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Windows 7 Review!

I am back! after a long break . I was messing around with Windows 7 and finally decided to give it a shot. And so that what brings me here, a review! Before we go into the review. Let me let you guys know the configuration or System specification of the machine in which I tested Windows 7. Here they are:

MotherBoard : Intel 915 GAV

Processor :  Pentium IV 3.2Ghz

Ram : 512MB

Hard Disk : 250GB Segate

And a 16″ Viewsonic LCD monitor

Yes, this system surely does not meet the minimum requirements of Windows 7, so what ? I decided to give it a shot anyway. With all the positive feedback I saw on the internet I wanted to blame Windows 7 for not working in my system .

I started the installation process waiting for a warning, but non came. It took over 45mins to install. Thats kinda quick, it looks like W7 takes around 30 mins to install in a system that meets its requirements.

After the installation was done, I got the desktop, The resolution was crappy. I wanted to open and test Internet Explorer to see how much this can handle. But it looks like my network was not connected. I couldn’t believe that Windows7 by default didn’t have my LAN Drivers. Anyway, after about more that one hour of searching online for drivers I finally decided to check if I have its CD. I got it! After installing still my LAN card was not working. Then finally did a manual install from Device Manager to connect to the internet. Everything seems so far so good.

I got my MotherBoard Disk to install the drivers it didn’t autoplay due to some illegal operation. Tried running them manually and installed the graphics drivers and the sound drivers after restart I noticed that the sound software was not working in w7 so after ditching it tested if the audio was ok and it was!

I still had a crappy resolution, I downloaded the monitor drivers and installed them to fix that issue. Now all seems well, I opened more than 10 tabs in IE and didn’t have a snag. I decided its time to install all the Messengers and programs. I installed Yahoo, Gtalk, MSN, VLC Player, firefox 3.6 and Chrome. So far so good no problems yet.

I decided its time for the anti-virus program. I installed BitDefender 2010 Total Security with all the services enabled. Now I started to notice a small snag at the start-up but was normal after that.

I was really surprised that Windows 7 was doing so well in such a crappy system. I check the memory usage it was using around 68% with majority begin used by antivirus program BitDefender.

Its been 2 days so far and I have started using the system normally as I would browse it seems so smooth.

You guys really need to give it a try. Its very smooth and a lots of features that makes life easy. It boots in less than 30 seconds!

It looks like Microsoft finally joined the race in making a better OS. HATS OFF! to Microsoft for WINDOWS 7!

Windows 7 , a new OS that is to be released by microsoft  has got many speculations before its launch itself.

According to  itbusinessedge.com,

” Windows 7, the next version of Microsoft’s operating system, is projected for release sometime in 2010. A milestone version of Windows 7 has been released to key partners and some screenshots of the new OS have been leaked, but Microsoft is staying quiet on Windows 7 as it focuses on adoption of Windows Vista. Some speculated features of Windows 7 include incorporation of Vista’s gadgets into Internet Explorer, a virtual hard disk, and MinWin, a pared-down version of the Windows API and core libraries.”

Many  analyst  are numb to comment on windows 7.  The conclusion on windows 7 success will be determined once it goes global

New Yahoo Messenger 10 beta version is released by Yahoo. The best part here is  you can select the preferred language type  while signing in to your account

The new feature has the enhanced video chat feature. The Appearance  of icon  like call, Activities, photos, IMvironments are altered  in this latest yahoo messenger 10.

The  best part is  “An user can now add his Gmail, MSN, Hotmail, and other service friends in their yahoo friend list” . Adding of Gmail friend was not available in yahoo 9

You can also  know the updates of  Face Book, Flickr, Twitter in your Yahoo Messenger 10

Yahoo Messenger 10 also has the Safe Browser options. In Additional there is an option called  Y!  Updates that will tell you all your friends updates.

You can download the Yahoo Messenger 10 by visiting the  following link

Download Yahoo! Messenger 10

Google Chrome

Oh Yea! Google has posted in its blog that its planning to release its OS called as Google Chrome OS, and guess what? its Open Source!. Initailly the Operating System will be built and targeted for netbooks. The company intends to open-source its code later this year for netbooks to commence running Google Chrome OS. It’s estimated that the OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010.

Google is very well known for its Search engine, but apart from that they have also been successful in their email service (Gmail), Google Earth and their mobile OS.

They’ve stated in their blog that speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of the Google Chrome OS. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. They’ve also said that they intend to get back to basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don’t have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates.

Google has also stated in its blog its OS as ‘a natural extension of Google Chrome – the Google Chrome Operating System.’

Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips. They also mention that they are working with multiple OEMs to bring a number of netbooks to market by next year. The software architecture is simple — Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel.

For application developers, the web is the platform. All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies. And of course, these apps will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform.

I am quite exicited and can’t wait to use Google Chrome Operating System. As home users we have been virtual faithful slaves to Windows. Its about time the world opens up to new options of Operating Systems. 

Personally I don’t like the name “Google Chrome Operating System”, can’t they think of a better name ?? Infact, I didn’t really like Google Chrome browser. I couldn’t find a good reason for why I must switch to Chrome as my primary browser. Though I do use Chrome on daily basis as some websites are best viewed in Chrome.

Kaspersky  has  released its  new version of Internet security software. Man it looks just  cool . Its an update of the previous version and it has more feature into it.  You can download the trail version and enjoy it for  30 days from Kaspersky. If you like this product you need to purchase the key from the Kaspersky Labs.

To Download the trail version Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 9.0.0.459

Click here