Monday, February 23, 2009

Windows 7: Advantages and Disadvantages

Advantages
  • Vista tweaks or issues of certain features have been fixed. Users of Windows 7 encounter many less problems then those of Vista.
  • Windows 7 faster than vista, it can run on a small low-end notebook with one gigabyte of RAM.
  • Power saving features now available in Windows 7
  • Quality personalization features- new screensavers, sounds, desktop backgrounds, 
  • Drastically improved taskbar that facilitates user control
  • Great applications accompany Windows 7 such as Windows Live Messenger, Photo Gallery, Mail, Writer, Movie Maker, and HomeGroup. 
Disadvantages
  •  Windows 7 Beta version out- (early test version)- There are still many kinks to work out:
  •  Hardware- applications and drivers have had a lot of compatibility issues 
  • Performance issues
  •  Graphics issues
  •  Peripheral issues- Printers, scanners, etc incompatible