ID Number: G00171872



Reasons to Care About Windows 7, and Reasons Not to
19 October 2009
 
Michael A. Silver   Neil MacDonald   Stephen Kleynhans   Joe Skorupa   Lawrence Orans  

Windows 7 has been characterized as everything from a major step for Windows to a minor service pack for the disappointing Windows Vista. The truth is in the middle; either way, Windows 7 is unskippable.




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 BitLocker and BitLocker To Go
2.0
    
 AppLocker
3.0
    
 BranchCache
4.0
    
 DirectAccess
5.0
    
 Take Advantage of 64 Bit
6.0
    
 Improved User Account Control
7.0
    
 Internet Explorer 8
8.0
    
 Windows XP Mode (and MED-V)
9.0
    
 Better Memory Management and Support for New Hardware
10.0
    
 DVD Codec Support
11.0
    
 New User Interface Elements
12.0
    
 All the Other Features of Windows Vista
13.0
    
 Downgrade Rights to Windows XP on New PCs End When Windows 7 SP1 Ships
14.0
    
 Windows XP Support Will End


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Figure 1. 
 Windows XP Support Timeline
 



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