If you are a Vista user, you no doubt have experienced an annoyance with the operating system; Weather its the UAC pop-up that stops continuously asks you if you want to open a program or file, or you may be like me and experienced hardware compatibility issues. Despite the downfalls of Vista, I have to admit that Vista is a much more robust operating system than its predecessor XP. It offers better security, a cleaner interface, and improved user interface features. I mean, I would not have been able to build the Bat Cave computer without Vista's built in Speech Recognition Software! So whats the big downfall for Vista? Hardware Compatibility.

Microsoft is dealing with a case against hardware vendors with regard to Vista's compatibility with new and existing hardware. This issue has caused alot of hardware vendors to either build seperate support for Vista, or drop support for the Operating System all together.

Despite the issues with Vista, the OS has built in features that make for a safer and more rewarding computing experience. Now what if we could have an Operating System as feature rich as Vista, but was compatible with all hardware, and booted up faster? Well that may be the case sooner than later with Windows 7.

Windows 7 is the next version of Windows, that promises to support more hardware, and give users a more feature rich experience. Some new features include:

• Integrated Desktop Gadgets (without the sidebar)
• Multi-touch Support (watch this video)
  
• New multiline Calculator with more functionality (pictured above)
• The new and improved task bar with "superbar"(check this video out to see it in action)
• Improved Boot Performance
• Integrated Windows Live Login - This allows you to login to any windows 7 PC and have all your programs and settings load.
  

And the most important feature; hardware support, hardware support, hardware support!

The future of computing is moving from the mouse and keyboard days to a more hands-off (or all fingers on) interaction. In fact, Bill Gates hinted to a future where we have moist chewy computers in the Jerry Seinfield commercial. (Check out the commercial here.)

Windows 7 looks very promising, and I can't wait to get my hands on it and dive in deeper!

Speaking of the Microsoft commercials, Check out the hilarious full version of the "New Family" Microsoft Ad.

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Posted by Guru Lloyd | tagged: Windows 7, Microsoft, Technology, Lloyd, video