Windows 7
May 1st, 2009
Recently I started this thread on Geek.com re: Windows Vista:
“It’s visually impressive and processor heavy, but why? Must we have these widgets and fades everywhere? Thoughts please!”
And one reply I got was:
“Not even a pretty face”.
I think it’s a safe assumption that the majority of people who’ve used Vista dont like it. So expectations are high for the emergence of Windows 7.
Rick Hodgen from Geek.com writes:
“Microsoft is engaging in unprecedented public openness with free, pre-release versions of their (new) operating system. Considering that Microsoft’s global OS market share has decreased from well over 96% in 2004 to a mere 88% in 2009 — losing predominantly to Mac OS X, Linux and iPhone, it’s no surprise that Microsoft is reaching out in this way.
Windows 7 represents Microsoft’s largest operating system release to date. The company reports “More than 10,000 companies have signed up to have access to a breadth of helpful tools and resources needed to prepare their products and services to take full advantage of the innovations in Windows 7″, which may also explain their interest in getting the widest possible public response prior to an official release. At this point, Microsoft could hardly afford to release a lemon after what many feel was “the Vista disaster”.
The system requirements for Windows 7 will be as follows:
- 1GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
- 1 GB of RAM (32-bit)/2 GB of RAM (64-bit)
- 16 GB of available disk space (32-bit)/20 GB (64-bit)
- DirectX 9 graphics device with Windows Display Driver Model 1.0 or higher driver
The official website for Windows 7 is here.
Oh, That’s what all those “I’m a PC’ ads are about…
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