Facts On Windows 7

More than a billion people around the world use Windows every day and millions of them provided feedback to shape the latest version. A whopping eight million beta testers tried it out while it was being developed with another seven million doing so unofficially.

There’s no longer a need to minimise every open application to view your desktop. Pressing the Windows key plus the space bar will give you a sneak peek by making all of the windows transparent.

Visual search through Internet Explorer 8 and Bing will bring up thumbnails next to the results, so you can see exactly what you are looking for.

There are 50 new fonts in Windows 7 and 34 languages in total.

Windows Media Center now contains the Sky Player which allows you to watch live TV from a range of channels for a monthly fee. Sky satellite subscribers get extra content and features too, dependent on their package.

Create a Home Group that allows you to easily share files between machines in your house. You’ll be able to look through folders containing Pictures, Music, Documents and Videos from whatever computer you are on. You can also share printers.

Battery life on notebooks and notebooks has been significantly increased. By using less memory for each task, your whole system will see an improvement in the amount of time you can go between charging. Everything works much faster too because of the tune-up under the hood.