windows xp is older than windows 7.
windows xp is older than windows 7.
which is older windows xp or windows 7?
windows xp
windows 7 includes 13 additional sound schemes, titled afternoon, calligraphy, characters, cityscape, delta, festival, garden, heritage, landscape, quirky, raga, savanna, and sonata. internet spades, internet backgammon and internet checkers, which were removed from windows vista, were restored in windows 7. users are able to disable or customize many more windows components than was possible in windows vista. new additions to this list of components include internet explorer 8, windows media player 12, windows media center, windows search, and windows gadget platform. a new version of microsoft virtual pc, newly renamed as windows virtual pc was made available for windows 7 professional, enterprise, and ultimate editions. it allows multiple windows environments, including "windows xp mode", to run on the same machine. windows xp mode runs windows xp in a virtual machine, and displays applications within separate windows on the windows 7 desktop. furthermore, windows 7 supports the mounting of a virtual hard disk (vhd) as a normal data storage, and the bootloader delivered with windows 7 can boot the windows system from a vhd; however, this ability is only available in the enterprise and ultimate editions. the remote desktop protocol (rdp) of windows 7 is also enhanced to support real-time multimedia application including video playback and 3d games, thus allowing use of directx 10 in remote desktop environments. the three application limit, previously present in the windows vista and windows xp starter editions, has been removed from windows 7. all editions include some new and improved features, such as windows search, security features, and some features new to windows 7, that originated within vista. optional bitlocker drive encryption is included with windows 7 ultimate and enterprise. windows defender is included; microsoft security essentials antivirus software is a free download. all editions include shadow copy, which—every day or so—system restore uses to take an automatic "previous version" snapshot of user files that have changed. backup and restore have also been improved, and the windows recovery environment—installed by default—replaces the optional recovery console of windows xp.
windows 7
in its review of windows 7, engadget said that microsoft had taken a "strong step forward" with windows 7 and reported that speed is one of windows 7's major selling points—particularly for the netbook sets. "laptop magazine" gave windows 7 a rating of 4 out of 5 stars and said that windows 7 makes computing more intuitive, offered better overall performance including a "modest to dramatic" increase in battery life on laptop computers. "techradar" gave windows 7 a rating of 5 out of 5 stars, concluding that "it combines the security and architectural improvements of windows vista with better performance than xp can deliver on today's hardware. no version of windows is ever perfect, but windows 7 really is the best release of windows yet." "the new york times", "usa today", "the wall street journal", and "the telegraph" also gave windows 7 favorable reviews.
windows 7