As any new version of Windows, one of the questions which puts any user is "what brings new?",and "Is that worth the upgrade?". And rightly so. Not all new versions bring lots of news and important enough to convince the user or a specific company to invest in upgrade. At Windows 7,Upgrade subject is more sensitive because it comes after Vista, an OS that simply "did not work" for some people. You have to login or register to post comments.
Windows 7 doesn't comes with revolutionary ideas. Moving step from Vista to Windows 7 is not as big as the one from Windows 2000 to Windows XP, for example. Some people see in Windows 7 a kind of service pack to Vista, which, on the one hand, it is true. First care for those at Microsoft was to Windows 7 image don't look just as rumple as that of Windows Vista. The second was to Windows 7 don't take Vista's problems. Finally, only the third plane had located new functions.
Yes, there are sufficient reasons why it deserves to upgrade to Windows 7. Here are 10 of them, perhaps most important:
1. Running more fluently
I don't go into boring explanations, the essence is that Vista is suffering in certain situations a slow rolling whose fault is somewhere between Aero interface and video card. The problem was repaired in Windows 7 and the new OS is more fluent and respond more quickly to common commands.
In this chapter, Windows 7 it proves to be higher and superior to Windows XP, not only to Vista. On new computers,indifferently they are stronger or weaker, Windows 7 is over XP. I did this test on a netbook and I was surprised to see that Windows 7 runs better than XP's on a netbook with standard specifications (Intel Atom processor, one GB of RAM). If XP's became slower with time and installing a large number of programs, Windows 7 keeps its flexibility even if Windows registry causes increase in size of the keys added by programs installed.
2. Boot and shutdown times better
Windows 7 starts and closes faster than Vista. No need to timers, if you ran Vista in the last 2-3 years you felt it. For some this is very important. To me that never close the system on the laptop and give one restart about once a week is not as important. And here it appears as another good facet of Windows 7: you can keep it open longer, with regular standby breaks without problems.
3. XP Mode
Compatibility issues between Vista and Windows 7 are minimal or not at for all. However, a number of programs still refuses to go on another operating system than XP. For these cases there's XP Mode - a virtual environment in which programs compatible only with Windows XP can be used under Windows 7.
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4. New Taskbar
Contrary to those which think is not important, the new taskbar is one of the main reasons why it deserves to upgrade. Your taskbar in Windows 7 is more flexible and more functional. Quick Launch toolbar is merged with taskbar itself, you can reorder the windows on the taskbar and you can choose to display only the icon of a program without the related text.
On a wide screen resolution of at least 1280 x 800 pixels, your taskbar in Windows 7 on mode "Always combine, hide labels" is standing good on sides.
5. Autonomy
Windows 7 beats previous OS and at autonomy. On laptops, Windows 7 offers autonomy with 10% higher than Vista or even longer in some cases. Although options for Power are largely the same, Windows 7 brings something new here, function Dim the lights.
Dim the lights is exactly the same feature that we know from cell phones. When not feeding the outlet and is idle, the screen gradually reduce its brightness. How the screen is one of the biggest consumers of energy, the economy is taken as such.
6. Wireless
For those who have laptops and connect to one or more wireless network,the mode how Windows 7 handles this issue is a good reason to upgrade.
Managing connections is very simple. If you click the networking icon in the Taskbar will be displayed in a small window, all available networks. Double click on the desired network and within seconds you will have Internet.
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7. Jump Lists
Although it takes part from Taskbar, Jump List is a feature which worth mentioning separately. As simple, as it proves practical. A Jump List refers to the list of shortcuts that appears when you right click a program on the taskbar. For example, if you right click the shortcut of Windows Explorer will appear frequently accessed folders.
That's not all. You can select some of those folders to be displayed permanently. And more, just drag in drop in a window of Windows Explorer icon in takbar can add other folders to the Jump List.
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Windows 7 is indeed that and even more!
Where has it been all these years?! :P
i think its bad reason for me NOT to use win 7
here is for ultimate edition :
If you want to run Windows 7 on your PC, here's what it takes:
* 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
Additional requirements to use certain features:
* Internet access (fees may apply)
* Depending on resolution, video playback may require additional memory and advanced graphics hardware
* For some Windows Media Center functionality a TV tuner and additional hardware may be required
* Windows Touch and Tablet PCs require specific hardware
* HomeGroup requires a network and PCs running Windows 7
* DVD/CD authoring requires a compatible optical drive
* BitLocker requires Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2
* BitLocker To Go requires a USB flash drive
* Windows XP Mode requires an additional 1 GB of RAM, an additional 15 GB of available hard disk space, and a processor capable of hardware virtualization with Intel VT or AMD-V turned on
* Music and sound require audio output
Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require advanced or additional hardware.
this required me to upgrade to the latest Proc, and not all proc have intel VT or AMD-V capable
and what the hell, it need additional 15 GB too
wah, my pc using RIVA TNT, i guess it wont work with this driver
(1)i installed win 7 in vmware workstation... But, it does not able to detect the network and also my wlan nic.. Do i need to install my wlan nic driver also?
(2)Where can i get driver for win 7 if manufacturer website does not provide the driver?
Tq in advice.. =)
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1) Will it kill my hard drive's partition, ( C: | D: )?
2) Will it Format the entire disk or there is an option to choose only the C: ?
3) Will it recognize my *.Theme file created by XP, i.e. the colors, the fonts & icones sizes, desktop image, etc. ?
4) Is the configuration of Internet Explorer in a file somewhere or only in the Registry (if so, which Keys are involved)?
Your computer will run much faster because you won't be able to load most of your old porgrams
And
Pc users will enjoy a virus-free feeling for two weeks while hackers prepare major security breaches for windows 7