In older versions of Windows, every application you have open is sucking up video memory, even if the windows are minimized. Performance and Usability You'll immediately notice Windows 7 feels a lot faster than its predecessors, and that's because memory management has been smartly re-engineered. This will make finding and launching files a snap. As for functions, a very useful addition to the Start menu is a search bar that instantly appears at the very bottom. The main difference is the addition of a gradient to give it a fresher aesthetic. It's very similar to the old one, functioning almost exactly the same. Then there's the Start button at the bottom left corner - a feature Windows fans have grown to love. If Internet Explorer 8 is your browser of choice, there's a bonus: Hovering your mouse over the Explorer icon, you'll be able to preview all the tabs you have open in a stacked view, letting you go directly to the tab you wish to browse. That's certainly a welcome change now that many of us multitaskers enjoy running a multitude of apps at once
With AeroPeek activated, you can also preview thumbnails of the activity of apps by hovering over their corresponding taskbar icons. Rather than clutter the bottom of your screen with annoying rectangular tabs, your open applications are instead contained in a small square displaying only the icon of each active app. And Aero Shake is a cute feature: You click and hold onto a window and give it a shake, and any visible windows behind it will disappear (minimize, not close).Ī major change appears in the main toolbar glued to the bottom of the screen. Aero Peek is the most significant: When triggered, the feature displays outlines of all your open windows behind your active window each outlined box contains a thumbnail previewing its corresponding window to help you choose.Īero Snap (see screenshot above) is pretty cool, too: Drag a window to the right side of the screen, for example, and Aero Snap will automatically adjust the window into a rectangle that takes up the entire right side (same happens if you drag to the left). They're window-management tools, similar to Apple's Exposé in Mac OS X.
To accompany the new look, there are three new features that make the Windows 7 interface pretty groovy: Aero Peek, Aero Snap and Aero Shake.
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