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Windows 7 Power Settings Menu
One thing that is completely revamped from previous windows versions is Windows 7’s power consumption savings. The power settings will allow you tweak a laptops power profile to get more battery life. In fact, one of my colleagues was able to increase his laptops power life by 30 minutes vs with a regular Vista installation. Read the rest of this entry »
Windows 7 UAC Popup Control
Windows 7 attempts to improve upon the Windows Vista User Account Control. For those who don’t know what user account control is, it is that annoying dialog box that frequently pops up in Vista. Read the rest of this entry »
Windows 7 Desktop Taskbar
Taskbar
I like the new taskbar that Windows 7 has. What it does is consolidate all of your icons based upon their logo. The new setup looks extremely clean and works a lot like the Mac dock. If you highlight your mouse over the taskbar, a preview of all of the program windows will pop up. This feature is similar to Vistas but it will show you a preview of all the windows rather than a single one. Unfortunately, this feature wasn’t enabled on my laptop because it wasn’t powerful enough. However, I was able to use it one of my friends computers with a midrange Core 2 Duo processor.
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Automatic Updates
The other day I installed Windows 7 Beta on my laptop. The installation went very smoothly and there were very few context menus to fill out. I guess you can say that Windows is approaching a fully unattended install which is nice. Upon bootup, the windows logo is also new as it is now a 3d windows logo. However, this seems to slow down the startup a bit. Once I your are into Windows for the first time Windows 7 will search for your drivers.
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