Windows 7
Jesse Bradley
Issue date: 11/9/09 Section: News
Microsoft is released its newest operating system, Windows 7, Oct. 22, 2009, a more user and programmer friendly system compared to Windows Vista.
Windows 7 was developed by Microsoft alongside an army of beta testers who make, suggest and request changes in order to make this new operating system better than with older versions of Windows.
"Windows 7 works faster, allows more programs to run and does not give as many annoying pop-ups that ask if you trust the program every time you try to run it," said Roger Enand, CCAC North Campus student. "It is just overall better than Vista."
One change is the Windows notification that prompted for administrator's permission for executable (.exe) or other programs even if the program has been run multiple times before.
Start up and shut down times in Windows 7 have been reduced for busier users who need to quickly open an e-mail and edit a presentation.
The taskbar is also getting an aesthetic makeover, including larger icons. Programs that have multiple windows open and will automatically cluster them into a single tab on the taskbar, which allows a quick find when running multiple programs or have multiple Word documents open at the same time.
Windows 7 also consumes less computer resources. In the past, some users who wanted to upgrade to Vista from XP couldn't because the computer wasn't powerful enough. But now, the switch from XP to 7 can easily be made on the current computer. Before switching, users have to remember to back up all files since they won't be transferred from XP to 7.
A revamped search system clusters files into groups alongside similar files, so searching for a Word document with similar names as movies and other files will be easier because the document will be in a separate cluster than the movies and the other files.
Windows 7 was developed by Microsoft alongside an army of beta testers who make, suggest and request changes in order to make this new operating system better than with older versions of Windows.
"Windows 7 works faster, allows more programs to run and does not give as many annoying pop-ups that ask if you trust the program every time you try to run it," said Roger Enand, CCAC North Campus student. "It is just overall better than Vista."
One change is the Windows notification that prompted for administrator's permission for executable (.exe) or other programs even if the program has been run multiple times before.
Start up and shut down times in Windows 7 have been reduced for busier users who need to quickly open an e-mail and edit a presentation.
The taskbar is also getting an aesthetic makeover, including larger icons. Programs that have multiple windows open and will automatically cluster them into a single tab on the taskbar, which allows a quick find when running multiple programs or have multiple Word documents open at the same time.
Windows 7 also consumes less computer resources. In the past, some users who wanted to upgrade to Vista from XP couldn't because the computer wasn't powerful enough. But now, the switch from XP to 7 can easily be made on the current computer. Before switching, users have to remember to back up all files since they won't be transferred from XP to 7.
A revamped search system clusters files into groups alongside similar files, so searching for a Word document with similar names as movies and other files will be easier because the document will be in a separate cluster than the movies and the other files.