What are the differences between windows XP and windows 7 ? -

the version,xp is just a operating system,all xp/vista use version 5.9 at the moment,its just another new windows operating system 5.9 version,and windows 7 is 7.00 version,its a big improvement for xp/vista users when it does come out with full version,its still in beta testing at the moment

Hello Boko, Rick from the Windows Outreach Team here to help answer your questions. Windows 7 is the latest Windows release from Microsoft. Although it shares some of Windows Vista’s features and functionality it adds quite a bit more. Windows 7 and Vista have been built from the ground up and are different from XP, they run more efficiently, are more secure, and are full of great user friendly features to help make your experience better. I invite you to take a look at the Windows 7 page and read what’s new in Windows 7 and see if might be right for you. Click this link: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows... I hope this help answer your questions. Rick, Windows Outreach Team

I installed Windows 7 last night since I heard it is quot;so much fasterquot; and quot;much easier to usequot;. My verdict is that this is a load of hype. Windows 7 introduces a new taskbar. It s giant and has no text labels by default; You can change these settings to make it look similar to XP s taskbar, but for whatever reason, they also decided to modify the system tray (notification area) and move all custom applications (MSN, AIM, uTorrent) into a separate box. This means you have to click an arrow to view what s running your tray. The user interface for Windows 7 is also changed greatly. Like Vista, it has a subsystem called Aero that provides quot;eye candyquot;, with the downside of requiring higher system resources and lowering overall performance. They can also be distracting when trying to do work. Performance-wise, Windows 7 was pretty laggy. It s still an open beta though, so likely most lag issues will be sorted out before release. Installing it took forever (109 minutes total). Disk performance (maybe due to crappy beta drivers) also isn t up to par for a lot of small file transfers between hard drives. Gaming performance-wise, it s almost exactly the same as Windows Vista. Overall, Windows 7 is just Windows Vista, but more code optimised, with a shiner box, a different name, and a whole lot of hype surrounding it. I don t think MS is going to have excellent results with the people still sticking with XP. It is far too different; Vista is better than 7, in my opinion. The user interface changes in 7 make it far too quot;stupidquot; for normal use.