We need to understand some things about Windows 7 Beta 1

According to my understanding of Windows 7 Beta 1, Microsoft has returned to the dominance of its client operating system. When Vista was released publicly two years ago, its quality was rough. This time is a great achievement. Here's what you need to know about the Windows 7 Beta 1 release.

Change for Better

Windows 7 seems to have changed a lot for end users, primarily systems that improve performance, stability and reliability. The purpose of large-scale changes to the Windows user interface is to make the operating system simpler.

Overall, the most compelling Windows 7 runs faster and requires less hardware than Vista. It works fine on low-end laptops with only 1GB of RAM, which is possible for Vista. The boot and shutdown times have been greatly reduced, just like starting from sleep mode. Network devices can be automatically turned off when not in use, which increases battery life.

Search and indexing has also improved, and it’s now possible to search through the web. Even ReadyBoost, a technology that increases system performance by adding cache to the USB thumb drive, has also improved. The technology currently supports multiple storage devices and can be used with virtually any type of mobile storage, including Secure Digital (SD) cards.

On the kernel side, Microsoft has implemented a so-called mini Win component plan that separates the low-level components of the system from each other. This plan will not affect the user itself, but it will improve the reliability and stability of the system, it will bring process-level isolation to Microsoft, which was previously impossible.

Windows 7 for end users

The most compelling new feature in Windows 7 is for consumers. There is almost no annoying safe desktop. A new user interface called Action Center replaces the old security center and adds computer maintenance monitoring with centralized notifications.

The Windows taskbar has undergone its first major revision since 1995. Now, like the Mac OS X Dock, it adds saved shortcut buttons to run applications and open windows. In addition, clicking on a specific button on the taskbar to pop up the system jump list is also a new feature of Window 7; Microsoft provides default options for each button, but develops the option to be free to add your own specific application.

The Windows desktop has also added new Aero glass effects, including a nice Aero Peek special effects feature that replaces the previous display desktop feature and provides a quick and fast browsing of desktop elements. When you drag something called Aero Snaps docks to the edges of the screen, it can be attached to the various logical parts of the window. For example, when you drag a window to the top of the screen, it will be maximized; when you drag it to the side of the screen, it will dock on this side and occupy the usual width of the screen.

Windows Explorer has also made great progress. The most noteworthy thing is that Widnows 7 has joined Microsoft's virtual folder planning for simple applications in Vista. Now, some special folders, such as documents, music, and images, are placed in a virtual folder called Libraries, which aggregates the contents of folders from various physical paths. For example, the Documents Library aggregates the contents of "Personal Documentation" (called "Documents" in Vista, and earlier in the version called "My Documents"). Of course you can add and remove folder locations that need to be aggregated.

Microsoft has also overhauled several Windows applications. Both drawing and tablet use the Ribbon UI style of Microsoft Office 2007. In addition to supporting standard calculators and scientific calculator modes, the calculator supports multiple modes. Gadgets like Sticky Notes and Windows Gadgets are directly associated with the Windows desktop. The XML Paper Specification (XPS) Viewer has evolved further, and a new tool called the PowerShell IDE has been included.

The most noteworthy aspect of the application front end is that many of the bundled applications — Windows Contacts, Windows Calendar, Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Mail, Windows Messenger, and Windows Movie Maker are no longer included in the past. Windows 7 is out. Instead, as part of the Windows Live online service family, users can download and update versions more frequently. (This is available through an installation package called Windows Live Essentials.)

Finally, Microsoft has implemented a new sharing plan for the home network called HomeGroup. HomeGroup makes it easy to share documents, music, movies and pictures with other computers on your home network, as long as they all use Windows 7. New versions of Windows Media Player, Windows Media Center, and Windows DVD Maker are improving to digital media.

Windows 7 for Business

Many security improvements in Windows 7 will directly affect a variety of IT professionals and managers. For example, BitLocker has also been improved with components called BitLocker To Go that extend encryption for portable storage. And the UAC mentioned earlier is no longer annoying.

However, it is not so convenient for companies to improve to Windows 7. Since Windows 2000, Microsoft has been developing and maintaining new client and server versions at the same time (the corresponding server is Windows Server 2008 R2), and Microsoft is planning to make the two systems work better.

Of course, all of these features are not as compelling as the introduction of Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy technologies in Win2K for the first time. This time, we searched the federation with a web-based search and returned almost instantly. A component called DirectAccess will eventually make an unconfigured and expensive VPN connection obsolete. (For those who continue to insist on using VPN, Windows 7 also includes a reconnect mechanism to reconnect the disconnected VPN connection automatically.)

Another new feature, BranchCache, is able to add network Traffic, mainly between remote offices with Windows 7 computers and R2-based servers in the home. Roaming user profiles, Terminal Services (renamed RemoteApp), and folder redirection and offline files have all been improved.

Windows 7 will be Widnows' first client version with Windows PowerShell. It has PowerShell 2.0, a powerful IDE. Windows 7 also supports a variety of virtualization technologies, including virtual hard disk (VHD) mounts, which allow you to install Hyper-V– compatible virtual machines (VMs) as standard hard drive devices, or you can install VHD boot to get your The computer is booted from a virtual environment.

Windows 7 for Developers

To support developers, Microsoft is ensuring that its device drivers and application patterns are the same between Vista and Windows 7 to ensure compatibility. But the company is working hard to get developers to access new technologies in Windows 7 so they can apply some of the new advanced features in their own solutions. This includes Scenic Ribbon control such as Jump Lists, PowerShell, “Drawing" and WordPad, among other components.

Adopt or give up

Microsoft pointed out that Windows 7 is indeed a major version of Windows because it has many enhancements associated with end users. However, what I want to say is that Windows 7 improvements, although many, are relatively small. That said, its improvements have a considerable overall, like a fine-tuned version of Vista.

So, should you wait? Windows 7 will be completed by 2010, but based on my impression of this beta, I think Microsoft will release Windows 7 by the third quarter of 2009 at the latest. If you haven't upgraded to Vista yet, then it makes a lot of sense. This is true, if you want to install an operating system on an old computer, Windows 7 does run better than Vista.