. Pro and Ultimate have a Windows XP mode that should be able to run software that requires XP. Although I have not yet tried it myself, I believe it will work.
I may be the first to say this out in the open, but Windows 7 is just an upgrade of Windows Vista, with all the bugs worked out. However, it does have a lot of eye-candy and features that Vista did not have. Its best inprovement is in the performance.
Key performance improvements include:
Sleep
Windows 7 is designed to sleep, resume, and reconnect to your wireless network more quickly.
Search
When hunting for something, you want answers, not delays. In Windows 7, search results pop up faster. Sorting and grouping of search results is also significantly quicker.
USB devices
When you plug in a portable flash drive or other USB device for the first time, Windows 7 can have it ready for you in seconds. If you’ve used it before, the wait’s even shorter.
Leaner and less busy
Unlike its predecessors, Windows 7 is designed to run speed-sapping background services only when you need them. Not using a Bluetooth device? Then the Bluetooth service in Windows 7 stays off. Windows 7 is also less memory hungry than Windows Vista—another under-the-hood tune-up that can boost overall performance.
I have not tried this yet but …
Move over mouse: When you pair Windows 7 with a touchscreen PC, you can browse online newspapers, flick through photo albums, and shuffle files and folders—using nothing but your fingers.
Limited one-finger touch capability has been available in Windows for years. But Windows 7 is the first to fully embrace multitouch technology. Need to zoom in on something? Place two fingers on the screen of a multitouch-compatible PC and spread them apart. To right‑click a file, touch it with one finger and tap the screen with a second.
Windows Touch—available only in the Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate editions of Windows 7—is fun to learn and easy to use. The Start menu and taskbar now sport larger, fingertip-friendly icons. All your favorite Windows 7 programs are also touch-ready. You can even finger-paint in Paint!
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