Featured Item#8: Microsoft Windows 7

So todays featured item is.

Microsoft Windows 7

So Microsoft Windows 7, form what i have seen and tested it looks pretty solid. one day i hope to get the real full thing. Ive tested out the RC and from what i saw i liked it.

I’ve heard its better then vista, and i dont doubt that.  But i think im going to wait till it is at its first Service Pack, as to me when thats out it seems more stable and has all the drivers etc.

Product Description:

Windows 7 Ultimate gives you everything Home Premium and Professional offers plus added security features and the flexibility to work in multiple languages. Create a home network and share all of your favorite photos, videos, and music. You can even watch TV programs for free, whenever and wherever you want.

Better protect your computer data:

Help prevent theft or loss of data, Use BitLocker and BitLocker To Go to better protect your valuable files even on removable drives, such as USB devices.

Easily access corporate network resources without VPN1:

Get remote services with DirectAccess, Access corporate resources seamlessly when you?re on the Internet, without having to initiate a VPN connection.

Work in the language of your choice:

Work in the language of your choice, Switch, between any of 35 languages as easily as logging off and back on again.

Run many existing Windows XP applications:

Use XP Mode, Run many existing productivity, and business programs designed for Windows XP additional necessary software is available for download, free of charge from Microsoft.

Use BitLocker to better protect your files:

Help prevent theft or loss of data, Use BitLocker and BitLocker To Go to better protect your valuable files even on removable drives such as USB devices.

Recover your data with automatic backup:

Automatically back up your files, Protect your data from user error, hardware failure, and other problems. You can back up your files to an external hard drive, secondary hard drive, writable CD or DVD, or to a network location.

Run your PC more efficiently:

Pin any program to the taskbar: Any program is always just a click away and you can rearrange the icons on the taskbar just by clicking and dragging.

Record TV on your PC:

Record TV on your PC: Watch, pause, rewind, and record TV, movies, and other video content with Windows Media Center, updated to manage a single TV guide containing both standard and digital high definition TV shows.

Easily connect a home network:

Share files across the various PCs in your home: Use Home Group to connect your PCs running Windows 7 to a single printer. Specify exactly what you want to share from each PC with all the PCs in the Home Group.

Customer Reviews:

“Windows 7 Home Premium is essentially a perfected Vista with a better interface. While it is a cliche’ to say so, Windows 7 is Vista as it should have been.

The main problem with Vista was that Microsoft re-wrote the device driver code, which apparently did need to be re-written. Unfortunately the result was that many devices simply would not install properly, or at all, on Vista. Many printers literally could not be used with Vista, for example. The result was a reluctance by many users to upgrade, since upgrading would render a lot of hardware unusable.

Microsoft learned from its mistake. Windows 7 is outrageously good at installing hardware. I recently purchased a Notebook computer with Windows 7 Home Premium, and all I had to do to install my hardware was to plug it in. Windows 7 immediately commenced installing the necessary device drivers and where necessary it downloaded the drivers from the necessary website. All of my peripherals were in place within minutes of firing up the new Windows 7 notebook computer. Plug and play, a long-sought goal, is at last truly a reality to a high degree of confidence. Mostly (or entirely) gone are the old days of fighting with driver install procedures for hours at a time. Windows XP was the first Windows version that attempted (mostly successfully) to be truly plug and play, but in my experience Windows 7 simply does it better. Of course the hardware is better nowadays too.

Almost all users will want to install the 64 bit version. This provides full support for the capabilities of the newer CPUs, and allows much greater utilization of DRAM when 64 bit software makes its appearance. One caveat: Home Premium Edition does not support XP emulation mode. However, I have not found one single program of mine that required it–not one. Maybe some games or very old legacy software. But for the vast majority of users all of the software that ran under XP will run in Windows 7 64 bit. 64 bit software will make a huge difference for programs that must manipulate large amounts of data, such as digital photography software. Since most PCs are now shipping with 64 bit Windows installed, developers no longer have an excuse not to upgrade their software to 64 bit.

In my opinion the main shortcoming of Home Premium Edition versus Professional version is the lack of support for domain names. I need the Professional version for my work PCs because I need them to be part of the business network at my office. Users without this requirement will likely be quite happy with the Home Premium Edition.

The main cosmetic and interface improvement of Windows 7 over both Vista and XP is the Aero-style taskbar. It is excellent. It allows the user to “pin” application icons to the taskbar. The applications may then be launched from there, and if running, they can be monitored by hovering the cursor over the icon on the taskbar. This capability rapidly becomes second nature to the user and for users who run many applications at once it really is a useful feature of the operating system.

Microsoft plainly knew that it was betting the company on Windows 7, and the result is an operating system that is more than ready for prime time. There is no reason for virtually all users not to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7. Highly recommended. RJB. ”

So from all that i still think I personally will wait till they have the first Service pack out, but it is still a stable, strong Operating system and worth getting if you dont have it already.

Feel free to check it out on my Marketplace or Webstore

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