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October 2009
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The editors liked
Beautiful new UI
Speed improvements throughout
New Windows Media Center
Strong design and Microsoft dont always go together
But they do in Windows 7. Users might take a while to get used to the new taskbar and Aero Peek
But theyre a pleasure to use.
Smaller disk and memory footprint. Faster installation
Startup
Shutdown. Stable. Less intrusive. Taskbar icons more flexible. New home networking capabilities
Including media streaming. Working with external hardware is easier. Multitouch support. Nice...
The editors didn't like
Few major changes over Vista
Internet Explorer
Somewhat expensive
Performance is still hit-or-miss in Windows 7. At the ripe age of seven
Windows XP still performs better in some categories.
Keeps the Registry and some other Windows baggage. Performance not a huge gain over Vista. A bit pricey for upgraders.
From the benchmarker’s standpoint, the change from Windows Vista to Windows 7 is simply a matter of documentation. The one benchmark that showed a big difference was actually slower in Windows 7, likely due to a compatibility issue with one of the p...
Smaller disk and memory footprint. Faster installation, startup, shutdown. Stable. Less intrusive. Taskbar icons more flexible. New home networking capabilities, including media streaming. Working with external hardware is easier. Multitouch support. Nice...
Keeps the Registry and some other Windows baggage. Performance not a huge gain over Vista. A bit pricey for upgraders.
Microsoft's new OS is a big improvement over Windows Vista, and because it's based on the same underlying kernel code there should be fewer compatibility headaches for those who make the switch. Add to that a retooled taskbar, simpler home network...
Abstract: Video Review: Windows Vista was released a little over two years ago and garnered a fairly negative response for hogging resources and driver incompatibility. Windows 7 fixes the most agitating problems associated with its predecessor and takes a few ...
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Published: 2009-08-12, Author: Paul , review by: engadget.com
Beautiful new UI, Speed improvements throughout, New Windows Media Center
Few major changes over Vista, Internet Explorer, Somewhat expensive
Where Vista felt like a sprawling mess, Windows 7 has patched up the holes and feels like a tight, unified mechanism. It's hardly full of surprises, but that's usually a good thing when it comes to operating systems. If you've never been a Windows person,...
Published: 2009-08-09, Author: Harry , review by: techworld.com
Get Windows 7, but on your own schedule. It'll be ready when you are - and you'll almost certainly consider it an improvement over whatever version of Windows you're using now....
Strong design and Microsoft dont always go together, but they do in Windows 7. Users might take a while to get used to the new taskbar and Aero Peek, but theyre a pleasure to use.
Performance is still hit-or-miss in Windows 7. At the ripe age of seven, Windows XP still performs better in some categories.
Windows 7 is more than what Vista should have been, its where Microsoft needed to go. How much damage Vista did and whether Windows 7 is enough for people to finally abandon Windows XP are questions that nobody has the answers to right now.
Strong design and Microsoft dont always go together, but they do in Windows 7. Users might take a while to get used to the new taskbar and Aero Peek, but theyre a pleasure to use.
Performance is still hit-or-miss in Windows 7. At the ripe age of seven, Windows XP still performs better in some categories.
Windows 7 is more than what Vista should have been, its where Microsoft needed to go. How much damage Vista did and whether Windows 7 is enough for people to finally abandon Windows XP are questions that nobody has the answers to right now.
Strong design and Microsoft dont always go together, but they do in Windows 7. Users might take a while to get used to the new taskbar and Aero Peek, but theyre a pleasure to use.
Performance is still hit-or-miss in Windows 7. At the ripe age of seven, Windows XP still performs better in some categories.
Windows 7 is more than what Vista should have been, its where Microsoft needed to go. How much damage Vista did and whether Windows 7 is enough for people to finally abandon Windows XP are questions that nobody has the answers to right now.
Product: Windows 7Company: MicrosoftWebsite: http://www.microsoft.comMSRP: See Pricing Purchase at Amazon.comReview By: Andre Da Costawith Byron Hinson, Robert Stein & Fernando Fhualpa contributingIntroductionTable Of Contents (70 Pages)1: Introduc...
Improved performance, Pinned icons, Live thumbnails, Jump lists and window snaps make Aero useful as well as attractive, New ways of organising files with libraries, Improved backup, Less annoying notifications
XP Mode isn't an integrated option yet, Microsoft backed down on libraries and CtrlE brings up My Computer instead, You can't add NAS drives to libraries, Ultimate edition is almost unnecessary except for adding BitLocker – which should be in the Professi
