Glen Greenwood (gsc21 & Virtual Riders) ran a short workshop at our “IT Matters” event on 21st Sept to show us around the new features of Windows 7. Thanks!
We learnt that Windows 7 is all about Productivity! It’s also all about stability. It looks pretty but works!
Windows XP Mode is there to allow you access to a Windows XP Virtual Machine. You can install older software here (such as your Sage accounts package or old printer drivers) in XP and access them from 7.
Migrating to Windows 7 is easier & generally supportability for IT administrators is going to be simpler. Sounds good. We learnt about Laplinks “Moving Van” tool for upgrading to Windows 7 (see here) – no doubt we’ll review this & share more about this tool in time.
We learnt about new features such as “aero glass”, “jump list”, “snap”, “shake”, search facilities, disability access, “sticky notes”, “snipping tool”, the newly bundled IE8 and so forth. Lots more to learn about these on Microsofts website.
We saw the improved software installation troubleshooting and also learned how Windows 7 will run on pretty much any machine (but of course needs appropriate resources to make the most of its power).
More information soo, but please feel free to share your own experiences of Windows 7 in your comments or in the discussion boards (we’ve got a new one dedicated to Windows 7 here).
We’ll be running further sessions soon on Windows 7 so let us know if you are interested & we’ll keep you posted.
