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