So will Windows 7 FINALLY be the death of Windows XP?

I searched help and support in Windows 7, but no results for aero snap. How do I execute this gem?

 

Not sure but my guess right click on the task bar and click on your choice, "Show Windows Side By Side" looks good.

 

Thanks. That works. Show windows stacked is also handy. You can stack or side by side more than two windows.

 

XP does not have this feature built in, and i doubt Win2k has it either.

 

take a window and drag it to the left / right side of the screen. there should be a visual clue maximizing the window to half the screen width and full height. when releasing with the mouse, it gets resized to fit in that visual rectangle.

the shortcuts by rightclicking the taskbar existed possibly since win95, don't remember. you can select more than one window by holding the control key, then rightclick and choose "side by side", or other arangements.

 

Thanks. This is a cool feature. MS word has had it for a long time and called split horizontally, split vertically and cascade.

 

Does anybody upgrade their OS these days? I've done it with my home machines and a few at work- I bought the XP upgrade and loaded it. But I think most people don't do this. They buy a computer and whatever OS it comes with stays on it until they throw it away.

How many people choose their OS? A lot of corporate buyers probably do this, I know that my company does. We chose XP because it matches our older machines, we know how to deal with it, and it works well enough for us. I don't know what the market share is for corporate buyers vs. home buyers, but I think most home buyers buy the computer and buy whatever OS it comes with. Between my wife and I we have 3 XP computers and 2 Vista computers. We bought new laptops that came with Vista and we were happy with that.

I don't know what it will be like when W7 is available for sale. If consumers can buy either one, they may choose W7 because of the bad characterizations of Vista. But then again a lot of people have developed the philosophy of "don't buy the new OS until after release of the first SP".

I think my company will switch to W7 sometime in the next couple of years. Partly this is because I anticipate replacing my current workstation in about that time frame, and I will likely spec. W7 for it. The other factor is that some of our new CAD apps require a lot of ram and may begin to function better with a 64bit OS. If we are going to upgrade OS then I think we should upgrade to W7.

 

The last time I voluntarily upgraded my operating system was from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000. That was on a dual processor Pentium III machine that I put together myself. Everything else (XP and Vista) came with my store bought machines. I guess you could say that I have upgraded my XP desktop to Windows 7 RC and then to the final version when it becomes available. I am not going back to XP. I know I will upgrade my Vista Laptop when the time comes.

If you have the time and can spare one of those 5 computers, download and install the Windows 7 RC on one. Take it for a test drive. I backed my XP machine (an old Pentium 4 2.6 ghz with 1 gig ram) to an external hard drive with Acronis and did a clean install. Then I installed some apps I really wanted to run. Serif Photo Plus X2 and Office 2007 Home Version. Win 7 didn't come with Windows Mail, so I downloaded Mozilla Thunderbird and Mozilla Lightning for a calendar program. I installed Norton Internet Security 2009 trial for malware and intrusion protection. I am pleased with the performance so far.

 

The media has been estatic about Win7, so the public's reception of it will predictable. The media has SO much power over public perception. You don't need the military to conduct a Coup. Just buy off some Media execs and you can rig an election.