4 More Reasons to Switch to Windows 7
We already shared 3 reasons to upgrade to Windows 7, courtesy of a feature on MyOfficePortal.org. In case those were not able to convince skeptics to “take the plunge”, here are a few more.
Less disruptive security pop-ups. Security pop-ups are ideally a relief, as long as 1) they are, indeed, warning you about a real potential threat to the security of your system and 2) they do not occur practically every other minute. These two things annoyed the heck out of some Windows Vista users (there were times when they appear even if the program being run is from Microsoft), and was another lesson that Microsoft seems to have learned and integrated into Windows 7. Now, there are a lot less of these pop-ups, and yet Windows 7 remains to be more secure than Windows Vista.
Multi-touch support. Touch screen technology certainly seems to be the name of the game as far as gadgets and systems go these days – a quick look into what can only be termed as the “iPhone revolution” says a lot – and Windows 7 was quick to jump into the fray. The OS has a multi-touch system which “can open a whole lot of avenues when it comes to functionality and variety of input methods.”
Easier file sharing and sorting. If you are the type of user who needs or has to share your files with others over a network, then having Windows 7 will make things a whole lot easier for you. Microsoft has improved the way files are shared over a network and overhauled the way My Documents work. This will give the user the ability to sort files more easily and choose the ones that are to be shared and the ones that are to be kept private.
Desktop customization. This might be a question of aesthetics for some, but the ability to customize one’s desktop is also equated with convenience and ease of use. Doing so is also made more easy in Windows 7.
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December 12, 2009 @ 2:18 pm
“Those suckers that bought Vista Ultimate, myself included, are screwed,” said yet another commenter. “There isn’t a chance in hell that I am paying $219 for what should really be Vista SP2. We were promised ‘extras’ which we never got, now we are being excluded from the pre-order special. Anyway even at $49, it is still too much to pay.”
The extras that commenter mentioned refer to “Ultimate Extras,” one of the main features Microsoft cited in the months leading up to the 2007 release of Vista Ultimate to distinguish the operating system from its lower-priced siblings. According to Microsoft’s marketing, Extras were to be “cutting-edge programs, innovative services and unique publications” that would be regularly offered only to users of Vista’s highest-priced edition.
But users soon began belittling the paltry number of add-ons Microsoft released and the company’s leisurely pace at providing them. Just five months after Vista was launched, critics started to complain.
Earlier this year, Microsoft dumped the feature, saying that it would instead focus on existing features in Windows 7 rather than again promise extras.
The furor over Vista Ultimate has even reached analysts’ ranks. In May, Michael Cherry of Directions on Microsoft urged Microsoft to give Vista Ultimate owners a free upgrade to Windows 7. “It would buy them a lot of good will, and I don’t think it would cost them much,” Cherry said at the time.
Some of the commenters in the latest Computerworld stories about Windows 7 echoed Cherry.
“I am running Vista Ultimate and feel ripped off by Microsoft because … [we] never received the extras we paid good money to get,” said “Hellfire” in a long comment. “The very least that they should do is offer a heavily-discounted upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate to those that have lost money by purchasing Vista Ultimate.”
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