10 Reasons why Windows 7 is the Winner
1. Federated Searches. Federated searches extend Explorer search capabilities beyond the desktop, allow you to 
search remote repositories through “search connectors”. These connectors and found and download throughout the Internet.
2. Libraries. This provides you with the ability to see more than one folder’s worth of content in one view. For example, the Documents library will show all of your documents in My Documents (C:\Users\\Documents) and Public Documents (C:\Users\Public\Documents) and any other locations you choose. Windows Vista let you perform saved searches and create virtual folders in Explorer. However, Windows 7 libraries also let you write to these saved searches, which you couldn’t do before.
3. UAC slider. Windows 7 provides four UAC settings you can configure with the slider: a) Never Notify; b) Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer (do not dim my desktop); c) Default – Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer; d) Always Notify.
4. Action Center. Action Center does more than its predecessor. In addition to altering security information (Windows Update, Windows Firewall, Windows Defender, User Account Control, Network and Internet security settings), you can now access maintenance information and troubleshoot computer problems.
5. Jump lists. Right-click a taskbar button and a jump list will show you common actions such as opening a new tab in IE8. You could even add your favorite Web sites to your IE8 jump list and, with a click, jump to a site.
6. Live download for applications. You can download Windows Live Call, Windows Live Family Safety, Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Movie Maker, Windows Live Photo Gallery, and Windows Live Writer all from the Windows Live download site.
7. Energy-efficiency improvements. The engineers for Windows 7 have been focused on reducing the power consumption and environmental impact. Windows 7 is designed toward that end by building on the energy-saving features already existing in previous OS builds like Vista with its Power Options, which reduces power consumption when the system is idle, and Shutdown options that allow the system to go into “sleep” mode.
8. Internet Explorer 8 features. These new features include InPrivate browsing, Web slices, and accelerators. People using Web slices for eBay updates, etc, save time having to navigate to oft-visited sites. With the Accelerators you can quickly select a word and get a translation or definition.
9. PowerShell 2.0. It is a great feature to have the new command line included within the OS. In fact, Microsoft should take the next step and remove the CMD.exe application altogether. PowerShell can perform all the same commands and much, much more.
10. Windows XP Mode. Microsoft has included a virtual XP mode that shows on some level that Microsoft is aware of the fear on the part of the enterprise to deploy any OS that might not allow their existing applications to function the way they currently do under Windows XP. Second, Microsoft will give it away for free both Windows Virtual PC 7 and the Windows XP Mode drop-in. (Note: It is free for those who have Windows 7 Enterprise, Professional, or Ultimate Edition.)
These are the reasons why Windows 7 is the winner.
Comments (2)
Thanks for posting, I’ll definitely be subscribing to your blog.
Agree that IE8 has some nice new features (such as Accelerators).