www.gearlive.com – In this episode we give you a walkthrough at some of the cooler little features that set WIndows 7 apart from its predecessors.
www.gearlive.com – In this episode we give you a walkthrough at some of the cooler little features that set WIndows 7 apart from its predecessors.

The curtain has been raised (slightly) on the next installment of Microsoft’s Windows operating system – Windows 7.
Microsoft hope it will bring the internet, mobile phone and PC closer together. But reviews have so far been mixed, although reviewers have been limited to trying the (pre-beta version).
The full version is expected to be capable of working with a touchscreen screen, navigating documents and the Web similar to Apple’s iPhone. It is officially released at the end of 2009.
“I have seen the future, and it is bleak. Windows 7, the next big version, the one that was supposed to fix everything that was wrong with Vista, is here (at least in pre-beta form), and I can now say – with some confidence – that Microsoft has once again dropped the ball.
“Overall, I’m extremely disappointed with Windows 7. Far from atoning for Vista’s sins, Windows 7 simply carries them forward, visiting them upon yet another generation. Windows 7 is no panacea. Rather, it’s just more of the same: slow, bloated, and frustrating as hell.”
“When it comes to Windows 7, Microsoft hasn’t just learned from the mistakes of Windows Vista. It has picked up a thing or two from Apple’s OS X, judging by first impressions.
“It’s not clear how big the changes are so far. If you put the beta-build of Windows 7 side-by-side with Windows Vista, you’d be hard-pressed to spot the differences. Yes, some of the icons look slightly different and there’s no sidebar, but it’s essentially still the Vista look and feel. But that changes when you start to use Windows 7.
“For a start the OS won’t nag you as much; many notifications are banished to a control panel, you get to approve icons before they show up in the system tray and Microsoft has reined in Vista’s useful but annoying UAC prompts; you can choose which ones you want to see or turn them off altogether.”
“Initially Windows 7 looks similar to Vista, but there a lot of new features that have been added. Under the skin, Microsoft has been working hard. Boot times have been reduced, and certainly the review laptop Microsoft provided has a fairly snappy boot time.
“Microsoft has been working with OEMs to improve battery life – simple things such as reducing the timer frequency can improve battery life by up to 10 per cent. The networking stack has had new diagnostics added to help users figure out exactly where the problem lies.
“So, is this all a big deal? It’s not a change to the fundamental core of Windows, and most of the improvements sound relatively small. But taken together, they seem to address many of the issues people have had for Windows. I’m looking forward to trying it out, starting this afternoon.”
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at 6:02 pm
Download the updatable, authorized copy at Windows7FreeDL ( . ) TK
at 6:02 pm
hi !!! nice 5*****
at 6:02 pm
Great vid. I’m getting my new Win7 in a week or two.
Can’t wait for it to come
at 6:02 pm
these features are lame, and if they are thinking of catching with apple’s technology. They had to try harder.
at 6:02 pm
… i think you should be the one to try harder in making mac hit its market share…
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Not impressed. Chasing the Mac I see.
at 6:02 pm
Last time I checked this video was about windows 7, not mac os x or linux or whatever. Why not stay on topic, battle it out in some other forum… By the way, that’s a huge HP toolbar in IE
at 6:02 pm
One thing PC users can do that Mac users can’t:
“SHUT THE FUCK UP!”
just saying =}
at 6:02 pm
fuck, those are the NEW windows features?
Windows is even more years behind than I thought…
at 6:02 pm
xp and os x ftw!
at 6:02 pm
No, I’m sorry, OSX isn’t the way forward..It’s OS/2!!!!
at 6:02 pm
OS X is the way forward.
at 6:02 pm
?? i dont get your comment .. i wasn’t talking to you its cool that you like win7.. i do too .. but saying its better then vista isnt saying much .. OS X is better all around the only thing I use my windows os for is for gaming .. I’ve been using windows for over 14 years and just switched to OSX three months ago .. and what a relief .. alot of people will claim to know both systems but dont, yet voice their opinion as for me it comes from experience and windows is years behind os x thus far ..
at 6:02 pm
lol same here
at 6:02 pm
Windows 7 Kick ass im glad i skip vista
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i want a touch screen!
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nice mac os x rip lol
dont start some fan boy shit i use both systems …
at 6:02 pm
yeah!