Windows 7

Windows 7 is the next-generation operating system from Microsoft and helps make the tasks consumers and businesses do today faster and easier, and so new things are possible.

Windows 7 is much simpler to operate than Vista and because it is built on the same core architecture, application and device compatibility will no longer slow you down, and the tasks you do everyday are even easier without the operating system getting in the way.

Windows 7 also gives you more control over your computing experience. It provides a clean and uncluttered desktop, as well as more options than ever to customise and personalise your PC.

This is Microsoft's follow-up to Vista, which is widely considered to be "less good" - and that's according to the software maker itself. So if you're using a Microsoft product on your PC - and nine out of 10 Brits are - you're either using the "less good" Vista or its predecessor, the eight-year-old XP.

It has some nice user experience touches, including the ability to 'pin' applications and documents to the bottom of the screen for easier access. Applications can be snapped together, so working out of two apps, such as copying and pasting from the web to Word, is much simpler. 

The OS also comes with a new media centre, making it easier to manage videos, pictures and other bits and pieces. It's smaller than Vista and faster, promising faster boot and resume times, and has a better search function for uncovering lost documents.

More information can be read here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/business/windows-7.aspx