3 years had been a long wait for all those who loved Windows. With the introduction of Vista, the invincibility of Microsoft had been under question. Problems over problems, some real, some exaggerated, some overlooked, Vista was a failure of its own beauty and style. Upgrading of computers for an operating system was never ever thought of. Windows XP had made the tech world go for sleekness and style. It had everything one could imagine of and was a sure success. But the discontinuing of XP for a high end OS was never expected by the faithful customers of Microsoft and Linux got the roots firm on ground with this mistake of the former. However, conclusions when kept aside Windows Vista was still popular among users due to the fact that it was an alternative and no other alternative existed. If anyone had bought it during the release, the real trouble of having Vista would be understood. But later it improved a lot.
What’s great of Windows 7?
Aeropeek: When you are juggling with lots of windows at a time, you can select aside the one of your choice and keep all other in outline translucent view. Through the window one can clearly see the desktop.
Aeroshake: Just give a vigorous shake after grabbing the taskbar and all your windows would get minimized.
Aerosnap: Click and drag features cannot be more interesting and useful. Dragging to top would maximize a window. Dragging to one of the sides will make that half fully occupied by the window. Thus you can compare contents in two of the windows. Copy paste would not be easier than this.
Quick display switching: Windows+P and manage how all the windows should appear about.
Modern taskbar: The icon view seems a bit weird but it is good when lots of windows are open and it automatically gets grouped. Now just bring the arrow over the minimized icon and the different windows of the same group can be seen as a thumbshot.
Windows Media Centre: With enhanced features its easier with all bugs removed and sleek look. It extends its support to Xbox and 3rd party boxes.
Windows Explorer: It is smarter in finding the file types and acts accordingly. Just have a look at the snap of the Windows Explorer window.
Security: You won’t be frequently haunted by security boxes and do not have to press the OK button each time. But security seems not to be on the downside.
Compatibility: It works well with almost any plug in devices and the automatic detection feature is much enhanced.
Hardware specs: The greatest advantage of 7 is not that the hardware requirements are same compared to Vista. But that the functionality is better with the same requirements.
What it is not about?
Install/boot times/ Startup time: It seems similar to Vista. Just as it is, it takes too much time after installing hardware and with lots of media on your hard drive. Complaints of the OS becoming unstable over time have been found, but the start up restore function is beneficial.
Price: Well, it is difficult to decide on which edition and which upgrade you would have to choose. The $120 upgrade from Vista is too much for the disappointment of the unfortunate Vista users. In the long run, it seems better to choose a pre-installed system than selecting the OS alone. The proposed $50 upgrade was never kept up.
FROM XP / VISTA | FROM WIN7 STARTER | FROM WIN7 HOME PREMIUM | FROM WIN7 PRO | FULL PRICE | |
HOME PREMIUM | $119.99* | $79.99 | N/A | N/A | $199.99 |
PRO | $199.99 | $114.99 | $89.99 | N/A | $299.99 |
ULTIMATE | $219.99 | $164.99 | $139.99 | $129.99 | $319.99 |
Internet Explorer: It is still the mess as it is. Who would use it when Firefox, Chrome and Safari are available free over the net. Working over the security is not all, speed is what matters.
App omissions: Moviemaker, Windows Mail, Live Photo gallery are all omitted in this edition. They were not worth for the low end customers, but for those who have been using them it is a great blow.
Control Panel: You open the control panel and see a mess of icons within which you would unable to find what you need. It may be worked upon sooner or later.
Windows Media Player: Though extended codec support has been made part of, it lacks the easiness of KM Player or VLC player.
Networking and Sharing: It is still the old confusing and no novice can get through it easily. One hs to get to the technical aspects and know some of the difficult phrases to get connected to your other home computers and Wifi network.
Surprises: Windows 7, apart from the wallpapers lack any surprises and is a quite-a-good-look OS. Nothing special was introduced and nothing much changed. Moreover, this is what we expect from Microsoft.
Windows Vista had actually brought about a revolution- a revolution in the price of OS. And once increased, it never changes. It has been growing with the Windows 7. But since this has an ‘everything for everybody’ approach, it would be well appreciated. The broad functionality and wide compatibility is all it counts for the success of the 7 Windows.
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