What is window 7? Deacribe its features
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Windows 7 is a personal computer operating system that was produced by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. It was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009 and became generally available on October 22, 2009.
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Some of the new features included in Windows 7 are advancements in touch, speech and handwriting recognition, support for virtual hard disks, support for additional file formats, improved performance on multi-core processors, improved boot performance, and kernel improvements.
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Windows 7 is an operating system from Microsoft released in 2009. It is superceded by the release of Windows 8 in October 2012, but Microsoft will continue to provide mainstream support for the product until 2015 and extended support through to January 2020.
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Windows 7 followed Windows Vista and featured various changes from prior operating systems. One of these was the Quick Launch Toolbar, which revolutionized how the users find various commands and menu options. Windows 7 also includes items like support for virtual hard disks, gaming additions, and other new features. As for machine requirements, Windows 7 requires a 32-bit or 64-bit processor with at least 1 Ghz in order to run, as well as 1 GB of RAM for a 32-bit system, and 2 GB for a 64-bit system. The machine must also have 16 GB of hard drive space.
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With Windows 7, users can pin applications to the taskbar. In addition, users can rearrange the applications on the taskbar in any order they see fit. Other additions include libraries for storing files. The default library folders include Documents, Pictures and Videos, each of which has a public and private version. In addition, Windows 7 was the first version of Windows to support multitouch capabilities. It also features more accurate handwriting recognition.
Windows 7 introduced the Snap and Shake capabilities. Snap enables a user to drag an open window to the left or right side of the screen and have it automatically resize to take up half the screen. If a user pulls the window off the side, it reverts to the size and shape it was before he snapped it to the side of the screen. A user can automatically maximize a window by dragging it to the top of the screen.
With Shake, users can hide all inactive windows to reveal the desktop by clicking the top of an open window and quickly dragging it back and forth. Users can also easily reach the desktop with the Show Desktop button on the bottom right of the screen, which minimizes all open windows.