Windows 7 new features over Vista

Everyone is talking about windows 7 now. Lets see what are the main features available in it.

Improved Taskbar with preview:
You can get preview of icons on the taskbar with the new windows 7. Move over the icons and you’ll see thumbnails of every file or window that is open currently, Also microsoft made drag and drop feature to easily arrange the icons in the taskbar in required order.

Jump Lists:
Jump list feature helps you to quickly reach the files you've been working with. So right-clicking on the excel icon will show your most recent excel documents. And if there are other files you want to use most frequently, you can pin them to the Jump List so that they will be just away from a couple of clicks.

Shake and Snap Feature:
When you wanted to compare two open windows in vista, you had to manually resize your open windows to show them side by side but With Windows 7 snap feature you can easily compare two open windows. Snap windows to both sides and it’s easier than ever to compare those windows.

With shake feature you can minimize all the windows, restore them, make gadgets on the desktop invisible etc.

Better Search Engine:
Searching is the most important feature required in world wide web or computer. Can you imagine the world without search engines like google,yahoo and bing. In windows 7, you can get a better search engine at startup.Also you can build libraries for easy access of same type of files like photos,videos etc.

Easy device management:
Unlike in earlier versions of windows where for each connected device you get different screen, With Windows 7 you get a single screen to show all Devices, Phones and Printers to connect, manage, and use them.

Faster and More Responsive Performance:
To improve performance, Windows 7 is designed to make PCs start up, shut down, resume from standby faster than its earlier versions. It also provide better power management options to your battery for longlife during journeys. Unlike in Vista, Windows 7 also reduces interuptions and popup messages.

Windows Touch:
With Windows 7, if you've got a touch-screen monitor, you can just touch your computer screen for a more direct and natural way to work. Use your fingers to scroll, resize windows, play media, zoom etc.

There are lot of other features as well. If you have impressed with windows 7. you can try it free from Microsoft official website.