Wonders of Windows 7
They say it’s a bad idea to put all your eggs in a picnic basket. Microsoft seems to be doing just that with Windows 7, its latest Operating Software (OS). Though Microsoft has continuously dominated—and some say even monopolised—the OS industry with its more than 90 per cent market share, the previous OS Vista changed everything.
Vista failed to deliver and meet customer expectations due to issues with privacy, security, performance, and product activation. Out of these problems, performance was the key issue; as in certain tests Vista was actually slower than XP, a fact that deterred users from coming on board with Vista as an Operating System.
In terms of development of Windows 7, Microsoft has been very carefully observing as to what went wrong with Vista and how they can make this version, Windows 7, succeed where its predecessor failed.
First of all, there is a better driver and encryption support. Hardware is now much easier to install and run than it was in Vista; in some tests Windows 7 even beat out XP. Encryption has also taken a front seat as the encryption power of Windows 7 has been boosted from the standards of Vista and XP. The basic installation timing is also shorter. Depending upon your machine you can install Windows 7 in half an hour.
When Windows 7 was publicised Bill Gates had stated that the mission for Windows 7 was to be a more ‘user-centric’ Operating System that is exactly what it is. It’s all about making everyday tasks at a computer much easier. The older redundant applications have gone; the first immediately noticeable casualty is the taskbar which has gone through a dramatic change. This change ultimately makes for a simpler and better experience of the Operating System.
Since Windows 7 is a next generation OS, it has some interesting innovative features, provided you have the right hardware. It comes with full touch screen support, but only if you have a monitor that supports such a feature.
This is where Microsoft has been criticised as not all existing computers can support it. In fact, due to the heavy graphics involved with the basic interface of the OS, it needs a substantially powerful and therefore more expensive computer. Another concern is that upgrading from XP is more problematic than upgrading from Vista.
ll its faults aside, Windows 7 is a much better experience than Vista. One wonders if Microsoft had just released Windows 7 instead of Vista, they’d have saved themselves and their users a lot of hassle.
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