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Following the colossal failure of WIndows Vista to gain any significant momentum in the PC market, Microsoft is moving quickly to roll out Vista's successor, which as we know is called Windows 7.Microsoft is hoping that Users of windows XP will upgrade directly to Windows 7 and bypass vista altogether.
Microsoft has released these comments so far:
1. Any application or device on Vista shoud run on Windows 7
2. A system that runs Vista should run faster on Windows 7
3. Notebooks should get better battery life on Windows 7
4. Windows 7 should be more stable that Windows Vista from day 1
5. Windows 7 should be the most secure version of Windows yet.
As you can read, that word "should" in this contect really means is "this is what we'er aiming for" rather than, "we think it will behave like this but we don't really know" The important thing to realise is that Windows 7 isn't "Vista as it should have been" but rather the next step in the evolution of Windows, Building on what has been introduced in Vista and taking it to the next level.
Heres what you wil find new in Windows 7
1. Home Group Networking
The windows 7 home group is a network of home computers that can seamlessly find and connect to each other, sharing resources and media. Corporate machines that are also members of a home group do not have sensitive data exposed to home systems.
2.Jump Lists
Right clicking on any app in the task bar or pinned to the Start menu generates a jump list of recently opend documents and other application spefific tasks like opening new documents. Jump lists are also available for the Bluetooh and Wireless Network icons in the system tray, to make wireless connections easier.
3.Touch Input
The touch technology in WIndows 7 supports dual finger tough (which needs supporting hardware obviously) and the UI has been tweaked to recognise when touch input is being sed. for example, the jump lists are 25% bigger when they are opened with the touch rather than the mose to facilitate easier touch usage.
NAvigational gestures have also been introduced and work across all Windows apps, even those like office which don't natively recognise touch imput.
4. Media Enhancements
Windows 7 now integrates with networked media players, so you can "send" media files to a remote device rather than playing them back through the PC. Windows 7 now also supports iTunes media files, so you can incorporate an iTunes library into a Windows 7 media library. Meida Player also supports AC3, H.264, DivX and Xvid natively, alongwith some proprietary HD camcorders. It does not support FairPlay DRM encoded content though.
5. UAC Control
For administrators and normaly users on Vista, having the UAC pop up time after time can be extremely tedious and annoying, however turning it off may also leave your self vunerable to attacks and accidental mishaps. With the Windows 7 UAC< you can now dial down the prompt mechanism in UAC with out diabling it, relsulting a far better experience for admin
s and power users without compromising security.
Thanks for reading
Microsoft has released these comments so far:
1. Any application or device on Vista shoud run on Windows 7
2. A system that runs Vista should run faster on Windows 7
3. Notebooks should get better battery life on Windows 7
4. Windows 7 should be more stable that Windows Vista from day 1
5. Windows 7 should be the most secure version of Windows yet.
As you can read, that word "should" in this contect really means is "this is what we'er aiming for" rather than, "we think it will behave like this but we don't really know" The important thing to realise is that Windows 7 isn't "Vista as it should have been" but rather the next step in the evolution of Windows, Building on what has been introduced in Vista and taking it to the next level.
Heres what you wil find new in Windows 7
1. Home Group Networking
The windows 7 home group is a network of home computers that can seamlessly find and connect to each other, sharing resources and media. Corporate machines that are also members of a home group do not have sensitive data exposed to home systems.
2.Jump Lists
Right clicking on any app in the task bar or pinned to the Start menu generates a jump list of recently opend documents and other application spefific tasks like opening new documents. Jump lists are also available for the Bluetooh and Wireless Network icons in the system tray, to make wireless connections easier.
3.Touch Input
The touch technology in WIndows 7 supports dual finger tough (which needs supporting hardware obviously) and the UI has been tweaked to recognise when touch input is being sed. for example, the jump lists are 25% bigger when they are opened with the touch rather than the mose to facilitate easier touch usage.
NAvigational gestures have also been introduced and work across all Windows apps, even those like office which don't natively recognise touch imput.
4. Media Enhancements
Windows 7 now integrates with networked media players, so you can "send" media files to a remote device rather than playing them back through the PC. Windows 7 now also supports iTunes media files, so you can incorporate an iTunes library into a Windows 7 media library. Meida Player also supports AC3, H.264, DivX and Xvid natively, alongwith some proprietary HD camcorders. It does not support FairPlay DRM encoded content though.
5. UAC Control
For administrators and normaly users on Vista, having the UAC pop up time after time can be extremely tedious and annoying, however turning it off may also leave your self vunerable to attacks and accidental mishaps. With the Windows 7 UAC< you can now dial down the prompt mechanism in UAC with out diabling it, relsulting a far better experience for admin
s and power users without compromising security.
Thanks for reading
