Microsoft has just released its new OS, Windows 7, whose qualities have been largely campaigned in the press. Now, we are to prove its claimed properties.
Just a month ago was launched Windows 7, the new Operating System produced by Microsoft, which many reckon as the safest OS so far.
Of course, steps forward have been made but it’s so different from Windows Vista, whose lack of reliability, errors and slowness are well-known. By the way, I personally noticed that to run properly Windows Vista you must have a minimum of 2 GB of RAM (but Microsoft confirmed that a 1-Giga of RAM was enough), and that the ‘sweet spot’, where the system runs at its best, is actually between 3-4 GB of RAM.
Apart from that, Windows 7 has been updated for safety, and the journalist Don Reisinger for “eWeek” described ten reasons why Windows 7 is the safest of all OS produced by Redmond Software.
However, someone found out a leak capable to crash lots of computers at once. This leak has resulted from ‘kernel’, the core of the system itself, and involves ‘the denial of service’, an error caused when you run your computer to extremes. In particular, when you surf the net, you may run into an SMB type server which sends you a long header (or command line) difficult to be read by the system. Fortunately, such errors have never occurred, but Microsoft is trying to work out a solution as soon as possible.
Another Achilles’ heel in the system is the cost, which varies between €129 (the cheapest version which doesn’t allow you to even change the desktop bottom panel) and €339 (the “latest” version) the most complete one.
Now, in view of the positive commentaries and the new fantastic exploits made by the latest OS, can we be so sure Windows 7 is really the best? As I said before, it is far better than former Vista, but maybe we should wait a bit longer for updates and affordable prices. Any alternatives on sale? Apart from the different Linux distributions, like Ubuntu or Fedora, and Apple’s Mac OS X, Google, the famous search engine, is going to release Chrome OS. So… now, watch out and make your choice!
Written and translated by Leonardo Brunetti
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