Windows Seven
Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by zTechWorld in Windows 7
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Microsoft has come out with yet another of its amazing products in the category of Operating systems. The latest to be added to the Windows package is Windows 7. Microsoft has officially released its candidate version to be tried out by users all over the world. Windows 7, as Microsoft claims, is the easiest, fastest, and most engaging version of Windows. However, how correct are these claims is for the time to test, as we all remember what happened with Vista.
Windows 7 was formerly codenamed “Blackcomb” and “Vienna”, however its rechristened form, Windows 7, is what was finally decided. According to Microsoft, Windows 7 will be more focused to the incremental upgrade of the Windows line. Also an aim would be to make Windows 7 more compatible with applications and hardware, which were not compatible in the Vista package.
From the initial stages of development of the product, Bill Gates had given ideas that Windows 7 would “be more user-eccentric” and Microsoft would work towards providing its user the best that his money could buy.
Dissecting the “user-eccentric” aspect of this Windows edition, there are a lot of features and functions that set it aside from all of its predecessors. Every task has been simplified in Windows 7, to make the user feel that the world is at their fingertips.
If you are still confused as to why should you prefer Windows 7 over Xp or even Vista, here are some reasons that shall make your decision simpler.
- Daily tasks simplified
Keeping in mind the user, Windows 7 has features, which would make tasks quite a lot easier. The Home Group as the name suggests makes it a way lot easier to browse through shared computers, printers and everything else on some other PC in your home operating on Windows 7.
No more hunting through folders and hoards of sub-folders, windows search allows you to directly locate a file.
The new taskbar helps you to view what is open by a translucent preview of what is open and what have you been working on.
Jump Lists are there in Windows 7 to open recently viewed files by a single click
- Customized PC
One feature that Microsoft has proudly announced in Windows 7 is the 64-bit computing, which to a layman means nothing. But in factual terms it means lot, as it makes your PC really fast. Windows 7 supports the latest advancement in PC Hardware. Windows 7 uses 64-bit computing and multi-core processors and also accelerated memory utilization helps the hardware to reach its maximum potential.
- The Touch Generation
The best and the most amazing part about Windows 7 is that it is touch enabled. If you have the right hardware, then you are in the touch generation.
Like Apple’s iPhone you will be able to flip through pages, pictures and even paint with your fingertips.
As mentioned previously 64-bit computing is a very important aspect of Windows 7.The latest advancement in Hardware from 32-bit computing has made computing faster. Whichever system you choose Windows 7 is ready to handle both of them.
Windows 7 is capable of supporting multiple heterogeneous graphics cards from different manufacturers. Also one of the major changes that are being considered is that of the taskbar, which was same in most versions of windows. One can now pin applications to the taskbar and use the jump list, another new feature from the taskbar itself.
Ever heard of Aero Peek or Aero Snap? Well these are a bunch of catchy features, introduced by Microsoft in Windows 7. The Aero Peek is a very simple but powerful feature, hover over the “Show Desktop” button of windows and all the windows will become transparent and give you a quick look at the desktop. What does Aero Snap do? Well if any of the opened windows are brought to the edges of the screen then it automatically maximizes.
The new features are spell bounding in some cases but the limitations of Windows 7 are yet to be discovered. Until the final version is not ready for market release, one cannot be sure of what Windows 7 is really capable of.
Windows 7, unlike its predecessors has certain hardware requirements and need to be looked into if you want to run it smoothly and be a part of the experience.
- Hardware Requirements
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
If you have to above facilities then Windows 7 is sure worth a try. Be a part of the Released Candidate Version from Windows, easily downloadable from Microsoft’s very own website.
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