Let’s Play a Game: Vista ver Windows 7

Is that a new game? No, definitely. It is just a shortcut for vista versus windows 7. But in order to have fun, we can have a betting game out of this. So ready for our game, vista ver windows 7 ? Bet all you have here!

            Windows vista, let us call it simply as vista, is an operating system (OS) by Microsoft, the successor of Windows xp. On the other hand, Windows 7, or simply w7, is the so-called “successor of vista”. Let us clarify this thing. According to Microsoft, w7 is actually a direct upgrade OS for vista. But since one can do a clean install to have w7, it was considered as a new and separate OS under the name Windows. Vista debuted in 2006 as a full replacement to the successful Windows xp line. Vista was packed with rich set of features and comes in a very lucrative graphical user interface. However, users find vista quite annoying, especially in the issue of hardware and software compatibility. Most third-party applications working perfectly in Windows xp, became non-sense pieces of codes in vista. Those companies managed to release vista-ready counterparts but still, a large number of incompatible software and hardware are in the market.

Another big concern was the full replacement of old hardware that cannot meet the standards set by vista. In other words, using vista implies a whole computer make-over and that translates to double spending. To make things better for vista, windows 7 comes to the rescue. To set vista to rest, w7 was designed to be the future of OS, with superb multi-touch system and handwriting recognition. Also, w7 is better suited to be used in multi-core processors and it supports for the first time, Mac-related raw images and videos plus some applications. Other improvements include faster booting, and support for virtual hard disks. Fine, how about system requirements? Well, it is just what people calls “right timing”. Computer hardware has improved so much for the past years that many of the available desktop and laptop computers are already capable of handling the likes of w7. Today, if someone tells you that w7 requires a CPU with 1 GHz CPU, 2 GB of memory and 20 GB hard disk space, you won’t be shocked since those specifications are common in today’s market. Dare to continue our game vista ver windows 7 ? I think it is clear who the winner is.   

            Windows 7 is plainly superb compared to vista, since it is an upgrade for the latter. Our game was biased by the fact that w7 is newer (and of course should be better) than vista. Nevertheless, we were able to have a somewhat comprehensive view of the two OS. Since w7 is still relatively fresh, bugs and security holes will be discovered later as people probe it. So, who won our game vista ver windows 7 ? Le us call it a draw. Think of vista as the precursor of w7 and without vista, w7 won’t exist.