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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 23:40 There are no shortages of reviews about Windows 7 so we’ll keep it nice and short. If you’re a “PC” and your system can handle it you should be running Windows 7. We recommend the OEM version of Windows 7 Professional...
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For most people who are considering moving to Windows 7, 22 October is D-Day. On that date Microsoft's newest operating system lands on store shelves, both as a shrink-wrapped upgrade and pre-installed on new PCs.For some folks, though, D-Day has alre...
Get Windows 7, but on your own schedule. It'll be ready when you are - and you'll almost certainly consider it an improvement over whatever version of Windows you're using now...
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Windows 8 has been out for 2 weeks now, and for many people the jury is still out. I think the sticking point for most people is whether they can accept the Metro interface on a desktop PC (okay, they call it “Modern UI” now, but we're still going to refe...
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We already know that the look and feel of Windows 8 is very different from Windows 7. But once you fire up your favorite title, does Microsoft's latest affect your experience? We test 10 games and talk to one of the company's SDEs to answer that question...
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toptenreviews.com Updated:
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Want a stable well built operating system that will keep you on the move no matter what you are working on and make managing and navigating between multiple programs a breeze? If you want all this and much more, then read on and see what Windows 7 has...
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techworld.com Updated:
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The latest addition to Microsoft's family of Windows 7 products is now nearing Release Candidate stage. Microsoft Windows 7 Security Edition - in circulation with select MSDN members for the last four months - was developed in parallel with the more f...
Microsoft’s proven history of original innovation in the design of operating systems has been surpassed in this interesting new take on the Windows 7 OS. Despite the limited availability of familiar applications, we expect this variant to prove itself...
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I’m a big fan of Windows 7—it runs fast and never crashed during all of my testing. It is a rock-solid OS for photographic workflows, providing a good platform for Adobe’s Photoshop and other commercial apps, handles memory well, and has a slight inter...
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by Florian Wimmer 11/09/2009 Because you should be open for new things, the author (and his actually to old notebook) flings himself into the adventure of Windows 7 and reports in this 5 part column about his experiences. Today: What did I expect? Go...
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evergeek.com Updated:
2015-12-18 07:04:29
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With Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system (OS), available in Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate flavors, most of the improvements over previous iterations are under the hood. But while boasting increased performance, stability and better mem...
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Often hailed as the solution to Windows Vista performance problems, we wanted to know just how much better Windows 7 really is. We put one of our...
From the benchmarker’s standpoint, the change from Windows Vista to Windows 7 is simply a matter of documentation. The one benchmark that showed a big difference was actually slower in Windows 7, likely due to a compatibility issue with one of the p...
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After nearly a year-long build-up, Microsoft’s ongoing pre-launch campaign to woo computer users has come to a close, with the public launch of Microsoft’s latest and greatest desktop OS, Windows 7.Windows 7 is being born in to a world of uncertainty...
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Windows 7 is finally here. Will it redeem Microsoft's Vista-tarnished image? All indications are that it will. The hardware driver issues that plagued Vista won't recur, for the simple reason that Windows 7 reuses the same deep plumbing code that Vi...
Smaller disk and memory footprint. Faster installation, startup, shutdown. Stable. Less intrusive. Taskbar icons more flexible. New home networking capabilities, including media streaming. Working with external hardware is easier. Multitouch support. Nice...
Keeps the Registry and some other Windows baggage. Performance not a huge gain over Vista. A bit pricey for upgraders.
Microsoft's new OS is a big improvement over Windows Vista, and because it's based on the same underlying kernel code there should be fewer compatibility headaches for those who make the switch. Add to that a retooled taskbar, simpler home network...
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Digitaltrends.com Updated:
2015-12-18 07:04:29
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Video Review: Windows Vista was released a little over two years ago and garnered a fairly negative response for hogging resources and driver incompatibility. Windows 7 fixes the most agitating problems associated with its predecessor and takes a few...
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Oh, Windows. You inform and entertain us. You are inescapable, and your Start menu is full of items relevant to our productivity. You move us. Sort of. To be honest, we're not sure what sort of state this fair planet of ours would be in without the rugged...
Beautiful new UI, Speed improvements throughout, New Windows Media Center...
Few major changes over Vista, Internet Explorer, Somewhat expensive...
Where Vista felt like a sprawling mess, Windows 7 has patched up the holes and feels like a tight, unified mechanism. It's hardly full of surprises, but that's usually a good thing when it comes to operating systems. If you've never been a Windows person...
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& Executive Summary2: Pricing, Editions & SystemRequirements3: Installation, Setup & Upgrading4: Initial Impressions5: Daily Usage6: Connectivity & Networking7: Windows Internet Explorer 88: IE 8 - Developer, Compatibility & Security9: Accessories (Se...
Product: Windows 7Company: MicrosoftWebsite: http://www.microsoft.comMSRP: See Pricing Purchase at Amazon.comReview By: Andre Da Costawith Byron Hinson, Robert Stein & Fernando Fhualpa contributingIntroductionTable Of Contents (70 Pages)1: Introduc...
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Three years ago we were benchmarking Microsoft's then latest operating system, Windows 8. At the time we were keen to make sure Windows 8 performed as well as Windows 7, which was a huge upgrade from 2006's Windows Vista. In the end, we determined that W...
After watching near-identical results pour in on most tests, from application to encoding, to storage and gaming, it's hard to read too much into results as there are many variables we can't control. The same hardware that currently runs Windows 7 compet...
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