bBy Darren Waters/bbr /Technology editor, BBC News websitebr /ppimg src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45719000/jpg/_45719157_win7libraries.jpg" align="left" width="226" height="170" alt="Windows 7" border="0" vspace="4" hspace="4"/pp class="first"bWindows 7, the next major release of the world's most popular operating system, will be officially available to the public on 22 October./bpMicrosoft is hoping it can avoid the negative press that surrounded the launch of Vista, the last major Windows release, almost three years ago. /ppWindows 7 has been designed to be compatible with Vista so users do not have to invest in new hardware. /ppCustomers who buy a new PC with Vista will be offered upgrades to Windows 7. /pp/ppAt the Computex 2009 trade show in Taipei, Microsoft's Steve Guggenheimer said: quot;We've received great feedback from our partners who are looking forward to offering a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/"Windows 7/a to their customers in time for the holidays.quot; /ppMr Guggenheimer said that Microsoft will make an upgrade option available, so PC makers and retail partners can offer customers the ability to purchase a Windows Vista-based PC and install Windows 7 when it is released. /ppWhen Vista was launched many users expressed frustration that the operating system did not work with all types of existing hardware and peripherals, or programs used commonly on PCs. /ppAnd a Vista compatibility programme for hardware proved to be confusing and, in some cases, somewhat misleading. /pp/pp /bWindows 7 features/bbr /ulliWindows XP mode - a virtual PC that can run older applications that might not run on Windows 7/liliRemote Media Streaming - access your home digital media over the net/liliAero Peek - full screen previews of applications/liliWindows Touch: Support for multi-touch devices/liliGadgets: Widgets now appear on the desktop and not in a sidebar/li/ulbr /pWindows 7 will also have quot;comparable system requirementsquot; to Vista, which should mean that if your PC is capable of running Vista it will also run the new version. /ppWindows 7 promises a major usability improvement on Vista, and a simplification of security measures which caused frustration for many users. /ppBeta testers of Windows 7 have reported that it is faster than Vista, especially in terms of start-up and shutdown sequence of the computer./phrpThis article is from the a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk"BBC News website/a. #169; British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites./pdiv class="feedflare"
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