Windows 7 Has Come a Very Long Way

Microsoft really did make sure that Windows 7 was going to be as great as the said it was going to be ever since the very first day we've heard about it. When we first knew about Microsoft's latest operating their working on, we really were speculating on how far Microsoft is actually going to take it.

From a business perspective, it seems to be that Microsoft tried really hard to make Windows 7 sound great to the business-class user. Unlike Vista where they didn't stress business enough, Windows 7 is taking a great role in the business field. When Vista first came out, companies really didn't want to switch over to Vista. This is really where Vista was a failure - in the business market. Vista wasn't popular at all during its launch, or even after it for that matter.

With Windows 7, Microsoft really seemed to change all of that. Even people at Microsoft admitted that Vista wasn't all that great. So far, Windows 7 has lived up to its name. According to Softpedia, Windows so far supports around 800,000 applications and to make that number sound great, it even supports around 240,000 devices! If you can remember, unlike it's previous successor, Windows Vista, Vista wasn't very friendly to a lot of software out there. In Windows 7, Microsoft introduced a XP mode that'll allow you to run XP programs just like it was on a XP machine. Having XP mode really makes Windows 7 more business friendly, which is important to a lot of users.

Also with Vista, a lot of devices didn't work right, or at all for that matter, when it was first released. SP1 for Vista fixed all of those issues, but with Windows 7, it's perfect from the stat. I haven't had a single compatibility problem at all; in fact, Windows 7 installs all my drivers for me! I really do not have to go downloading and installing drivers anymore. That, in my mind, makes it easy to install Windows on any computer without worrying about driver support.

How has Windows 7 been for you. I would really like to see what Microsoft will be doing in SP1 for Windows 7.