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Microsoft Windows 7 Release Candidate
Released January, 2009
The Pros:Performace strips both XP and Vista. Improved Visuals. Quickstart replaced by pinning programs to task bar.
The Cons:Only one Workspace. Random Program Shut-downs. No help from the error messages provided. Task manager and start menu cannot be replaced with an older version.
Windows 7 is the next generation OS by Microsoft. It is the direct sucessor to Windows 7.
Windows 7 brings several useful improvements over the badly reviewed Vista and is aimed at overcoming a large part of the major issues the previous OS has.
New Features:
-Improved 'Start' and Taskbar
-Improved memory efficiency
-Internet Explorer 8
-Vastly improved Wordpad, Paint and other Windows Tools
-Homegroups
-Better Diagnostics
-Easier Device Management
-Improved UAC
Also the versioning will be more streamlined as each edition is a subset of its respective superior (i.e. (Home Basic<)Home Premium
Note: This is the Beta Version. Therefore the Software is FREE and only Ultimate is available. This is still a test platform!
User Reviews (9)
Pros & Cons
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5
Performace strips both XP and Vista
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5
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5
Quickstart replaced by pinning programs to task bar.
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5
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4
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4
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4
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4
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4
Can produce Aero graphics on legacy systems and extreme-low-end graphics cards
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4
Improved Battery Times over Windows Vista and XP
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3
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3
Easy Device Install and Management
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3
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3
Well supported x64 edition
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3
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3
Improved Network Security for non-power-users
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3
Improved Security Center (now: Action Center). Far better configurability
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3
free release candidate version for anyone who desires to try Windows 7
- lasts over a year before it is disabled
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3
Improved user interface responsiveness
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2
Improved backward compatibility (Over Windows Vista)
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1
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0
Improved handwriting recognition
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5
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2
Random Program Shut-downs. No help from the error messages provided.
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1
task manager and start menu cannot be replaced with an older version
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Internet Explorer 8 is very buggy (Also Beta)
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-1
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Still slower than comparable Linux distributions
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-2
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