Why You Should Upgrade To Windows 7
Windows 7 is Microsoft’s latest operating system. This latest version of Windows may appear to be a re-worked version of Vista, but that’s only half the story.
In 2006 when Vista was launched, Windows employed a totally new technology. The whole kernel or heart of the computer operates in a different way with this new technology. Because the computer ran off the kernel with Windows XP, there was a need for many new service packs and updates.
The system became vulnerable for hackers from all over the world that took advantage with labyrinth of Trojans, worms and even more.
These issues were addressed by Microsoft in Vista. This problem caused computers to operate very slowly as it required too much space and authorization from users to complete tasks that it made the users loose their patience.
A FASTER OPERATING SYSTEM
Windows 7 offers its users customizable levels of user account control, also known as UAC for short. Although it has all the same benefits of decentralized function, it does not use nearly as many resources.
And with all of the extras Windows 7 takes up about the same footprint as Windows XP. Windows XP was created in 2001 when having a hard drive of 60GB could be seen as rather large and 1GB of RAM was a luxury.
Windows 7 taxes the computer’s resources no more than Windows XP did, meaning it runs twice as fast as Vista. This is seen as one of the main reasons why users are so keen to upgrade from Vista to Windows 7.
THE FEATURES OF WINDOWS 7
One of the worst side effects of decentralizing core operations from the kernel means that the user re-focus the operations. This means that users can have very separate libraries. In previous versions of Windows, this would have been a big inconvenience for Windows households, but Microsoft enabled a way to stream information, music, files, etc. from one user library to another.
Another huge benefit, The HomeGroup, was added when this feature was opened up. Navigating firewalls and file permissions are done in a snap and is as easy as setting a password for the home network.
Even a printer can be shared on the HomeGroup features as it operates pretty much the same as signing onto a router. Media can be streamed to non-computer devices , such as televisions or stereos, by using the new “Play to” feature when connected to the HomeGroup, even when the user is not at home.
Windows 7 offers several other features and benefits to its users, making the decision to upgrade Vista to Windows 7 more than about the low price. Windows 7 has new features like “Shake”, the ability to minimize all but the active window by “shaking” it. Users can maximize performance based upon their computer’s strengths and weaknesses with the power efficiency reports.
Improvements has been added to the popular features such as the Ribbon, as seen in Office 2007, to all Windows applets/applications and new ways to easily specify audio outputs. Windows 7 fully supports touch screens, making it the very first of any Microsoft operating systems to do so.
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