Why Should I Buy Windows Vista?
On January 30th 2007, software giants, Microsoft released Windows Vista, the latest version of the popular operating system, Windows. With the release, users around the globe just wished to get an answer to two important questions. First, in what way is the new operating system better than its predecessors and second, what kind of hardware will it need to run. In the following paragraphs, we shall try to delve out apposite information about Windows Vista.
Outstanding Features of Windows Vista
According to Microsoft, Windows Vista contains thousands of new user-friendly features such as:
Windows Aero - It is the new aesthetically pleasing graphical user interface. The new interface is embedded with such trinkets as live icons and thumbnails, animations, transparencies and eye candy.
Windows Search - In Windows Vista, the search boxes have been added in almost all associated applications, from start menu to internet explorer. Moreover, not only can search for files in specified folders be conducted, but you can also specify the file types, properties and the contents that should be excluded or included.
Windows Backup and Restore - An enhanced backup and restore application has been integrated in Windows Vista. This application allows users to schedule periodic backup as well as recover previous backups with ease. Furthermore, backups are incremental, that is, only changes are stored each time which minimizes the disk space usage. Another useful feature of this application is Computer PC Backup, which not only backs up the entire data on the computer as an image on the hard disk, but also automatically reconstructs the machine setup on the new hard disk in case of hardware failure.
Windows Speech Recognition - Microsoft speech recognition application has been fully incorporated into Windows Vista. Unlike the previous version of this application which is currently working under MS-Office 2003, the new version supports several languages such as Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, French and German in addition to the original language English. Moreover, the application has a more user-friendly interface and a flexible set of commands.
The proprietors of Microsoft state that the primary design goal of Windows Vista was enhanced security. It is only because of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative that Windows Vista is loaded with a number of safety and security features. Some significant ones are:
User Account Control - It allows the user to use his/her computer with fewer privileges. This application efficiently prevents a malicious program from capturing the administrative credentials.
BitLocker Drive Encryption - This features encrypts the entire operating system volume.
Windows Defender - It provides protection against various kinds of malware.
Some other conspicuous features of Windows Vista are: improved sidebars for placing desktop gadgets, Internet Explorer version 7, Media Player version 11, Windows mail instead of Outlook Express, DVD Maker for making DVD-based content with ease and Shadow Copy that automatically creates backup copies of files.
System Requirements of Windows Vista
Microsoft claims that any computer system having 800 MHz processor speed, 512 MB RAM, Direct 9 X graphics card, 20 GB hard drive capacity and 15 GB free disk space is capable of running the basic edition of Windows Vista. For other editions some special hardware may be required.
All these commendable features make Windows Vista truly different. So, what are you waiting for? Go get the most advanced edition of Windows Vista and enjoy this breakthrough technology.
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