By Rohit S. Shinde rohitshanti@gmail.com Latthe Polytechnic, Sangli.

(MOB. 7304485209)

 Defination Previous

versions of Microsoft Windows O.S . Windows 7 overview. Boot performance . Benefits of using Windows 7 . Windows 7 system requirements . Flavors of Windows 7. Features of Windows 7. User-friendly GUI Performance considerations of Windows 7 Conclusion

Definition : An Operating System is an interface between user and hardware of a computer system. Goals of O.S : To make the computer system convenient to use. To use the computer hardware in an efficient manner. Purpose of O.S : The purpose of an operating system is to provide an environment in which a user may execute programs.

 Process

management Interrupts Memory management Virtual file system Device drivers Networking Security Graphical user interfaces

Release date May 1990 July 1993 August 1995 June 1998 February 2000 Windows 3.x Windows NT Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 2000

Product name

September 2000

Windows Me

October 2001

Windows XP

November 2006 (volume licensing) January 2007 (retail)

Windows Vista

July 2007 February 2008 October 22, 2009

Windows Home Server Windows Server 2008 Windows 7

What is windows 7?
Most

Recent version of Microsoft Windows

Operating system.
Windows

7 was released to Manufacturing on July

22,2009,and reached general retail availability on

October 22,2009.

Why the name windows 7?

Windows 7 is the current release of Microsoft Windows. Initially codenamed Black comb and Vienna. Naming of windows 7 It is an operating system produced for personal computing which includes

Home and business desktops Laptops

Tablet PCs and

Media center PCs.

Boot time is fast. On the same computer, Vista booted in approximately 80 seconds. Windows 7 booted in 50 seconds. That's about a 38% fast boot time with Windows 7 .

Applications load faster. With Vista it took approximately 30

seconds. Windows 7 loaded in 20 seconds

The installation is faster than Windows Vista

Performance : Windows 7 starts, shuts down, and resumes from Standby faster than earlier versions of Windows.

Reliability :Reliability improvements in Windows 7 include a Fault Tolerant Heap that resolves common memory

management issues.

Application Compatibility :A key engineering goal for Microsoft is that software that runs on Windows Vista will run as well or better on Windows 7.

Device Compatibility

Security

Improved Battery Life

Architecture
Processor Memory (RAM)

32-bit
1 GHz 32-bit processor 1 GB of RAM

64-bit
1 GHz 64-bit processor 2 GB of RAM

Graphics Card

DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM driver model 1.0 (For Aero)
16 GB of available disk space 20 GB of available disk space

HDD free space

Optical drive

DVD drive (only to install from DVD/CD Media)

Windows 7 Starter Edition Windows 7 Home Basic Windows 7 Home Premium Windows 7 Professional Windows 7 Enterprise Windows 7 Ultimate

More personal Performance improvements

Play To
Remote Media Streaming Windows Touch

Jump Lists Jump Lists provide users with quick access to a mini-Start menu containing lists of pictures, music, word documents or links that they use most frequently.

Libraries Instead of having all files and folders organized under the familiar Documents folder, Windows 7 features separate Libraries for specific content types such as contacts, documents, downloads, music, pictures and videos.

Taskbar Peek This feature applies the Aero Peek technology to taskbar thumbnails.

Aero Peek Aero Peek expands on Vista's Aero graphical interface. If you have many windows open, Peek brings the window you want to focus on to the front, while turning all other open windows into transparent "glass sheets."

Sharing with HomeGroup Home Groups let you easily link Windows 7 computers on your home network to share pictures, music, videos, documents and devices such as a printer.

Aero Snap Maneuvering between windows is a pain, and comparing the content of two windows side by side requires awkward resizing that never quite works.

 Federated

search :

Windows 7 supports searching for documents beyond the users own PC, as well as a preview of search results

Windows 7 helps meet the needs of both end users and IT professionals, to make the things that people do today faster and easier . Windows 7 focused on delivering greater customer satisfaction in both big and small ways.

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