subject: What are the benefits of Windows 7 over Windows Vista [print this page] What are the benefits of Windows 7 over Windows Vista
There have been over 150 million copies of Windows 7 sold since it was released in October 2009. The historical rate at which Windows 7 copies are getting sold is not only phenomenal because of it getting sold a lot faster than any previous versions of Windows including XP but is also incredible as the last Windows version i.e. Vista was a huge disaster. Many critics had mentioned that Microsoft might find it difficult to bring back the trust of computer users after their reputation was hampered through Vista. But Microsoft has proved all critics wrong and reiterated the fact that Windows are there to remain and going to get better every time. Here are a few points on how Windows 7 is better than Widows Vista:
1. Enhanced Speed and Performance: Before Windows 7 every new Windows operating system released by Microsoft needed more hardware requirement in order to run smoothly and faster than the previous versions. But it has certainly changed with Windows 7 as it provides far better speed and performance than Vista with the same hardware configurations. From my personal experience, I would say that it often performs even better than Windows XP especially in terms of Windows start time and a few applications.
2. A cleaner and graphically improved interface: Windows 7 is a lot less cluttered compared to Vista especially in the task bar and system tray icons and the ability to use themes. You can download and install any Windows 7 Theme with just the click of the mouse in a few second to make your computer screen look a lot better.
3. Less bundled programs: Microsoft has also listened to feedback of Windows users and critics and removed many of the bundled items such as Messenger, Movie Maker, Live Writer etc. Many people hardly use them and so there is no use of bundling them with the Operating system as was the case with Windows Vista. But now Microsoft has put them separately for download in their own website instead of bundling them so that users who need it can download them free from the Microsoft website. You an also download Microsoft security software named Microsoft Security Essentials and many Windows 7 Themes free of cost from the Microsoft website.
4. Stability: Windows 7 is a lot more stable operating system and there have been hardly many bugs reported till now. Vista on the other hand was known to crash a lot of computers at the start and many had even downgraded to XP due to the same reason. Even Windows XP was not stable at the start and it was only liked by most people after Service Pack 2 came out. Similarly, Vista only started to get liked a bit by people when Service Pack 1 came out. But Windows 7 has been extremely stable with hardly any problems reported without any service packs. It might also have been due to the extensive beta testing by Microsoft of Windows 7 OS but it is a lot better than Vista in terms of stability too.
Windows 7 is surely the best operating system brought out by Microsoft and it is surely a lot better than Windows Vista. We highly recommend everyone to use Windows 7 if you are already not using it.
