Where Vista felt like a sprawling mess, Windows 7 has patched up the holes and feels like a tight, unified mechanism. It's hardly full of surprises, but that's usually a good thing when it comes to operating systems.
Microsoft Windows 7
includes: Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate
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I don't want to make a bold "Mac killer" statement as they always sound overboard, but this will be replacing all the Macs in my house. Microsoft hit a winner with this OS. I liked XP and Vista got a bad reputation but once you peeled back the layers, it looked a lot like XP. With... Read the full review →
6 people find this review helpful
Feeling more thought out and just more of an update than VIsta ever was, Windows 7 is finally an OS you can feel proud to run. It seems stable as hell and there's some awesome features that Microsoft have finally listened to users about ... like listing greatest to least in the task manager.... Read the full review →
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After coming off of Vista, this is the greatest version of Windows ever made. One of the small, but amazing features is Aero snap. Read the full review →
2 people find this review helpful
I've used Windows 7 ever since its first public beta release and its been a solid experience ever since. In fact I think even in beta it war far superior to previous releases. The long over due UI updates bring the OS up to date and are more then just eyecandy - working with many windows is now... Read the full review →
1 person found this review helpful
I went with the full version (reformat and install) as opposed to an upgrade, so it's understandable that everything is blazing fast now. Still, there's a lot of improvements: 1. Home Networking is vastly superior, especially if you're running multiple 7 machines. Check Microsoft's website for... Read the full review →
1 person found this review helpful
I've used almost every Microsoft Oporating system ever created, a number of distros of Linux, and Mac OSX. I will say Windows 7 is my highest recommendation of Operating systems available. I've always been an early adopter of new technology, and was happy with Vista compared to XP (once... Read the full review →
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Windows 7 is currently the best Microsoft operating system and one of the best operating systems. Read the full review →
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