- Joined
- Jul 22, 2005
- Location
- New York, NY, United States
Here are some of the changes that are being discussed as being a part of Windows 7:
- New version of Windows Media Center
- Gadget for Windows Media Center
- Native support for multiple graphics cards from different vendors in one system
- Gadgets integrated into Windows Explorer
- Pin and unpin items from the Start Menu and Recycle Bin
- View, generate, index XML documents (XPS Essentials Pack)
- Multiline calculator with Programmer, Statistics and unit conversion
- Internet Explorer 8
- Store Internet Explorer settings on a Windows Live account
- New versions of Paint and WordPad
- Windows Security Center renamed to Windows Solution Center
- Multi-touch (enhanced touch screen support)
- New networking API
- "Shortened application install time"
- User Account Control (UAC) prompts reduced
- Installation packages streamlined
- New Extended Linguistic Services API (for localization)
- Taskbar and system tray overhaul, multi-monitor support
- Native virtual hard disk support (boot and mount a VHD image)
- "Dramatically reduces system services, processor, storage, memory"