Windows 7 [1] (formerly known as Blackcomb and Vienna) is the latest operating systems from Microsoft Corporation and successor to Windows Vista.
This new version of Windows includes the achievements of Windows Vista while making numerous changes, including various changes in the interface and ergonomics, a special effort for the transparent management of mobile machines and the concern of improve the overall system performance (flow, speed of execution, even on less capable systems such as netbooks) compared to its predecessor.
By identifying this new version by its version number (this is the seventh version of Windows), Microsoft revives an abandoned logical since Windows 3.2 and Windows NT 4.0. The tradition was so far only Windows versions are identified by reference to the year of release (Windows 95 ...) or by an ad hoc name (Windows XP or Windows Vista). However, Windows 7 is based on the NT kernel 6.1.
On April 8, 2010, the software beyond the 10% market share in five months while Windows Vista had to wait 16 months to reach an even score [2
Also, those freaking commercials piss me off. Windows 7 was not your idea. Neither was media streaming or the freaking touchscreen. SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY
I wanted a Windows 7, but I still have a Windows Vista. Still OK, but wanted to be more better.
Honestly 7 isn't that different. Other than Aero Shake and peek and that stuff, and better driver integration, I haven't really noticed anything better about it.
Apparently it's not as much of a memory hog compared to Vista, but I haven't noticed any extreme differences.
