Windows 7 Will Become The Most Favorite Operations System

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Windows 7 will be the most favorite windows for windows fans
There is a cycle in every industry, including IT industry. While some new technology is first introduced, the big players will be watching and judging around. Later on, when more big players join the game, it will be over. AMD, Nvidia and Intel are expected to move away from integrated graphics processors in favor of new development, according to a new research report.
For the Windows operation system on PC, it's another story. Some users still believe that Windows 95 and Windows NT 4 were the bester operating system ever made. It was reported that there are up to ten major differences between the current Windows Vista systems and up to come Windows 7 systems.
1. User Account Control (UAC) will be improved
The UAC in Vista is like living with an overprotective mother when you're over 30. It pops up windows to warn you of anything that might be a potential danger, especially when you are new to the system and you wanted to check out the configuration and hardware information. If you're just trying to take a look at Device Manager or perform some ...
... other innocent task, the warning windows will be there! It hovers over you and nags you constantly: Are you sure you want to do that? Just like Mom. At the beginning, you will have to answer those dialogues. Later you will be asking questions like, does UAC really define a security boundary?
Windows 7 users will have more control over UAC to avoid the annoying dialogues.
2. Explorer is no longer a pane in the behind
In a misguided attempt to accommodate the need for horizontal scrolling, Vista made the left navigation pane in Windows Explorer a constantly moving target. The pane will change when your subject of the explore window changes. As you move your mouse, it will automatically scroll back and forth. Some users feel that it is a hide and seek game to overlook the scope the whole computer hierarchy.
In Windows 7, the navigation pane stays still, so you no longer risk getting seasick from all the swaying back and forth.
3. Graphics cards coexist peacefully once more
In XP, we could use pretty much whatever graphics cards we wanted for multiple monitors. Some users have multiple video cards from various venders, an NVidia, an ATI, and a Matrox, seating on the same computer. XP would stretch the desktop across all three monitors attached to those cards. But under Vista, the different video cards can't copy together. Some research revealed that to use multiple graphics cards, they would have to all use the same driver.
According to reports, Windows 7 has added support for multiple heterogeneous graphics cards from different vendors.
4. Clutter and bloat is reduced
Along with the built-in applications we got with XP, Vista added a contacts program, a calendaring program, a photo editing program, and so forth. While some users appreciate all these free applications, many others have been annoyed by the extras they don't need or use. If you're planning to install Office with Outlook, there's no need for Contacts and Calendar. And if you have your own favorite and more powerful graphics applications, such as PhotoShop, there's no need for Photo Gallery. The extras just clutter up your Programs menu and take up space on the hard disk.
With Windows 7, Microsoft has removed a number of the extra programs and now offers them as free downloads from the Windows Live Web site. This way, those who want them can have them, and those who don't won't have to deal with removing them.
5. Boot performance is better
Another common complaint about Vista has been the inordinate amount of time it can take to boot up. This might not be an issue for those who leave their systems on all the time, but if you turn off your computer every night, waiting around forever for it to get started in the morning can turn into a major annoyance.
A Microsoft spokesperson indicated that the company's goal for Windows 7 is a 15-second boot time.
6. Notifications can be fine-tuned
In XP and Vista, you can disable the balloon notifications in the system tray, but what if you'd like to continue to get notifications from some applications but not from others? Windows 7 allows you to customize the behavior by simply clicking the little arrow next to the tray and selecting Customize. In the dialog box, choose which icons you want to appear in the tray.
7. Security messages are consolidated
In Vista, you have several security-related icons in the system tray, and you might have notifications popping up from each one. To make changes to security settings, you may have to open several applications. In Windows 7, all the security messages have been consolidated into one icon. When you click it, you'll see all messages related to firewall, Windows Defender, Windows Update settings.
8. Side-by-side windows auto-size
Most of the monitors sold today come in a wide aspect ratio that's better for watching movies, which is also handy for displaying two documents side by side on the screen.
9. Home networking gets simple

For home users without a lot technical know-how, networking has been made simpler in Windows 7. A new feature called HomeGroup allows all Windows 7 computers on a network to share files, printers, and other resources more easily. Thanks to Libraries (collections of certain types of files, such as music, photos, or documents), you can access files anywhere on the HomeGroup network as if they were stored locally, and you can search across the whole HomeGroup.
10: Taskbar preview really works
In Vista, you can hover over a taskbar button -- for Internet Explorer, for example -- and see that three instances of IE are open. You see the open pages stacked, but they're so small that it's difficult to really tell which page is which.
In Windows 7, the preview feature has been enhanced so that it becomes an extremely useful function. Now when you hover over a taskbar icon, you get actual previews that are placed side by side and are large enough for you to identify. In addition, if you're playing a video in one of the media player, a thumbnail view of the that video plays in the preview windows as well.
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Max Rui is a website developer and IT consultant from Zebra IT Solutions at http://www.zebraitsolutions.com , a professional toronto web design company. Zebra Solutions has the programming experience and capabilities on staff to develop comprehensive database backend features such as content management systems, ecommerce systems and directory listing websites. In addition we can program to suit your unique needs.