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1. Smarter windows
One cool Microsoft feature borrows some DNA from the Apple iPhone.
In Windows 7, when you click on any window's title bar and shake
it, every other open window goes away. This reduces the clutter on
your screen, letting you focus on the one window you care about.
Shake it again and the other windows reappear. Microsoft calls it
Aero Shake, and it also lets you clear off the desktop
completely. Just move the mouse to the lower right of the screen
to hide all the open windows and get your bearings
back. |
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More-detailed graphics
Next year, developers will start releasing games built on DirectX
11, a game engine that provides more detailed graphics. DX11 is an
integral part of Windows 7. It supports a technique called
tessellation borrowed from CGI movies to add tons of detail without
slowing gameplay. Games that will support DX11’s improved graphics
include "S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat" and Dirt 2 – and they'll
ship this year, not some distant point in the
future. |
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3. A TV Guide for Internet
videos
The Windows Media Center program lets you connect your cable or
satellite television feed to your computer and record shows, and in
Windows 7, it's vastly improved. One impressive improvement is Web
TV Channels, a way to find streaming Internet video sites and view
popular clips without any fuss. Microsoft includes Media Center in
all versions of Windows 7 except the starter
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4. A hundredfold speed boost
Some technology fans think "DirectCompute" is the most
revolutionary part of Windows 7. It's a technology that controls
where computers do their calculations, moving some math-heavy
processing onto the graphics card. This could result in as much as
a hundredfold speed increase in, say, photo and video editing, and
could lead to faster computing overall. |
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5. Massive monitors
Ever considered linking up to three monitors together to make one
colossal screen? It's useful for tradeshows — or anyone who
absolutely must have the largest screen possible — and Eyefinity in
Windows 7 makes it possible. A first for Windows 7, Eyefinity
requires the ATI 5870 graphics card, which costs $379, but the tech
will probably trickle down to other hardware
shortly. |
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6. 64-bit computing
Microsoft sold a separate version of Vista for computers that used
64-bit processors, meaning they can access massive amounts of
memory and perform certain calcuations substantially faster. Want
tons of memory? You've had to go out of your way to track down that
64-bit version. The latest laptop and desktops now ship
with 64-bit processors, however. So nearly every version of
Windows 7 includes both the 32-bit and 64-bit version — and can
support all the memory you want. |
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7. Faster startups
Windows 7 boots much faster than Windows Vista. In my tests using a
Lenovo S20 Workstation PC,
Windows 7 booted about twice as fast as Windows Vista. Windows 7
is also snappier when resuming from a sleep state after the
screen has dimmed; in fact, it's almost
instantaneous. |
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8. Touch computing
With a touchscreen PC, you can swipe your fingers across your
computer screen to browse through images, click buttons, and scroll
through lists. You'll need a touch-screen monitor, of course, but
Microsoft argues that using your hands to sort through data is much
more intuitive than pointing and
clicking. |
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