Computer Advice

Windows Vista definitely wasn’t going to win any awards from the thousands of computer users who were experiencing critical problems with the new operating system. The negative feedback sent Microsoft into an immediate counter attack and the result of their efforts to create something better, something far more reliable and toned down resulted in Windows 7.

Windows Vista had incredibly demanding specifications that required decent graphics cards, heavy amounts of ram, strong CPU’s and other hardware components that a lot of computers are lacking. Fortunately, Windows 7 improved upon these complex system requirements and toned down the operating system to allow older computers to get in on the new exciting features. In fact, some consumers have reported running Windows 7 on PC’s with as little as 512MB of RAM. While this is obviously not recommended as Microsoft clearly has suggested at least 1GB of RAM, it does provide some evidence that they effectively made a reliable operating system that can function with lower standard materials. Some of the reports suggesting that Windows 7 ran fine on 512MB also stated that it seemed to over perform Windows XP. Windows XP was released quite some time ago and the fact that computers designed for XP can run more smoothly with Windows 7 is extraordinary.

Windows Vista also had several technological difficulties that disallowed users from accessing certain points within the operating system. These challenges have been overcome since the introduction of Windows 7. While Windows 7 still limits your access to certain parts of the computer, warning you if you’re about to enter a secured location, these capabilities are necessary to prevent basic computer users from altering files they shouldn’t be. Secondly, Windows 7 took away the unfortunate administration issues that Vista was facing. Many users reported software problems when attempting to launch programs as a regular user, rather than as an administrator.