Windows 7 has been praised by Microsoft’s fanboy army, and berated by Apple’s Mac-toting zealots. But putting what’re the real differences?
Say you’re installing an OS on a netbook, or wondering whether to slip Microsoft’s latest onto your Apple-branded machine. You could listen to a pair of comedians muttering “I’m a PC” and “I’m patronising”… Or you could read our head-to-head death match to see just how the rival platforms stack up.
So, you’ve just installed Windows 7. What to do first? Follow our handy guide and we’ll show you all the whizzy new features worth showing off to your mates.
The number in Windows 7 is important – it’s how many years we’ve been using Windows XP, during which it released and then tried desperately to fix the resource sapping mess that is Windows Vista. With a stream-lined interface, host of new features and a little restored faith does Windows 7 do enough to leave Windows XP behind? Find out as we go beneath the skin in our Windows 7 review.
Microsoft’s making a big fuss about the newest version of its world-straddling OS but what’s new? Is Windows 7, as some people claim, simply just a glorified Windows Vista service pack or have Gates and the gang managed to create something genuinely innovative? Read on for the skinny on Windows 7′s new features and foibles.
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