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Microsoft Windows 7 Release Candidate
Windows 7 is the next generation OS by Microsoft. It is the direct sucessor to Windows 7.
Windows 7 brings several useful improvements over the badly reviewed Vista and is aimed at overcoming a large part of the major issues the previous OS has.
MSRP $0.00
Release date January, 2009
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New Features:
-Improved 'Start' and Taskbar
-Improved memory efficiency
-Internet Explorer 8
-Vastly improved Wordpad, Paint and other Windows Tools
-Homegroups
-Better Diagnostics
-Easier Device Management
-Improved UAC
Also the versioning will be more streamlined as each edition is a subset of its respective superior (i.e. (Home Basic<)Home Premium
Note: This is the Beta Version. Therefore the Software is FREE and only Ultimate is available. This is still a test platform!
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Released January, 2007
Pros
- Offers DX10 capabilities for the latest in gaming graphics
- Provides commercial-grade encryption, bit locking, and nifty Windows Extras
- desktop widgets such as calendar, clock etc
Cons
- Requires a powerful PC with lots of RAM.
- It's not as innovative as they always say
- asks for too many confirmations when performing routine tasks
Microsoft Windows 7 Release Candidate
100%
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Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
0%
MSRP --
Released January, 2001
XP Pro is the the business targeted flavor of XP and contains many features that make working in a corporate environment more convenient and secure. The features are weighted towards expanded networking abilities, user profiles, and operating system maintenance. Two of the biggest additions to Pro over Home are the Remote Desktop functionality that...
Microsoft Windows 7 Release Candidate
100%
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Microsoft Windows XP Professional
0%
Microsoft Windows 7 Release Candidate
100%
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Ubuntu 9.04
0%
Reviews
March 9, 2009
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Pros
- Performace strips both XP and Vista
- Improved Visuals
- Improved Wifi Config
- Can produce Aero graphics on legacy systems and extreme-low-end graphics cards
- Improved Battery Times over Windows Vista and XP
- Quickstart replaced by pinning programs to task bar.
- Improved Task Manager
- Large Driver Database
- Easy Device Install and Management
- detached gadgets
- Well supported x64 edition
- More Stable than Vista
- Configurable UAC
- Improved Taskbar
- Improved Network Security for non-power-users
- Improved Start Menu
- Improved Security Center (now: Action Center). Far better configurability
- Improved backward compatibility (Over Windows Vista)
- Homegroups
Cons
- Only one Workspace
- Internet Explorer 8 is very buggy (Also Beta)
- Still slower than comparable Linux distributions
- Beta release
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May 15, 2009
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Pros
- Performace strips both XP and Vista
- Improved Visuals
- Improved Task Manager
- detached gadgets
- free release candidate version for anyone who desires to try Windows 7
- lasts over a year before it is disabled
Cons
- Only one Workspace
- task manager and start menu cannot be replaced with an older version
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July 1, 2009
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Pros
- Performace strips both XP and Vista
- Improved Visuals
- Improved Wifi Config
- Can produce Aero graphics on legacy systems and extreme-low-end graphics cards
- Improved Battery Times over Windows Vista and XP
- Quickstart replaced by pinning programs to task bar.
- Improved Task Manager
- Large Driver Database
- Easy Device Install and Management
- Well supported x64 edition
- More Stable than Vista
- Configurable UAC
- Improved Taskbar
- Improved Network Security for non-power-users
- Improved Start Menu
- Improved Security Center (now: Action Center). Far better configurability
- free release candidate version for anyone who desires to try Windows 7
- lasts over a year before it is disabled
- Improved backward compatibility (Over Windows Vista)
- Improved user interface responsiveness
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May 17, 2009
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Pros
- Improved Wifi Config
- Improved Battery Times over Windows Vista and XP
- Quickstart replaced by pinning programs to task bar.
- detached gadgets
- Improved Taskbar
- free release candidate version for anyone who desires to try Windows 7
- lasts over a year before it is disabled
- Improved user interface responsiveness
- Improved handwriting recognition
Cons
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July 15, 2009
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Pros
Did not agree with any pros
Cons
- Random Program Shut-downs. No help from the error messages provided.
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May 17, 2009
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Pros
- Can produce Aero graphics on legacy systems and extreme-low-end graphics cards
Cons
Did not agree with any cons
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
Pros
- Performace strips both XP and Vista
- Improved Visuals
- Improved Wifi Config
- Can produce Aero graphics on legacy systems and extreme-low-end graphics cards
- Improved Battery Times over Windows Vista and XP
- Quickstart replaced by pinning programs to task bar.
- Improved Task Manager
- Large Driver Database
- Easy Device Install and Management
- detached gadgets
- Well supported x64 edition
- More Stable than Vista
- Configurable UAC
- Improved Taskbar
- Improved Network Security for non-power-users
- Improved Start Menu
- Improved Security Center (now: Action Center). Far better configurability
- Improved backward compatibility (Over Windows Vista)
- Homegroups
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