Windows 7 overview

Advantages: Easy to use, Aesthetically pleasing, User friendly
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 the quick launch system in Vista, this simply means that you right click click on the logo of the software you want to lock and click ?pin to taskbar? this means that when the program isn?t open it still has an icon on the taskbar and can be...

joshsmit 10.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

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 - 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 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 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

Rear Window Reworked

Advantages: A good idea for reworking "Rear Window"...
Disadvantages: ...but it had a poor script and lost a lot of what made the original plot so good

...Rear Window (1998) - FILM ONLY REVIEW Certificate: PG (UK) Running Time: 89 Minutes Director: Jeff Bleckner Voyeurism is the act of observing the lives of others, often, though not always, for sexual gratification; it is a process by which the observer gets more satisfaction from viewing others than from experiencing their own lives. There is a little bit of this tendency in all of us, as what is watching a film if not opening up a window on the lives of others, be they real or fictional? It is no surprise, therefore, that the film industry has from time to time chosen voyeurism as the subject of its stories. A widely regarded classic of the theme is Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film "Rear Window", an engrossing and suspenseful examination of what it is like to be a voyeur, first enforced by circumstance and later pursued...

Collingwood21 13.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Rear Window (DVD)

The best window cleaner

Advantages: See Review
Disadvantages: See Review

...Mr Muscle Window & Glass: I have huge windows in my flat; now I'm not complaining the quality of natural light in my living is fantastic thanks to the 9' window but window cleaning is a pain, (no pun intended). I have searched high and low in my quest to find a cheap but good window cleaner but every time I come back to good old Mr Muscle Window & Glass. Many of you will no doubt be familiar with the clear plastic spray bottles full of bright green liquid which for me have been ruined with the 'beefing up' of Mr Muscle from Geek to Super Hero! The packaging is entirely fit for purpose. The trigger spray is easy to use and can be turned off, 9by rotating the 'nozzle' end), to avoid accidental discharge which has to be good in my opinion. The label has all the necessary information although most of it is on the back of the label that is...

donnabroom 07.10.2009 · Read review
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Monopoly for Windows Mobile

Advantages: Original board and gameplay
Disadvantages: Predictable opponents

...Monopoly for Windows Mobile As handheld devices become more and more powerful the range of games becomes bigger and bigger. While unlikely to challenge dedicated handheld gaming machines there are enough titles available to provide plenty of diversion on train journeys and so on. The added advantage of having the odd game on your PDA is that you can have a sly play during boring meetings and look like you're catching up on e-mails, just make sure no one is sitting behind you. A demo for this game was included when I bought my Dell Axim earlier this year and having tried it I bought the full version from handmark.com for $19.99 (about £12). This was a simple process as the site take credit cards. After the payment is accepted you are sent an e-mail which provides a link to download the game and the serial number you need to unlock...

brereton66 22.05.2006 · Read review
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Review of Monopoly WM-Edition (PC)

Through a window

Advantages: Cleans windows
Disadvantages: The cleaning bit

...Sainsburys window cleaner For handy shopping, I tend to shop mainly in Sainsburys, and for some time now, have been using their own make of products as they usually give good results at a slightly lower price than some other leading brands. For my much hated job of cleaning windows, there is nothing that will persuade me to use the vinegar and newspaper method (as once suggested to me); I find that sprays are good enough for these windows, and a lot easier on my time. ~~The Promise~~ The window cleaner will apparently give me smear free cleaning (that's the vinegar!) and because of the anti misting formula, I won't be trying to re clean misted up areas of glass. ~~Product and packaging~~ The product comes in a clear plastic bottle with a spray trigger mechanism to free the product. All of the instructions and other...

danielalong 09.02.2008 · Read review
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SECRET WINDOW

Advantages: Stephen King book so bound to be good
Disadvantages: None, it's a great film

...Flicking through the sky movies channels last night we came across the film "Secret Window" just about to start. I got excited immediately as I had seen the adverts for this when it came out and I knew it was based upon a Stephen King book called "Secret Window, Secret Garden". I am a fan of Stephen King but haven't read all of his books yet and this was one of them, so I was really eager to watch this as I had no preconceptions of the story or obviously knew what would or should happen in the film. ##THE STORY## Mort Rainey is a published author, who's currently living alone in a remote cabin in the woods. Going through a divorce, after finding his wife, Amy, with another man has left him feeling angry and fairly desolate when it comes to his relationship, and this in turn is delaying him from signing the divorce papers. Out...

wendybull 16.03.2006 · Read review
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