Windows 7 has overtaken Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows to become the biggest pre-ordered item of all time in the UK, according to Amazon. Since July the product has been receiving much praise from the mainstream media.
Whilst at first glance the similarities between Windows Vista and Windows 7 are apparent, Microsoft has modified, tweaked and altered Windows 7 in the right spots to make it the better operating system.
Windows 7 comes in six editions, and while this may seem like a lot, you only really have to worry about two: the Home Premium Edition and the Professional Edition. Home Premium is what you want if you only use your computer for personal use and entertainment purposes. Professional is what you need if the machine is for work purposes.
One of my favourite new features is the icon bar at the bottom of the page. It’s now useful! If you hover over the word icon, for instance, it will show you thumbnail pictures of all of the documents you have open as well as a list of recently opened documents. It’s easy to select one, so switching from one document to another is a breeze. With Vista, early on these little icons were one of the big reasons for crashes.
Another one of Windows 7’s best features is its support for multitouch controls on a touch screen interface. For those who prefer the ease of use, multitouch is a very cool feature. The new version of Bumptop, a 3-D user interface that sits on top of Windows 7, is also going to have support for Windows 7. The touch screen interface is available on a limited number of el-box tablet style pc’s for now but demand will grow. Microsoft lists a lot of improvements is available here.
ThirdForce have been working since February 2009 to ensure that our customers moving to Windows 7 from today will have a problem free experience, in the same way that they already do on Windows 2000/XP/Vista operating systems. We are delighted to announce that 9 months of hardware tests, release candidates, product testing, mind maps and discussions with technology partners Microsoft and Toshiba have paid off. All our online, CD & DVD and ECDL Syllabus 4.5 & 5.0 customers can get started on the new operating system immediately.
Windows 7 is a long way from being perfect, and it’s not an essential upgrade if you’re happy with XP. But nor is there a real reason to avoid it. Now our thoughts move to developing a Windows 7 based el-box to replace the XP version early next year.
