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We have listed below 15 really useful backup tips.
For a One to One Consultancy on your Backup Solution please ring 0800-0407048 or 07411-149666 to arrange an appointment for Computer Repairs Crawley.
Can you imagine if your hard drive went down and was beyond repair or recovery and you lose all your important and sometimes critical data. How what that affect you and your business?
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Below is just a small selection of our Business Customers.
Balcombe Parish Council, Balcombe
Berry Piling Systems Ltd, Horley
Blue Ship Corporation, Horsham
Brambles Respite Care Centre, Horley
Brightel Datanet Ltd, Brighton
Business Resource Centre, Horsham
Canadian Spa Company, Redhill
Commercial Credit, Tooting
Copthorne Motor Company, Crawley
Crawley & Gatwick Chamber of Commerce, Crawley
Data Research, Horley
Federation of Small Businesses Regional Office, Horsham
KD Jones Heating Engineers, Reigate
Manchuna Decorators, Horley
Ray’s Dairy, Crawley
Smallfield Club, Horley
St. Barnabus Vicarage, Crawley
Will Drafters Ltd, Croydon
Accreditation & Membership information
Branch Partner of
Club Entrepreneur Gatwick.
Portfolio Holder for Business, Community & Environment.
Crawley & Gatwick Chamber of Commerce.
Regional Vice Chairman, Surrey & West Sussex
Branch Vice Chairman Crawley, Horsham & Mid Sussex
Federation of Small Businesses
Immediate Past President & MultiMedia Chair
Gatwick Diamond Rotary Club
Companion of
The Institute of Sales & Marketing Management (CInstSMM)
Member of
Institute of the Motor Industry (MIMI)
Member of
PCIQ. Computer Repair and PC Support across the UK
The Best Of Crawley
Winner of “Best Small Business 2007″ Presented 10th Jan 2008
purplemac install, repair, upgrade and maintain all Apple computers and peripherals
for a wide range of Mac users including:
Graphic Designers
Photographers
Musicians
Journalists
Students
Home Users
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We are approved resellers for the following Suppliers and many others.
AMD & ATI for Processors and Graphics cards
APC for Universal Power Supplies
Avanquest for Software
BackUp Direct for online backups
Benq for PC components
Crucial for PC Memory
Dell for Office PC’s
Docmail for best value Mailshots
HP for Printers, PC’s etc
Iomega for BackUp devices
Kyocera Mita for Printers & Copiers
Lexmark for Printers
Micro World Technology for Virus Software eScan
Net Support Manager, for Remote Access Software
NovaStor for NovaBackup snd Instant Recovery Software
Panda for World Leading Anti-Virus Software
Seagate for Hard Drives
SMC Networks for connectivity & Internet Access Solutions
Software602 for PDF Conversion software
US Robotics for Modems & WiFi
Worlds Smallest PC for miniature PC’s
For more information on any of these suppliers please email it@ituk.biz
Warnings have been made of the first malicious program to be classified as a Trojan-SMS for smartphones.
Kaspersky Lab said that the attack runs on Google’s Android operating system and has already infected a number of mobile devices. It said that the program appears as a media player application and users are prompted to install a file of just over 13KB.
Once installed on the phone, the Trojan uses the system to begin sending SMS messages to premium rate numbers without the owner’s knowledge or consent, resulting in money passing from a user’s account to that of the cyber criminals.
Denis Maslennikov, mobile research group manager at Kaspersky Lab, said: “The IT market research and analysis organisation IDC has noted that those selling devices running Android are experiencing the highest growth in sales among smartphone manufacturers. As a result, we can expect to see a corresponding rise in the amount of malware targeting that platform.
“Kaspersky Lab is actively developing technologies and solutions to protect this operating system and plans to release Kaspersky Mobile Security for Android in early 2011.”
Simeon Coney, VP of business development and strategy at AdaptiveMobile, said that he had heard that the Trojan was masquerading as a media player and was sending out premium rate SMS messages.
He said: “This is interesting, it was a real uptake on J2ME on smartphones and we are seeing premium rate SMS as a good way of gaining illegal revenue. I was looking at the Kaspersky state of malware report and it said we will start to see a lot more malware for mobiles.
“They will do it in a way that they are hard to track down and use a third party who is a reseller of a reseller. We saw one instance where it started in the Arctic and directed to Cyprus, then on to Luxembourg and then on to New Zealand, so law enforcement cannot track them down.”
Asked if this could be the start of more mobile malware, Coney said: “I see the same setup as with PCs and the mobile space we are seeing a number of viruses and more variants and we see more things coming that work.”
Kaspersky Lab recommended users pay close attention to the services that an application requests access to when it is being installed. That includes access to premium rate services that charge to send SMS messages and make calls. When a user agrees to these functions during the installation of an application, the smartphone may then be able to make calls and send SMS messages without further authorisation.
www.freeindex.co.uk have set us up a Business Website
Every business on FreeIndex now gets their own dedicated website address.
Please feel free to give us a Customer Review on this site.
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Watch out for this new online phishing scam which uses ‘tab napping’ to attack your computer – and your finances…
Always check the URL is correct to make sure you haven’t been tab napped.
As internet users we’re all vulnerable to online scams. Unluckily for us, as soon as we become pretty good as spotting one type of attack, another more sophisticated version comes along in its place. In fact, technology company, Mozilla – which developed the Firefox web browser – has recently warned against a possible threat from a new scam known as ‘tab napping’ which takes phishing one step further.
What is tab napping?
Tab napping is essentially a new kind of phishing scam. Until now phishing has involved sending hoax emails in an attempt to steal your usernames, passwords and bank details. Often the sender will claim to be from your bank and will ask you to verify your bank details by clicking on a link contained in the email.
The link actually directs you to a fake website which looks just like your bank’s own website. Once you have typed in your login details they can be accessed by the criminals who set the fake site up.
But we’re beginning to wise up to phishing attacks like this, and many of us know we should be very wary of clicking URLs even if they appear to be in a legitimate email.
With awareness of phishing on the up, making it more difficult for scammers to succeed, tab napping could be the scam to watch out for next.
How does tab napping work?
Tab napping is more sophisticated than the phishing scams we’ve seen so far, and it no longer relies on persuading you to click on a dodgy link. Instead it targets internet users who open lots of tabs on their browser at the same time (for example, by pressing CTRL + T).
How does it work? By replacing an inactive browser tab with a fake page set up specifically to obtain your personal data – without you even realising it has happened.
Believe it or not, fraudsters can actually detect when a tab has been left inactive for a while, and spy on your browser history to find out which websites you regularly visit, and therefore which pages to fake.
So, don’t assume that after you have opened a new tab and visited a web page, that web page will stay the same even if you don’t return to it for a time while you use other windows and tabs. Malicious code can replace the web page you opened with a fake version which looks virtually identical to the legitimate page you originally visited.
How might tab napping work in practice?
Imagine you open the login page for your online bank account, but then you open a new tab to visit another website for a few minutes, leaving the first tab unattended. When you return to your bank’s site the login page looks exactly how you left it. What you haven’t realised is that a fake page has taken its place, so when you type in your username and password, you have inadvertently given the fraudster easy access to your account.
Even if you have already logged into your bank account before opening another tab, when you return you might find you’re being asked to login again. This may not necessarily rouse any suspicion since you might simply assume your bank has logged you out because you left your account inactive for too long. You probably won’t even think twice before logging in for a second time. But this time round you have accidently inputted your security details into a fraudster’s fake page which have been sent back to their server.
Once you have done so, you can then be easily redirected to your bank’s genuine website since you never actually logged out in the first place, giving you the impression that all is well.
How can you protect yourself against tab napping?
This is pretty scary stuff but thankfully tab napping should be relatively easy to avoid. Here are five simple ways you can prevent yourself from falling victim:
• Make sure you always check the URL in the browser address page is correct before you enter any login
details. A fake tabbed page will have a different URL to the website you think you’re using.
• Always check the URL has a secure https:// address even if you don’t have tabs open on the browser.
• If the URL looks suspicious in any way, close the tab and reopen it by entering the correct URL again.
• Avoid leaving tabs open which require you to type in secure login details. Don’t open any tabs while doing
online banking – open new windows instead (CTL + N).
• Finally, take a look at Online banking: How to stay safe to find out other ways to protect yourself from online scams
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At this Year’s COMPUTEX 2010 it was announced that the operating system is to be streamlined for use on tablet PCs
Microsoft is using this year’s Computex show in Taiwan to showcase Windows Embedded Compact 7, a slimline version of its latest operating system for tablets and potable media players.
Asus previewed the software on the Eee Pad EP101TC 10, reports The Inquirer. Computex also served as the venue for Asus’s Eee Pad’s unveiling.
Most of the details are still being kept under wraps, but it is expected that it will be made available to vendors in Q4.
SanDisk’s new line of SDXC flash cards will be capable of holding up to two terabytes of data.
Thursday, 27th May 2010 at 11:24 am
When asked during a recent interview with PCR Magazine, regional marketing manager Nikki Willcock stated that the devices were set to be the next big thing in the memory market, with end-users demanding more storage as they consume and create more digital content.
“The great thing about memory for retailers is that there is a need for it on almost every host device you can think of including, laptops, cameras, phones, printers, game consoles – the list just goes on,” said Willcock.
“There are even memory slots in some cars now. This means that whatever device a consumer is purchasing, there’s always a memory solution for them.”
Recently VirginMedia have asked Blueyonder, ntlworld and Virgin email holders to change their email settings.
Their documentation we have found to be overly complicated and their auto tool has failed to work.
We have listed below an easy reference guide to those changes required.
We hope this is of use to you.
blueyonder Changes only listed
E-mail address you@blueyonder.co.uk (Copy)
User name ab013c3456 now you@blueyonder.co.uk (Paste)
Password (DO NOT CHANGE)
ntlworld Changes only listed
E-mail address you@ntlworld.co.uk (Copy)
User name you now you@ntlworld.co.uk (Paste)
Password (DO NOT CHANGE)
Virgin Changes only listed
E-mail address you@virgin.net (Copy)
User name you now you@virgin.net (Paste)
Password (DO NOT CHANGE)
Universal Changes (all three)
Click More settings then Outgoing Server
Tick My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication
make sure Use same settings as incoming mail server is selected
Click on Advanced tab
Tick This server requires encrypted connection (SSL)
Change incoming server (POP3) to 995
Tick 2nd This server requires encrypted connection (SSL) if displayed
Change Outgoing server (SMTP) to 465 then Click on OK
Then Click on Next
Then Click on Finish
Our advise is to always use a reputable retailer, online site or local company to purchase software and do not get caught off guard.
To book an in home or in office service today call ituk.biz Free on 0800-0407048 or 07411-149666.
We are warning all of our customers to beware of a new Phone Based Scam using Windows 7 as the hook. Sadly one of our customers who we visited recently to sort out the mess caused by the scam were badly stung and very distressed by their experience.
A London based company is phoning people asking them if they would like to Upgrade to Windows 7. Do not under any circumstances fall foul for this scam.
When this company phone, you are transferred to a Second Company to buy the Software and you are charged £180. The Licence No is sent back to the installing engineer. You are not advised of the Licence No and you do not receive a DVD complete with Licence in the post following the sale.
You are then transferred to a third Company who take a further £180 before installation can take place. You are the returned to the original company who then carry out the installation on line. Please note that any programmes that you had no longer exists once this process is complete.
When the PC was restarted after the upgrade most devices did not work and the customer spent nearly 4 solid days talking with their help desk on a per minute chargeable basis to get the pc working.
After 4 days of frustration the customer called us and asked if we could sort out the major problems still outstanding.
After a 60 minute visit all problems had been resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
The customer told us that they had spent in excess of £800 because they were caught off guard by an impromptu phone call.
We have advised the customer to ring the Company back and obtain a valid Windows 7 Licence. If anything went wrong in the future we would need that Licence Number as part of the repair/reinstall procedure and without it the customer would have to buy another Licence
Are you unsure or worried about Internet Access and how safe it really is.
We have listed below 10 Really useful Website Security Information Pages.
For a one to one consultancy on your security please ring Free on 0800-0407048 or 07411-149666 to arrange an appointment.
Please note the items listed below are by no means a definitive list of those available but have been vetted by us for you.
Child Safe
Click on link below for www.child-safe.org.uk
Child-Safe is a registered international charity which aims to encourage children and young people to participate in travel, sport, community groups and specific school programmes.
Child Net
Click on link below for www.childnet-int.org/kia
Welcome to Know IT All, Childnet’s multi award-winning suite of education resources designed to help educate parents, teachers and young people about safe and positive use of the internet.
Get Safe
Click on link below for www.getsafeonline.org
Get Safe Online with free expert advice.
Safe Surf
Click on link below for www.safesurf.com
The birthplace of the Internet’s voluntary rating standard.
Think UK Now
Click on link below for www.thinkuknow.co.uk
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre.
AVG
Click on link below for http://linkscanner.avg.com
Only AVG LinkScanner® can protect you from the Data Snatchers and raise your internet security to the next level . Use with Google and Bing Search Engines.
Comodo
Click on link below for www.snapfiles.com/get/comodo-verification-engine.html
Comodo Verification Engine is an anti-phishing add-on that works with all popular browsers and automatically verifies the identity of many commercial websites.
McAfee
Click on link below for http://home.mcafee.com/store/freeservices.aspx
McAfee FREE SiteAdvisor™, a plug-in for Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers, tests, analyzes and rates websites in detail for unsafe or annoying practices such as dangerous downloads, spamming, misuse of personal information and browser hijacking.
Norton
Click on link below for www.safeweb.norton.com
Norton Online Website Safety Tester.
Zone Labs
Click on link below for http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en-gb/spyblocker-download.htm
Detect and Block Spy Websites While You Browse the Internet Use with Ask Search Engine.
Dear Michael, I’ve been reading about a Government scheme to offer free laptops to low-income families. Can you tell me more about the scheme and how to apply?
Stan, via email on 05 January 2010
extract from www.broadbandchoices.co.uk
www.broadbandchoices.co.uk Broadband Expert says…
An estimated 1.4 million children in England still do not have the internet at home, putting many at a disadvantage when it comes to schoolwork and studying at home.
The benefits of home internet access are huge, and Niel McLean, executive director, Schools and Families, at the government agency Becta, said: “Recent evidence suggests that young people with a computer at home could get a B, rather than a D, at GCSE.”
This is why the Government launched its Home Access scheme, which goes live across England next week, to provide low-income families with grants to purchase a computer, get at least a year’s home broadband, or both.
Pilot scheme
A pilot scheme was launched at the beginning of 2009 in Oldham and Suffolk, offering grants to thousands of families.
The scheme itself is part of a £300m investment to get every child in England online at home.
Who is eligible?
Families receiving income support or unemployment benefits will be able to apply for a Home Access grant which they can use to purchase a computer or broadband package from an approved supplier.
Most people who meet the criteria for free school meals will be eligible to apply.
At launch, children aged 7-14, in school years 3-9, will be eligible, but the programme is aiming to work towards universal home access for all school age children by 2011.
How to apply
Funding is available for around 270,000 households and you can apply by calling 0333 200 1004 for an application form.
If your application is approved, you will receive a prepaid Barclaycard, which is valid for three months, and which you can use at approved retailers.
Free laptop broadband packages
If you’re not eligible for a free laptop as part of the Home Access scheme, you could still sign up to a mobile broadband package to receive a “free laptop”
. While the laptops aren’t strictly free – you will end up paying for your computer over the course of your contract – these deals do help to spread the cost of buying a new PC outright.
However, if you do sign up to a mobile broadband package, make sure that you monitor your downloads to make sure that you don’t exceed your limit, as additional data costs can soon add up. Install our free Broadband Download Monitor
to keep an eye on how much you’ve downloaded and set alarms so that you never exceed your limit.
From Concept to Completion and Beyond
Plus Advertise your Small UK Business for FREE
With the help of Club Entrepreneur.
At the beginning of 2008 I attended a Club Entrepreneur meeting in the Arora Hotel Crawley where we were asked to think up an idea to bring back to the next months afternoon session “Ideas into action”.
For some time I had been playing with the idea of a special search engine but was not sure how to progress the idea. The concept of “ideas into action” was to take an idea from feasibility study stage to actual product whilst checking
1 Is it marketable?
2 Why will it work?
3 Why will it not work?
4 How can I promote it?
With this in mind I drew up the mock up idea and set about creating a web site that I could show to others for feedback. By the time of the next meeting I had already got a working model of the website that although very basic tested out the concept.
By the end of the meeting it was obvious from the response of fellow club members that the concept could take off for the following reasons.
1 It will be very easy to spread the word through local networking associations that I have links with
2 It is very simple and user friendly
3 There are no set up or marketing costs involved
4 It can be promoted by making it the home page of all my IT clients and by using ecademy.com marketplace. As I am already a member this would not cost me anything.
Encouraged by the feedback from the Club Entrepreneur “Ideas into Action” afternoon session I decided to launch the website.
Nearly Two Years later with additional features being added I have now exceeded 220,000 visits and those clients who use it would not now go back to Google or Yahoo etc.
The growth has been created by Viral Marketing at no cost whatsoever. This was achieved by making it the home page of clients whose Husbands, Wives, Children etc spread the word. The site is now achieving 10,000 visits a month and this figure is growing month on month.
Prime space is available for rent on the main page and additional advertising is available within the one stop link shop which contains 20 categories and at the moment over 100 websites. I am not aware of any other product that offers 12 search engines and over 100 dedicated websites in one place.
The site works by offering you “THE ULTIMATE SEARCH” where you have 12 search engines to choose from. If the search bar is left empty clicking on a search name takes you to their home page. If data is entered in the search bar then by clicking on any search engine your search will take place. If you cannot find what you are looking for just use the left arrow in IE8 for example and it takes you back to the search engine choice page retaining the requested data in the search bar. This search can be referred to at a later date just by putting in the first few characters of the search.
For more information
As the site has now passed 250,000 hits we are for a limited time only offering Small UK Businesses especially those in the FSB or Chamber of Commerce the chance to advertise for FREE in any one of the 150 Categories listed in the One Stop Link Shop.
We will of course be selling advertising space (Subject to Approval) in any of the 150 categories. Discount will be available for multiple category advertising.
To advertise click on the link in any of the 150 categories email on info@yoursearchfor.co.uk
Netbooks are just small Laptops without CD/DVD Drives. (Not a Problem)
The biggest complaint about Netbooks is the fact that you cannot install additional software due to a lack of CD/DVD Drive.
Although this is technically correct, by using your Wi-Fi Home network, you can share the DCD/DVD Drive on your Main PC.
If the network is configured correctly the Netbook can Map a Drive on the Main PC and therefore recognise that Drive as being part of its own PC allowing installation of whatever Software is required.
In the same way the Printer on the Main PC can be shared allowing the Netbook to connect wirelessly straight to the Printer (The Main PC must of course be turned on.)
As far as backup is concerned most Netbook have an SD Slot which will allow up to 32Gig of Backup which is sufficient for most People’s requirements.
For software compatibility and ease of setup the Windows XP based Netbooks are the best option as long as they have a hard drive of 8gig and above.
We specialise in setting up Networks for Windows based PC’s and can help you if so required.
Please contact us Free on 0800-0407048 or 07411-149666 to make a booking
We have been monitoring our jobs carried out since the beginning of the latest recession and our findings are quite disturbing.
The results of the monitoring are as follows.
PC’s that go wrong that have not had regular Health Checks tend have repair costs between 50% and 250% greater than if they would had regular Health Checks. This is mainly because they will require greater time spent to be spent on them and in many cases they need to be fully restored ie. backup down , full system re-install and data restore.
This cost does not include DOWN TIME incurred by the customer because of system failure.
A Health Check includes removal of unwanted files and makes sure that all Windows Updates are completed and your PC Security is sufficient and up to date.
Before the recession many of our clients had regular 6 monthly Health Checks where actions were taken to remove unwanted files and make sure that all Windows Updates were completed and Security was sufficient and up to date. Regretfully this is no longer the case and most clients have cut out Health Checks to save money and only call in an engineer in for an emergency.
As we appear to be coming slowly out of the Recession we would ask all our clients to seriously reconsider introducing a 6 monthly Health Check.
At ituk.biz we offer two types of Health Check
The basic one hour Health Check where we remove unwanted files and check the hardware
The full two hour Health Check where we do all the above plus update or install security protection and Windows Updates.
When scanning a PC for problems it is not unusual to find 10 times the number of files installed than was originally supplied when the PC was purchased this must inevitably effect the performance of the PC and slow it down.
Several years ago Memory for PC’s was very expensive so only the minimum required was installed, prices have dropped dramatically and a cheap way of improving the PC’s performance is to install the Maximum Memory for the motherboard on your PC. In many cases this could mean that your PC may be capable of running the new Windows 7 Software.
Please contact us if you would like to book a Health Check Free on 0800-0407048 or 07411-149666.
We have been testing Windows 7 for some time and would like to give you some of our findings.
Our Review
If you compare the performance of XP with Vista XP is considerably Faster.
For instance an XP PC with 1 gig of Memory is equivalent to a 4 gig Vista PC with all the other hardware identical.
With the PC’s using 32bit Software the Maximum usable is 3.25 gig. Out of 4 gig Memory installed.
If however 4 gig was used in an XP PC (3.25gig usable) this would be equivalent to a 13 gig Vista PC in performance which only 3.25gig would be usable.
Therefore an XP PC will always outperform a Vista PC.
(In our tests Windows 7 performed as well as if not better than XP)
Windows 7 however is built round the performance and speed capabilities of XP and is therefore much more powerful than Vista.
Because of the speed issues with Vista anyone purchasing an Upgrade will have to do a fresh install of Windows 7. This is because Microsoft do not wish to port the speed problems from Vista into Windows 7 and damage the reputation of Windows 7.
WARNING Before you carry out an update of Vista or XP to Windows 7 you must have a full backup of all your data, Photos, Music, documents, emails or you WILL lose it during the install.
All other programmes and devices like Office and Printers will have to be reinstalled after Windows 7 is installed.
It is worthwhile you checking all your devices i.e. printers, webcams etc with the manufacturers that they are Windows 7 compatible and download and save any suggested drivers prior to installing Windows 7
Independent Review: Source: thinkdigit.com
Microsoft proves that seven is indeed a lucky and magical number. It would be too, for a company which decided to skip a version 13 for their Office suite to avoid bad luck.
Despite the criticism and negative publicity, Windows Vista was a significant Windows release, and a step forward in the evolution of the Windows operating system. Yet in the evolution of Windows, Windows Vista was akin to a horse which grew wings, but couldn’t fly, an incompetent beast with hundreds of gallbladders and appendices ready to burst. With Windows 7 the unnecessary organs have been surgically removed, and finally we have lift-off.
Windows 7 is a marked improvement over Vista all around, and its new features and improvements make it a strong competitor for Windows XP as well.
Ironically, Windows 7, isn’t even Windows 7.0! It runs a slightly improved kernel of Windows Vista with a version number of 6.1 much like Windows XP ran an improved Windows 2000 kernel with a version of 5.1 (Windows 2000 was 5.0). However as Microsoft has painfully pointed out on several occasions, this makes Windows 7 no less significant.
While the new Windows taskbar interface, the new window management features etc, could go either way and gain great acclaim, or great criticism from the users, the bloat reduction is sure to be appreciated by all, and is the one thing Windows 7 has going for it from the start. After all, every version of Windows has been criticized for being more bloated than its predecessor, and for once people will have to think up of something better than just that.
However the large similarities between Windows Vista and Windows 7, and the fact, that Windows 7 is something that was entirely possible 3 years go when Windows Vista came out, is something which bound to make Vista users even more disappointed that they invested money in such an OS. In computer software it is otherwise unthinkable that people would prefer and eight year-old software such as Windows XP. Looking at computing a decade ago, this would be much like choosing Windows 3.1 over Windows 95. While features introduced in Windows Vista, such as Aero, indexing etc were unfeasible when Windows XP came out, all or most of Windows 7′s features could have easily come in Vista, an operating system which people waited much longer for. It would appear that even after 6 years Microsoft released a beta operating system, which took another three years to release as Windows 7.
Yet even so, Windows 7 has been mostly corrections to Windows, and those needed to come sometime or the other. For someone purchasing a new operating system, going for Windows 7 should require no thought. It will run on all current computers, as well as any computer released during Windows Vista’s reign.
Windows 7 is an OS which manages to stand out in itself, over and above its predecessors. While its massive changes in user interaction design are sure to be jarring to some, the changes are something that are much needed, and people are sure to benefit by adapting themselves now.
More so than its mobile OS, Windows 7 has adapted changes in its design which allow it to be used better on touch screen computers, whether it be the new taskbar design or the multitouch support, Windows has come to terms with the present.
Windows 7 is a much needed upgrade, and a necessary one to bring millions of computers to date with current technologies. Despite all its flaws, Vista was an operating system of the present, and with Windows 7, the world of Windows can finally move forward.
One of the most important things about Windows 7 has been its open development, while nowhere near that of open source software and operating systems, the approach taken with Windows 7 with public beta releases and an open feedback system, represents an evolution of thought which was as needed as the evolution of the operating system itself.
Yes, Windows 7 is a significant release, one of the most significant releases in Windows history, being the first one to break many traditions. A true operating system of the future, and a highly recommended upgrade for both Windows Vista and Windows XP users.
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