Windows 7 - The Best OS Yet!

Advantages: Great new toolbar, excellent personalisation, overall brilliant design
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 (with the option to group similar windows together under one tab, such as all the internet explorers open). In Windows 7, the toolbar features the start button (the windows logo), followed by programs pinned to the taskbar and open programs, then...

tb240904 31.08.2009 (13.09.2009) · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Windows 7 - a great operating system.

Advantages: looks great, easy to use, nice new taskbar, high compatibility
Disadvantages: cost is still high

...I recently upgraded from Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Ultimate. I had not minded Windows Vista as much as other people; my computer has a 2.13GHz dual core processor and 4GB of RAM. Windows 7 doesn't actually seem to be any faster, but it has some better features and is overall easier to use. It took about 2 hours to upgrade, which isn't bad but it's not amazingly fast. It runs all of my programs that ran under Vista no problem, and some of my hardware is actually now supported that wasn't supported in Vista. I haven't found anything that doesn't work after upgrading. I still recommend that you run the "Windows 7 upgrade advisor" first just to make sure. The new taskbar looks a bit different, but don't be worried, you'll get used to it, and once you do you'll find out that it's a big improvement. Programs no longer have text, just...

ellisbodds 15.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate

Windows 2000

Advantages: see write
Disadvantages: see write

...Hallo on all sides, before some time, I decided to tell to my completely error-prone Windows 98 adé and then changed onto Windows in 2000. Since I yes am still pupil, I yes enjoy a certain privilege (students and teachers also enjoy this privilege) in the case of Microsoft products. Short declaration for aller that not know it. Microsoft offers so-called SIMULATOR SCENARIO LANGUAGE versions. Once office 2000 and then simply Windows in 2000 (or optionally Windows 98 SE). I must still say to this that one can buy this product nich in every loading. I have it but bought in the media market namely at the price of 129 DM !!!! If one has bought this product, one receives a small box, when they are itself a registration form. One must fill this form and can it then to Microsoft fax (however, one must send the fax to Holland, what the call...

gametester1985 08.09.2001 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Complete package

Windows 7 - it makes Vista look like a beta

Advantages: smooth, quick, easy to install and use, pretty to look at, simplified for the masses
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 first thing to note is the ease with which it installed. For those of us brave enough to install our own operating systems (and re-install every so often to keep it fresh), we all know the pain and misery that it can lead too, but I have to say...

AgeUK 04.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Windows 2000

Advantages: Internet Orientated
Disadvantages: Internet Orientated

...The version of Windows 2000 I purchased was Windows ME, which is basically the home user version, with Windows 2000 the business version of the latest Microsoft Operating System. Windows 2000 is an exellent upgrade package if you are Internet orientated. It is really based around the internet, with automatic Windows upgrades direct from the net. There is also a lot of extra features that were not featured in Windows 98. I personally think that if you have Windows 98 and are not really planning on using the Internet, then there is no need to upgrade to Windows Me, but if you want your Operating System to be Internet orientated then I would highly recommend that you buy Windows 2000....

h4rp1c 10.02.2001 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Media

Windows 7: Is what Microsoft is saying really true?

Advantages: Runs really fast, Some very good features, any decent machine can run it.
Disadvantages: The Price. It looks like vista and it really is just a brush up on the old OS

...Windows 7 has been said by Microsoft as being much improved and everyone would be happy with the end result. But is it really better, below is my review of a few sections which I believe is most important and compare it to older versions. Speed: 9/10 Much faster than Vista. To compare with the Vista OS, on Vista it took around 30 secs to 45 secs to boot up and log me in. Now on Windows 7 it takes 20 - 30 secs to boot up. Shut down is also so much faster. Vista = 15 secs... Windows 7 = 5 secs..... So there is a huge improvement. Also when running programs or browsing the internet you feel like this Operating System is very smooth and just does what you want (most of the time) Program Compatablilty: 8/10 Most Programs that run on Vista will run on Windows 7 (32-bit) very well. Though (64-bit) has a few problems such as many...

dndewar1 28.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Windows 2000 Beta

Advantages: there gives it a lot there
Disadvantages: also gives it a great deal

...Windows 2000 is a compound from Windows 98 and Windows NT. The surface and divide the user managers became undertaken from 98 and the more stable heart comes from NETWORK TERMINAL. What is actual new in the case of Windows 2000? Hardware is mostly arranged without new start and it is now also that so-called Hot- have Plugin, the mean one can devices at serial and parallel ones as well as the USB and the Firewall external into current company connection connecting, that may be recognized arranged then automatic. Active has desktop too in Windows 2000. What a very good renewal is, the recoveries consoles, with her, one can cancel attitudes and it returns the system into a stable original state in the case of problems. Very gadget who thinks Windows in 2000 is rapid as 98 that is mistaken, the Windows 2000-11-28 is not more rapid than...

gametester1985 09.09.2001 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Media

Frolicking with Windows 2000 Server

Advantages: Concise and accurate. Covers all aspects of Windows 2000 Server.
Disadvantages: A very heavy book, not one for the bus!

...Mastering Windows 200 Server, something that a lot of network analysts such as myself would like to do! On the front of the book it claims that it is the ‘complete guide to enterprise networking with Windows 2000 Server’, this is a bold claim because as the Windows Server product grows increasing depth is required to investigate its features, whole books have been written just on TCP/IP. However, I can honestly say that this book does indeed cover all the aspects of Windows 2000 Server. I have now been using Widows 2000 for some time and I have not identified anything that the author has left out. I would say this book is suitable for various levels of experience although it is easier to read if you at least know something about the Windows Server family. The more experienced reader may wish to brush over the section...

Paulwt 13.09.2001 · Read review
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Review of Mastering Windows 2000 Server - Christa Anderson, Mark Minasi

Windows 2000 not what you thought

Advantages: good for networks, fast
Disadvantages: not for home users

...A wide misconception of Windows 2000 is that it is the version after Windows 98, but it isn’t. It really is the next version of Windows NT, and it isn’t for home users. It can be used for office networks both large and small, but beware it isn’t for the faint hearted. You can set up hard disc shares for many users, which can be useful for networks where many users utilise a few computers, making it unwieldy and unsafe for each user to use the normal hard disc. It can also be used to give shares of a fast internet connection to all the other computers from the Network server. But this isn’t very good if there are an awful lot of computer on at once. For your network needs it is fine, but this isn’t for home users, please remember....

neilmoore67 24.01.2001 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Media

Security Of NT5 Windows 2000

Advantages: Good Secure OS (see opinion)
Disadvantages: Not as secure as promised (see opinion)

...Microsoft have done it! They have finally released an operating system which meets all the necessities of the everyday user. I used to use Windows 98 for networking/games, then upgraded to Windows NT4.0 (where no games would run), now in Windows 2000 you get the best of both worlds. However if you are upgrading from Windows 9x to Windows 2000 Pro you should be aware of how to secure your system, and how to stop any "hackers" from entering. Many people rely on a firewall, however this is really so extreme and a good setup computer shouldnt need a firewall at all. 1. When installing the OS, make sure that you unplug your network cable for the final section of the install, this is to make sure no hackers can read your data (Windows 2000 doesnt set your security until the very last stages). 2. Make sure the passwords are...

patrickgalvin 08.05.2001 · Read review
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