- Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 241 reviews Back to product review
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5.0 stars
"Best OS ever."
Pros: AeroPeek; AeroSnap; design; hardware/software ecossystem; HomeGroup; JumpLists; live taskbar previews; pin; price; responsiveness; security; sleep/resume; taskbar; Windows Live Essentials; Windows Media Center; Windows Search; Wi-Fi networking; XPM.
Cons: Malware target size; performance in isolated, rare, specific situations.
Summary: I like this product because of useful features like Aero Peek, Aero Snap, HomeGroup, Jump Lists, live taskbar previews, pin, sleep/resume, the new taskbar, Windows Live Essentials (free download via Windows Update), Windows Media Center, Windows Search, and Windows XP Mode.
Additionally, I like this product because of functionality like the design, the Windows hardware and software ecossystem, the responsiveness, the security and the wireless networking.
Finally, I like this product because of the excellent experience me and my girlfriend have been having with it ever since we installed in August 2009 (thanks to MSDNAA).
IMO, as far as OSs is concerned, it goes like this: Microsoft Windows 7 > Apple Mac OS X Snow Leopard > Linux.
For these and other reasons, Microsoft Windows 7 is IMO the best OS ever developed and currently available.
Updated on Oct 23, 2009"Performance is still hit-or-miss in Windows 7."
Maybe if you give "hit" a 99 % chance and "miss" the remaining 1 %, yes.
"At the ripe age of seven, Windows XP still performs better in some categories."
Maybe if you are running old 32-bit software optimized for XP 32-bit on a 32-bit version of Windows installed on a 32-bit CPU, but then again MS-DOS probably performs better than 7 at boot-up and shutdown times as well, is that really indicative of the general performance of 7 (which is, in reality, superior to any other Windows and possibly any other OS)?
Where to buy
Microsoft Windows 7 (Professional):
$129.99 - $299.99
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