Code-named Vienna and Blackcomb, Windows 7 is an operating system and the successor to Windows Vista. It was officially released by Microsoft to the public on October 22, 2009. Below is an image of the Windows 7 desktop.
Windows 7 new features
New features introduced in Windows 7 include the following:
Windows 7 new features
Windows 7 minimum system requirements
What Windows came before Windows 7?
What version of Windows came after Windows 7?
Related information
Windows shortcut keys
Included Windows programs
Windows 7 help and support
Aero Shake.
Aero Snap.
Faster start-up time (i.e., Windows loads faster).
Support for multi-touch on touch screen displays (i.e., using 2 fingers for scrolling).
Virtual hard disk support.
A better overall performance compared to previous versions of Windows.
Windows 7 minimum system requirements
1 GHz processor or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64). 1 GB of RAM for 32-bit or 2 GB of RAM for 64-bit. 16 GB of hard drive space for 32-bit or 20 GB for 64-bit. DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher.
What Windows came before Windows 7?
For the end user, Windows Vista came before Windows 7.
What version of Windows came after Windows 7?
For the end user, Microsoft Windows 8 came after Windows 7.
Operating system terms, Vista, Windows 8, XPM
Related information
- Windows shortcut keys
- Windows versions
- Windows 7 help and support.
- Microsoft Windows history.