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Windows 7 Highlights
Microsoft Windows 7 has quite a few hidden gems that will appeal to business users, mobile mavens, accountants and Web surfers alike. Here’s a few of the highlights.
- In Windows 7, when you click on any window's title bar and shake it, every other open window goes away. This reduces the clutter on your screen, letting you focus on the one window you care about. Shake it again and the other windows reappear. Microsoft calls it Aero Shake, and it also lets you clear off the desktop completely, as in this image. Just move the mouse to the lower right of the screen to hide all the open windows and get your bearings back.read more
- Windows 7 supports games such as EA BattleForge that work with the more advanced DirectX 11. DirectX is a programming tool for game designers; the newest version (only in Windows 7) borrows a technique called tessellation from CGI movies to add tons of detail without slowing gameplay.read more
- With Windows Vista, Microsoft offered a separate version for computers that use a 64-bit processor. These PCs can access massive amounts of RAM, well over the 4GB maximum for 32-bit computers. With Windows 7, every version except Home Basic includes both the 32-bit and 64-bit version. The latest laptop and desktop computers typically now ship with a 64-bit processor.read more
- Windows 7 lets you tweak the options for security prompts, a scourge from Windows Vista. Vista's notorious "User Account Control" feature translated into a barrage of security warnings for common tasks, even for users installing well-known software like Apple iTunes. In Windows 7, these prompts are nearly absent, and Microsoft argues that security is even tighter.read more
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Windows 7 Highlights
Microsoft Windows 7 has quite a few hidden gems that will appeal to business users, mobile mavens, accountants and Web surfers alike. Here’s a few of the highlights.
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