Windows 7 Review Part 2

I am so sorry for the extreme delay in getting this second review post up, but I have been trying to throw everything I can at cracking Windows 7 and to absolutely no avail. This operating system is built tough enough to handle everything I can hurl at it, and yet, it continues on with no scars to show for all my work, and keep in mind this is on a notebook.

The operating system as we know it has been reinvented, overhauled even. The interface as I said before has taken on a new look and is quite beautiful. The aesthetics while being pleasing are also comfortable, which has been a big grip of mine about Vista since the beginning.

The biggest interfact change thus far is the new uberbar. Uberbar? What's an uberbar, I am sure you are asking. Well, the uberbar is the brainchild of what Apple's dockbar and the original Windows taskbar has become. It is beautiful, but it is also perfectly usable.

First and foremost, when you load into 7 for the first time you will see 3 buttons next to the "Vista" button(now shall be dubbed the "7" button), an Internet Explorer 8 button, a Windows Media Player button, and a Libraries button(more on all three in future posts). The 7 button is almost identical to the original Vista button/Start button. It's virtually organized identically, and still retains the super-useful search feature. The real interface difference is in those other buttons I mentioned.

When you double-click them they open a new window of the respective program. If you right-click, however, they open their own little pop-out menus with some great options for getting stuff done. On top of that, if you single click a button and already have multiple windows open, it will show you with a small preview(yes, a REAL preview) of each window in respect to the button. This feature alone is worth the price of admission. But Microsoft didn't stop there.

When you open up a program that isn't one of the three buttons, you get the EXACT same functionality. For instance, if you open up an instant messenger, you will be able to see not only the messenger list by single clicking the messenger icon, but you will be able to see all open IM windows. Simply click the one you want and it appears for your usefulness.

It is sweet, I tell you. Best integration into an operating system in a long LONG time.

Review part three coming soon.

--Slick Geek