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Windows 7 is designed for faster and more reliable performance, so your PC just
works the way you want it to. Windows 7 was intended to be a more focused, incremental
upgrade to the Windows line, with the goal of being fully compatible with applications
and hardware. Through Baasha India IME’s, the Indian users can enable windows 7
with Indian language support.
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New Features
A new feature named Jump Lists has been presented which is used for speedy access
to your favorite pictures, songs, websites, and documents. The Windows Taskbar supports
better thumbnail previews, easier-to-see icons, and more ways to customize. The
performance improvement are in such a way that they are designed to sleep and resume
quicker, be less memory hungry, and spot USB devices faster.
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The unique look of Windows 7 is the result of Aero, the premium visual experience
that makes it exciting to interact with your PC. The borders of windows seem to
be made of a transparent glass with subtle shadings that can appear in a wide assortment
of color schemes. Windows combines window borders, the new-look Start menu and taskbar,
and more into Aero themes, making it easy to change the way your computer looks
and sounds with just a few simple steps. |
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HomeGroup is one of the ways Windows 7 takes the headache out of home networking.
WindowsConnect Now is another feature that makes it possible to set up your wireless
home network with a push of a button—just shop for a Wi-Fi router that carries a
"Compatible with Windows 7" sticker. Once your network is set up, the new View Available
Networks menu makes it easy to connect. Located on the taskbar, it displays all
your options—Wi-Fi, mobile broadband, dial-up, or corporate VPN— in a single glance.
A couple clicks, and you’re done. |
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Windows 7 is also designed to help you wring more life from laptop batteries. For
example, it cuts off the power to your Ethernet jack when you’re not using it and
automatically dims your LCD screen which is a huge power drain is being cut short
by this, if the computer sits idle too long. |
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A new Windows 7 feature named Library has been introduced which lets you group files
into collections, no matter where they are or what they're called. A library can
include up to 50 locations. You can also create new libraries—and call them whatever
you want. An architect, for example, could create a library for the blueprints,
contracts, and photos related to a building project. |
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With Windows 7 searching for files, folders, programs, and photos is a breeze. You
can find nearly anything by using the search box on the Start menu or in any open
window. The search box on the Start menu is usually the first place you’ll want
to look for what you need. You can use the search box on the Start menu to find
files, folders, programs, and e-mail messages that are stored on your computer.
Just click the Start button, and then start typing in the search box. As you start
typing, items will appear on the Start menu that matches the text that you typed. |
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Windows Touch is a natural way to interact with your computer using the touch screen
technology. When you pair Windows 7 with a touch screen PC, you can control it with
your fingertips. By supporting multi touch technology, Windows 7 opens up a new
world of possibilities. A double click becomes a double tap. In Internet Explorer
8, you scroll through a webpage by dragging a finger up or down the screen. In Photo
Viewer, zoom in by spreading two fingers apart on the screen, or rotate a photo
by twirling one finger around the other. |
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The Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 offers a glimpse at what’s ahead. The new
pack, which will come with some touch screen PCs, includes a 3-D virtual Earth you
can spin with your hand. Touch a spot on the Microsoft Surface Globe and it zooms
in to sidewalk scale. |
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Windows 7 system requirements
- 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
- 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
- 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
- DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
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