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It’s a nice operating system, easy to install and easy to use. It hassome of the more advanced features of Vista without the more annoying ones. It shows a lot of promise.

 

Why is it going to be better? The main thing is: it’s less annoying. Straight off you can control how much you want to be notified about security concerns. Remember when Vista warned you that you’d plugged in a mouse and it might be a security concern? Well now you can have Windows only ask you if you’re sure you want to do this when it’s really important. It still promises to be a more secure operating system, without all the warnings.
There are improvements in how it handles media; Windows XP Media Centre was not really the best thing ever, but Windows 7 has many improvements. As well as handling TV and video better, it also allows you to stream music to other places. So from a central computer in your office, you might decide to play your favourite tunes to a set of speakers in your kitchen. While you will need the hardware to set this all up, it is moving towards a centralised media centre, one location to hold your music, video and all entertainment.
Search functions have been improved, making it easier to find documents, programs or anything on your computer with a few keywords, and previews
are larger so you can look without opening.
Microsoft gives a pretty good tour and shows off lots of the new features at this address http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-
7/features/tour.aspx.
Well if it is so good, why not get it? Vista is killing us here! I know. I hear those screams too. However, you should wait before buying any new OS. Generally, with Microsoft, we recommend waiting until at least the first major service pack comes out, preferably the second. Microsoft, as you probably know from all those pop up reminders, releases updates on a regular basis. A service pack is a collection of a large amount of these updates and in the case of some like XP Service Pack 2, includes some big changes to how the operating system works.
Why test Windows 7 and put up with all the buggy problems? Wait for a major service pack when most of these will be ironed out. Then we say go for it, Windows 7 might just be the cure for Vista you’ve been waiting for.
What about now though? I need a new computer and I don’t want Vista. Well XP is still an option. You can buy a computer now with Windows 7 Professional which automatically gives you the rights to downgrade to XP Professional. Then, when you are ready, you can upgrade to Windows 7. If you need help deciding which way to go with your new PC, give Gerry a call on 778.294.2917 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

Thank you so much for you help with all the set up... how unbelievably smooth all the tech set up has been and how unbelievably messy and time consuming it could have been if we didn't have you. We really appreciate it!! - Paul Pheasey, Living Wellness Centre.

 

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