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Windows 7 vs. Windows Vista

6 November, 2009

Windows 7 is the latest brainchild of Computer billionaire Bill Gates. It was made for a specific reason, which is to replace the enormous faults of Windows vista such as speed, usage of ram, space taken and the cost.

First let’s tackle speed. At any test, windows 7 has bested windows vista based on speed. Vista has had problems including reducing the performance of the computer since its beginning. For example windows vista mainly requires at least a 1 GB ram to function properly, while Windows 7 has only a 756 Mb ram necessity. I have tested windows 7 beta version in a laptop which has a 756 Mb ram and it still works perfectly, while in the same computer vista was lagging quite a bit.
The Space required for vista and the space required for windows 7 is almost the same. This region has a slight improvement but not greatly.

The appeal of windows vista was its main highlight. The glossy finish and a sleek window display made it such an instant hit that many people oblivious to its other flaws, but most tech savvy people just continued with windows Xp with a vista transformation pack. Windows 7 is like a bridge between Xp and vista, it has a new look and it also has good performance. The look is unique with a bigger task bar than usual. The icons are placed in the task bar when they are being used instead of the older display of the name of the program being used. I would say this is just one of the unique features of windows 7.

The cost also plays a major factor for the success of any Operating system. Although the price of windows 7 has not been officially released, many computer agencies have already begun their promotional lines of “free upgrade to windows 7”, giving us an idea that it will be around the same cost.
At the end of it all I would say that windows 7 emerges the victor in this fight.