Windows 7

Vista is the latest OS version offered by Windows. It comes in 6 editions, depending on what you do on your PC, or what your PC can handle:
- Vista Starter
- Vista Home Basic
- Vista Home Premium
- Vista Business
- Vista Enterprise
- Vista Ultimate

I've tried Vista (a geniune OS, okay?) since it was pre-installed on my laptop when I bought it -- just Home Basic, however. At first I was excited because I'll be able to experience the new look and feel, features and improvements in this OS. But goodness, I was so surprised when I found out that the "Basic" Vista version eats approximately 8 GB of your memory just for the system files ALONE.
Yup. 8GB. Ouch.

I noticed it because it says that my laptop has 80GB total HDD memory, but the first time I used/opened it (meaning nothing is installed yet, even MS Office), the remaining memory is only 70+ GB. Wow.

In effect, my laptop ran quite slow (in my own definition of slow, meaning it takes almost 5 minutes for my laptop to become 'ready' when turned on.

What I did? I removed Vista and installed XP instead.
It was a breather. Since then, I fully enjoyed the 'XP experience' the fastest way possible.

Now people, what I want to say is, not unless you have the high-end hardwares that can handle the requirements of Vista, don't switch to Vista.

Another good reason not to switch is that: *drum roll please*

A NEWER WINDOWS O.S. IS ON ITS WAY! (*duh.. not again.)

Yup. That is right.
From what I have read, the new OS is recently called Windows 7 (previously codenamed as "Blackcomb", then "Vienna"), and it will be the successor of Vista.

Here's the catch: creators of the said OS are fighting their way in order to make Windows 7 as 'light' as possible.

Microsoft knows how bulky Vista is. And most people (including me) always associate Windows as a "really large bloated operating system." Yeah, seriously.

The New Windows 7 will have a core kernel on its system called MinWin. With it, Microsoft has ditched the lot in order to get MinWin down to the point where it takes up 25MB of hard disk space and runs in 40MB of RAM.

I hope that would be really true.
25MB of HDD. Just 25 MB?!? are you kidding me? OMFG. Really awesome.
And the RAM requirement: 40MB. Amazing. (in comparison to Vista Home Basic, which requires AT LEAST 512MB of RAM).

According to Microsoft, what drives them to do such technology is that "the OS is used in a lot of different ways, and this will provide the opportunity to move into a lot of different areas."


So guys, 'wag na mag-Vista. (Hahahahah..)

Windows 7 is expected to be released 3 years from now.



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