Software

Now will quickly look through the standard programs, supplied with Windows 7 and which changed it interface.

Windows Explorer in Windows 7

Windows Explorer in Windows Vista was sufficiently strong changed. In respect of it analogue in Windows 7, registration is changed hardly. Toolbar is under address bar is light-grey now; there is another interface of the left panel, where folders are selected. We did not find out serious changes in functionality.

Calculator in Windows 7

The wave of news swept In Internet that Windows 7 will differ from Vista only by a calculator. Certainly, it far from truth ??” changes where anymore. But a calculator is changed. Now it has four office hours: Standard, Scientific, Programmer and Statistics. There are the additional modes: Date Calculation, Templates, and Unit Conversion. Registration is changed too ??” the window of calculations has many strings now, it supports history of operations, aborting of one or another action. The buttons have other original interface now. On the whole it became more evident and functional.

Microsoft Paint in Windows 7

Microsoft WordPad in Windows 7

Ears regarding introduction of ribbon-interface from Office 2007 in some standard programs of Windows 7 were confirmed. Paint and Wordpad remind the application from last version of Microsoft Office. However, the functionality was not extended considerably.

Windows Media Player 12

Windows 7 is supplied with Windows Media Player 12, while there is version 11 in Vista. There are not a lot of interface changes ??” new player became lighter, and the grouping of sections was changed.

About Internet Explorer 8

Certainly new Windows will get new Internet Explorer. IE 8 version now is actively tested and already is on the stage of Beta 2. We do not know exactly the beta-version was in Windows 7 build 6801. We don??™t show the IE 8 Maim window screenshot, as it does not differ from IE 7 practically.

Windows PowerShell V2 in Windows 7

Windows PowerShell V2 ISE in Windows 7

From the new programs of Windows 7 we can mark Windows Powershell V2. It is the special tool for administrators, being the extended version of cmd. It is possible to use both ordinary and special commands in it (so-called cmdlet). Thus it can have the string folding. The special instrument of Windows Powershell V2 Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) is appeared even with a graphic interface for writing and debugging of scripts. In general the first version of Powershell is appeared in Windows Server 2003. Not eliminated, that the second version will be supplied only with the server version of Windows 7. Obviously it is an instrument for administrators.

In spite of the fact that we dealt with Windows 7 Ultimate, it contained the uncompleted set of applications that is revealed in Vista Ultimate. So in particular we were not able to find Windows Mail, and also programs for work with multimedia and others. It is evidently, these applications are on the stage of revision and Microsoft decided not to include their old versions in the complement of the preliminary assembling of Windows 7.

Our conclusion

The first loss of Windows 7 allowed us to estimate the exemplary way of next Microsoft OS development. Obviously there will be not so "revolutionary" event, as Windows Vista. Level of compatibility with applications In Windows 7 will not be worse than in Vista. General conception of interface will be the Vista one. But there will be a lot of insignificant modifications. A taskbar will be cardinally processed ??” in fact first time from Windows 95.

Certainly will be produced the work on new system optimization. To tell the true, our assembling did not feel shy to "eat" 600 MByte of RAM, when in the system practically there were not set any programs and none of them was started. However, we all the same dealt with the preliminary assembling of Windows 7. To the final release a situation can change in the best way.

Another necessity optimization is arrival of Windows 7 on net books. To tell the true, there some questions. First from them ??” whether the special version of "seven" will be produced for net books? And second ??” if it??™ll be, how will it differ from a "original"? It is should not forget that to 2010 years the power of net books will grow up: they will be provided with Duo Core processors, 2-3 GB RAM, similarly as well as the capacity of the fixed memory will rise. So Windows XP will be really to "fly" on them. But there is the problem??” Microsoft will stop the Windows XP sales to the release of Windows 7.

So, our opinion is: Windows 7 has all chances to get hold popularity, not reached Vista. "Seven" promises to be better optimized, to have finished off and more comfortable interface, and also will be provided with more high stability and reliability of work. We will hope that these modifications will happen to the moment of the release. It is sorry only, that it is not quite "real" Windows 7, and only version 6.1. For this moment at least.