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Windows 7! As I quietly type across my slim keyboard on top of a beautiful interface, I can definitely say this is a very top notch operating system! After being burned by Vista, I was afraid to... more

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Rating Summary based on 28 reviews

  • 5 Stars
    		14
  • 4 Stars
    		14
  • 3 Stars
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  • 2 Stars
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  • 1 Star
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  • Range of extra features / functions
  		• 4.4
  		• 4.6
  		• 4.2
  		• 4.0
  		• 4.1
  • 35 of 35 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 tb240904

    Member since 09/05/2009

    Reviews written: 34

    5 Stars Windows 7 - The Best OS Yet! Review with images 31/08/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great new toolbar, excellent personalisation, overall brilliant design

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Really similar to Vista.

    In July, I downloaded the Release Candidate of Windows 7 to evaluate the new operating system and I have to say it's the best version of Windows yet! It surpasses Vista in every way. Windows 7 is not available yet but I'm encouraging all Vista uers to upgrade in October as soon as the software is released. In the rest of my review I will outline some of the key features. For starters, the toolbar has been changed dramatically. In previous versions of windows, the active windows (i.e. open programs and applications) would appear seperately as tabs with the symbols and titles of the programs ... more
  • 13 of 13 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 4 AgeUK

    Member since 23/09/2008

    Reviews written: 144

    5 Stars Windows 7 - it makes Vista look like a beta 04/11/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages smooth, quick, easy to install and use, pretty to look at, simplified for the masses

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Vista should have been like this - Microsoft robbed us!

    Windows 7 makes Windows Vista feel like a beta. That’s my philosophy. It was my philosophy before I bought Windows 7 and it’s still my philosophy now. That’s where the “it looks like Vista” comments come from. Windows 7 is Vista without all the rubbish. Everything people moaned about in vista is gone (or improved) and 7 is more spangly and all singing and dancing. It looks better, runs more smoothly and is simple to use. You might even say its been dumbed down for the masses. Simplified. It’s a pleasure to use. It loads more quickly than Vista and is aesthetically pleasing as it does so. The ... more
  • 11 of 11 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 2 awcarr

    Member since 23/02/2004

    Reviews written: 10

    4 Stars Believe the hype! 08/11/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Works well. robust and resilient, user friendly.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages The upgrade took time and needs to be left alone to do its job. Do not interrupt!

    My father, a venerable old gentleman of 79 years at the time decided to buy a laptop from Aldi, and surprise me. He had no experience of computers, but wanted to see what all the fuss was about. It was one of the first laptops shipped with Vista, and my first viewing. Vista seemed like a different beast and Microsoft had shuffled some of the functionality, but it appeared very slick if cumbersome. The laptop was shipped with 1 gb of ram, and a 1.6mhz pentium processor and it struggled to do anything. After upgrading to 2gb, it was slighlty better, but I was resigned to it being a poor ... more
  • 5 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 1 joshsmit

    Member since 10/11/2009

    Reviews written: 2

    4 Stars Windows 7 overview 10/11/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Easy to use, Aesthetically pleasing, User friendly

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not enough variation from vista, no desktop button

    Windows 7 Review With the recent release of the new Microsoft operating system windows 7 many people believe windows vista will be forgotten about with its constant security alerts and lack of user options. The new operating system has many new features which I will run through now. Firstly the new taskbar down at the bottom is a lot easier on the eye as it no longer has any text whatsoever, instead Microsoft have opted to use just the logo of the software the user currently has running. Another improvement to the taskbar is the ability to lock items to the task bar which is a replacement of ... more
  • 6 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 1 TheMegaMiner

    Member since 14/07/2011

    Reviews written: 2

    5 Stars It's so easy to use, my un-techsavy mom can check Facebook! 14/07/2011
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Works well, has a nice look, and is very user friendly.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Nothing! (So far...)

    Windows 7! As I quietly type across my slim keyboard on top of a beautiful interface, I can definitely say this is a very top notch operating system! After being burned by Vista, I was afraid to go back into Windows 7, but I heard some friends talk about rather positively, so I decided to try it out. My XP computer finally died on me, which was sad, but now I'm glad that happened. (Luckily, I was able to save everything on the hardrive!) I picked up a new HP computer about 6 months ago and have never looked back. First off, setting up Windows 7 was quite easy to do, I was able to get ... more

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Product Details

Long Name Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium E, Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit DSP/SB, Windows 7 Home Premium 32Bit DSP/SB, Windows 7 Home Premium 32/64 Bit
MPN GFC-00025
EAN 0882224883504, 0885370002324
Manufacturer Microsoft
Software / Category Operating Systems

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