[RicaNeaga]

Windows 7 Features Revealed

As to those hoping for a lighter build, it looks like your dreams may come true. Windows 7 Chief Steve Sinofsky held up his "personal" laptop during the demo. It was running Windows 7 flawlessly on a 1 GHz processor netbook (probably using a VIA processor) with only 1 GB of RAM. It was running very smoothly, with over half the RAM free to use.

However, Microsoft is equally emphasizing power, with support for up to 256 CPUs.

For developers, the big news is the pre-release of the Windows 7 in the form of a API-complete pre-beta, offered to the lucky few. This should help out-the-gate hardware support to be improved from Vista's debut, a major priority for Microsoft.

In all, there's too much to sum up in fine detail, but suffice it to say Windows 7 is shaping up to look very good. Where Vista was, in opinion of some, bloated, Windows 7 offers a light frame scalable to high levels of performance. And for the daily user, as the popularity of the iPhone showed, the sharp looking and greatly overhauled user interface may be the killer app which makes Windows 7 a consumer hit and a must-have upgrade when its released in late 2009 or early 2010.

Numai lucruri bune... era si cazul dupa ce a insemnat vista (mai ales pana la sp1)...