A look at Microsoft’s new Windows 7 operating system features, including multitouch, Aero Desktop, the new Taskbar, and more.
A look at Microsoft’s new Windows 7 operating system features, including multitouch, Aero Desktop, the new Taskbar, and more.

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 8:26 pm
nice
at 8:26 pm
Windows blows phat donkey dick
at 8:26 pm
seems high
at 8:26 pm
Sakkuriru you fail..
at 8:26 pm
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at 8:26 pm
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at 8:26 pm
i fell asleep half way through..
at 8:26 pm
GOOD
at 8:26 pm
The guy sounds like that teacher on Beavis & Butthead (with the peace symbol on his shirt).
Thanks for the review though.
at 8:26 pm
this guy has a retarded boring voice
at 8:26 pm
I have no idea what that means. But I’m going to agree with you anyway.
at 8:26 pm
it looks like a promising OS ..
at 8:26 pm
so fircken lifeless voice. bahaha you sound slow
at 8:26 pm
“Hello! My name is tsmaryka! I’m going to use terms that I learned in my IT classes to insult someone! I = not fail!”
at 8:26 pm
I’m going to run Windows 7 soon on a Mac
at 8:26 pm
kjhgkjhg
at 8:26 pm
nah , more like Napoleon Dynamite’s brother
” kip ”
at 8:26 pm
He sounds like Napoleon Dynamite LOL !!!
at 8:26 pm
Is this guy retarded? This is one of the worst videos i have ever seen. “Can be used for POP and Hotmail mail protocols”. Wow! I did not realize that Hotmail was its own protocol and that IMAP is not.
at 8:26 pm
dont use the windows defender use norton its alot better cause i did a comparesion i downloaded a virus and i have both instaled and the norton picked it up and deleted it but windows d did nothing it didnt even know i had a virus plus the firewall is much better 2 i know hp pcs come with norton not sure about others tho
at 8:26 pm
a la mierda contigo cabron si hablas asi como un marika te vas a la mierda vas a morir o que cojones te pasa ??? sufres de cerebro lento mejor callate~!!!!!!!
at 8:26 pm
7 is gay
at 8:26 pm
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at 8:26 pm
i am just hoping windows defender is a upgraded version like paint, calculator, wordpad etc also… on my xp i was using windows defender and the free version of avg and it ended up not working out so good, and my comp is fucked. i am going to buy a new comp and i know the specs i want, but not the os yet
at 8:26 pm
it is, it has a built in program called windows defender that is an antispyware program and viruses…well the User Account Control helps alot to protect against them but you will most likely still need an anti virus program. i am only running a free version of AVG and i have no problems yet