Week 5 computer

History of Windows OS

• Microsoft released a number of windows operating system ranging from windows xx, NT, server from 1985 till now. The latest is windows 8 released in 2012. Windows 9 is not yet released.
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Windows 7 Aims

• Decrease start up and shutdown times by 20 seconds
• Go to sleep and resume faster
• use up less memory
• pop up search results faster
• Reconnect to your wireless network more quickly
• Recognize USB devices faster

Improvements from XP only

• New start icon
• Aero snap, shake and peek
• Desktop icon accessed through start icon
• Large icon and hidden icons in taskbar
• Jump lists for easier access
• A search bar in start up menu
• Faster and smoother gaming components
• Parental controls for monitoring computer use
• updates feature that eliminates web surfing for patches

Anatomy of Windows 7

• Aero view
• Taskbar
• Search
• Libraries
• Gadgets

Reflection about topic

Windows provides us a plate form to communicate with computer it provides us different options and icons to make it easy to communicate with computer now a days the latest is windows 8 which is available in the market the other windows which are commonly in use are windows 7 and XP as well.