Win7 takes XP and Vista up a notch. BAM!
This is hands down the best version of Windows to date. (AS of this writing Windows 8.1 is available). It keeps to the classic Windows design we all know so that its simple to use without a lot of change. One of the most important things to me with OS choice is familiarity, but I also like security. Windows 7 took everything that XP and Vista did well and put them together, then added more. Everything I hated about Vista was dumped from 7. Performance This OS continues to proliferate the one problem I have had with Windows, and that is every generation becomes increasingly resource hungry, and space consuming, and I don't feel that the additions and improvements always warranty the upgrade. In this case now that Win7 has been out for a few years this problem isn't as big of a deal, because pretty much any machine you can readily buy these days can tackle Win7 without any performance hits Speed On a modern machine this OS is fast at everything it does. Beware on older machines though it will be slower Ease of Use Same old Windows that even the least computer Savvy can learn quickly. Virus Protection This has always been a less than impressive feature of Windows, stock you have no virus protection. You are either left to fend for yourself and buy third party software, or download the Microsoft Security Essentials pack (free at least). The problem is Security Essentials still is not the best Anti-Virus or security suite. Compatibility Pretty much anything that has been released since the days of Windows 95 can be run with a few tweaks to the program shortcut, and most modern hardware has drivers that can be used
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