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With the release of Microsoft's latest operating system Windows 7, Absolute Gadget looks at the seven key features that should set itself apart from the horror that was Vista.
No.1 - Gestures
The new OS supports touchscreen devices, making it a kind of desktop version of the iPhone. The gesture-based system supports touchscreen displays and lets you navigate the desktop with a stylus or your fingertips. It has taken much of the technology behind Microsoft Surface and inttegrated it into the OS.
Gestures also work with a mouse. The new systems incorporates a new program-specific menu that will replace the much-love right-click context menu. So instead of right-clicking the Taskbar icon to get to the jump list you can left-click and drag it up instead.
You can also click and drag down the the IE explorer address bar to view your browsing history and favourites.
No.2 - A better System Restore
System Restore was a fundamentally good idea poorly executed in previous versions. In it you could not tell which application or driver would be affected by a restore.
With Windows 7 this is all changed. At the selected restore point, it will tell you all the programs and drivers that will delete when executed. In order to do this you need to do the following.
Step 1: Right-click on Computer, then select Properties > System Protection > System Restore > Next. Finally select the restore point you wish to use.
Step 2: Click the new button to Scan for affected programs and Windows will inform you about which programs and drivers will be deleted or recovered by selecting this particular restore point.
