Windows 7-At A Glance
Simplifies everyday tasks.
Windows 7 is more reliable, more responsive, and makes the things you do every day easier.
- Simple to use: Get around and get things done faster with simpler, streamlined, navigation.
- Easy to connect: Easily share printers and documents with multiple PCs on your home network and stay connected more easily when you?re away from home.
- Easy to communicate and share: Make managing email, chatting with IM, and editing and sharing digital photos easier with Windows Live? Mail, Windows Live Messenger, and Windows Live Photo Gallery.
Works the way you want.
Windows 7 is designed to make your PC faster, more secure, and more reliable
- Faster, more responsive, more reliable: Windows 7 is designed to help your PC sleep and resume more quickly.
- More secure: Improved security helps safeguard your PC and your privacy.
- Compatible with you: Run many Windows XP productivity applications.
Comparing Windows 7 Editions
Do you use your PC for entertainment?
Windows 7 Home Premium will deliver the best entertainment experience on your PC.
Do you work from home?
Windows 7 Professional includes all that Home Premium has to offer plus everything you will need for work and home.
Do you want it all?
Windows 7 Ultimate is designed for those who want the most out of their PC.
Windows 7 Professional for Business
Works the way you want.
Work faster and more reliably with a variety of features from Windows 7 Professional. Now you can share information and solve problems easily, so you spend less time troubleshooting your network and more time helping your business.
- Let your network find you: Windows 7 Professional helps you find and connect to available wireless networks quickly and easily.
- Fix problems quickly: The Action Center gives you one place to view system messages alerting you of known issues and will provide updates regarding your PC?s health while suggesting actions to keep your PC running smoothly.
Get More Done.
Everything from search, ease of use and mobility is vital to your business. Find what you need with less time and effort, so you can work on the things that matter most to your business.
- Access your files and programs anywhere: With Remote Desktop Connection, access documents and programs on a remote PC.
- Focus on your business: Aero Desktop helps make working with Windows 7 Professional intuitive and easy.
- Jump Lists help you quickly reach what you need: You can pin documents to a program's 'Jump List' to make certain they are available anytime.
- New Ways to preview windows: Pointing at a taskbar icon allows you to see a thumbnail preview of open files or programs. Hover your mouse over a thumbnail to preview the window full-screen or to close windows right from the thumbnail previews.
Safeguard your work protect your business data.
Prevent security threats and data loss to your business with Windows 7 Professional. Its strong security foundation includes Windows Defender and automatic back-ups that keep your work safe.
- Work and play safely: Easily encrypt folders and protect your private information with Windows 7 Professional.
- Back it up without the fuss: With Windows 7 Professional, you can schedule automatic backups for all your important files.
- Restore previous versions of your files: Safeguard data from accidental deletions or changes with Previous Versions.
Protect your Investments with Windows XP Mode
What is Windows XP Mode?
Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 Professional makes it easy to install and run Windows XP productivity applications directly from your
Windows 7-based PC.
- Saves money: Windows XP Mode extends the lifecycle of many older Windows XP applications to continue providing business value.
- Designed for small and medium businesses: Business users can run many Windows XP applications from a Windows 7 desktop as if they were Windows 7 applications. Retraining or re-learning applications is not necessary.
- Easy to use and install: Install applications in Windows XP Mode just as you normally would on a physical PC. To run Windows XP applications directly from the Windows 7 desktop, go to the Start menu.
Bridges the Past with the Future.
Windows XP Mode doesn?t just run older Windows XP applications, it also makes it easy to leverage all of
Windows 7 capabilities simultaneously.
- Folder integration: Access your Windows 7 Known Folders including: My Documents, Pictures, Desktop, Music and Video all from Windows XP Mode.
- Seamless applications: Publish and launch applications installed in Windows XP Mode directly from the Windows 7 desktop. Users can access Windows 7 resources including printers and USB devices.
- Clipboard sharing: Cut and paste between Windows 7 and Windows XP Mode applications.
Windows 7 Home Premium for Consumers
Windows 7 Home Premium is designed to simplify your everyday tasks, work the way you want, and make new things possible.
Simplifies everyday tasks.
- Simplify your PC with new navigation features like Shake, Jump Lists, Snap as well as the larger, customizable Taskbar with Previews.
- Easily set up a home network and connect to printers and devices. Get more from your devices with a single, intuitive interface providing easy access to status, options & tasks.
Works the way you want.
- Designed to make your PC faster and more responsive by taking full advantage of 64-bit PC hardware and memory.
- Connecting to wireless networks is fast and easy.
- Personalize your PC by customizing themes, colors, sounds and more.
Make New Things Possible.
- More choices in how you interact with your PC.
- Leverage photos, Music & Videos from virtually anywhere.
- Supports more media formats, including integrated video and Dolby audio codecs.
