Last week, we received the news we were dreading -- Microsoft will be ending support for Windows 7 operating system tomorrow. Now in case you recently bought your first computer, chances are? - it is running on Windows 10, which means you haven¡¯t really experienced the perfection that was this operating system.?
Even today, many PCs are running on Windows 7 (although they should soon upgrade to be safe from cyber-attacks), and here¡¯s what made the OS truly remarkable,
Unveiled by Steve Balmer in July 2009, Windows 7 came out after the colossal-disaster of an OS -- Windows Vista. It was the OS that fixed all the compatibility and performance issues Vista had and delivered a user experience truly extraordinary. Windows Vista was wrong on so many levels -- it didn¡¯t have support for drivers, and even most of the hardware that Windows XP supported, stopping people from making the switch.
Windows 7 fixed all these blunders beautifully and was perfect from the boot. The OS optimised use of multi-core processors to aid better in multitasking, as well as support multiple heterogeneous graphics cards, taking performance to a whole new level for power users.?
Windows 7 was brought to the world at a time when iPhone had just started to get popular, people still preferred using Blackberry and Nokia E series communicators for work on-the-go and Android was not as popular as it is today. iOS was in its very nascent stage and iPad was still a year away. Touch wasn¡¯t that big of a deal during that time. Keyboard and mice ruled the computing world and that¡¯s where Windows 7 shined.?
Windows 7 was a true PC operating system to be used with a keyboard, mouse or a trackpad. It was basic, and it was perfect. Back then, tablets were only used by designers and animators, and Windows 7 supported those devices too.
While Windows XP is known for revolutionising the way OSes looked, Windows 7 took things to a whole new level. Taking major cues from Vista, from the illuminating Start orb to shiny taskbars and dialog boxes it all looked too cool for 2009. The smooth animations of switching apps and even the glowing boot logo was something not seen on the previous iteration of Windows. That clubbed with refreshing and picturesque themes while giving the user the ability to make his own theme with a bunch of wallpapers, Windows 7 surely looked cool.?
While Windows got better with more features on Windows 8, 8.1 and the current Windows 10, they¡¯ve failed to beat the charm that was Windows 7.?