Comparison

James Jenkinson

55 New Features in 7

• Don't need A New PCWindows 7 will become the first major

Windows release that doesn't require better hardware than its predecessor. In fact, it might even run on systems that struggle with Vista,

especially netbooks.

55 New Features in 7

One-click Wi-FiA simple click on the wireless network System

Tray icon produces a pop-up of available networks, rather than having to delve into the separate View Available Networks option that

was found in XP and Vista. A small but worthwhile change.

5 New Features in Windows 7Internet Explorer 8

Internet Explorer 8 isn't unique to Windows 7, with a beta

already available for Vista, but in terms of usability there's no

comparison between the two. On Windows 7, it's a revelation: not only does it launch quickly, but the pages render in a flash.

5 New Features in Windows 7Wireless USB and Blu-ray write support

Ultra Wideband (UWB) and Wireless USB (WUSB) have rather

stalled in the blocks, but should the wireless alternatives to USB cables

ever take off, Windows 7 will support both. Also included for the

first time is native support for burning Blu-ray discs.

5 New Features in Windows 7Toggle Windows features

Switching off unwanted Windows features used to

involve an uninstall. Now, such features can be simply toggled

on and off, with the files remaining on the hard disk

should you decide to use them later.

5 Features of Windows VistaStart Menu Search

In Windows Vista, the Start Menu has undergone some significant changes. One of the chief additions

is a Search box, where users may begin typing immediately. The contents of the Start menu itself

are indexed and searchable, besides the global search index. If indexing is turned on, the search box

returns results on-the-fly as users type into it. This allows launching applications in general more quickly

than navigating to the shortcut through cascading menus.

5 Features of Windows VistaFile Operations

When moving or copying files, Windows Explorer displays the full source and destination path, size

and number of items and the transfer speed in megabytes per second (MB/s). If a conflict or

error is encountered, it does not terminate the copy, move or delete operation. Rather, the file is

skipped and the rest of the files processed

5 Features Of Windows Vista

Windows AEROPremium editions of Windows Vista include a

redesigned user interface and visual style, named Windows Aero (Authentic, Energetic, Reflective and Open). Aero is intended to be cleaner and more aesthetically pleasing than

previous Windows versions, including glass-like transparencies, window animations and eye

candy.

5 Features Of Windows Vista

Internet Explorer 7Windows Vista includes the seventh version of

Internet Explorer, which adds support for tabbed browsing, Atom, RSS, internationalized domain names, a search box, a phishing filter,

an anti-spoofing URL engine, fine-grained control over ActiveX add-ons, thumbnails of all

open tabs in a single window (called Quick Tabs), page zoom, and tab groups.

5 Features Of Windows Vista

Power ConfigurationWindows Vista allows fine-grained control over power settings such as setting the power saving

mode for wireless adapters, USB selective suspend, PCI Express link state power management,

processor state etc and also allows configuring power settings for specific scenarios such as while sharing media files, giving a presentation, adaptive

display mode and while indexing files.

2 Cons of Windows 7

Quicklaunch Bar is goneThe quicklaunch bar that is located next to the

start button is a handy area to store shortcuts to programs and applications that may be

stored in folders. This bar effectively eliminates desktop clutter.

Windows 7 does not have this bar

2 Cons of Windows 7Windows 7 new task bar

(Superbar)The Windows 7 superbar is horrible, it has oversized icons

which leads to having less space to fit them on before they stack

on each other

2 Cons of Windows VistaVista Compatibility

Unfortunately Windows Vista does not support alot of the hardware that windows XP supports, alot of

people may need new hardware just so vista can use it, this may end up costing more than just the OS

price.

2 Cons of Windows Vista

Windows AERO PowerWindows AERO, the new graphical interface in

Windows Vista certainly looks good, but it chews up laptop battery like nothing else.

Some laptops may not even last more than 2 hours on its internal battery

Which One is Better?

When the beta for Windows 7 was released there was a celebration from MS users worldwide, this being

because those who were frustrated with Vista now saw that Windows 7 fixed everything.

The truth is, these people don’t recognise that Windows 7 essentially is Windows Vista just with a new start

button, personalisation page and taskbar.Why pay hundreds of dollars to upgrade to something

that essentially is the same as what you already have.If you have Vista don’t bother paying to upgrade

Thank you for listening to my PowerPoint comparing Windows

Vista and Windows 7