Bill Gates: “Windows 7 will require fewer resources than Vista”
While the goal with Vista was to provide a very secure OS, synonymous with alerts intempestives and requiring significant resources system, the development of Windows 7 took a different path.
According to Bill Gates, Windows 7, expected for early 2010, will be less energy consumer, to conform with the trend Green IT, and less greedy in memory.
“I am very enthusiastic given the work being done. Less energy needed, less memory used more efficiently, and many more links with mobile phones. All these criteria are met to create a very good platform, “he said during a recent trip to Tokyo. The transcript of his speech has just been published on the Microsoft site.
The publisher seems to have heard the criticisms of many customers, especially businesses, which are reluctant to upgrade to Vista as the OS calls configurations too high, involving update their computer significantly.
140 million Vista PC already passed
Remember that to take advantage of the features of Vista, as its new Aero graphics, it is necessary, according to Microsoft, have at least one processor clocked at 1 GHz, 1 GB of memory and a graphics card incorporating 128 MB of memory DirectX 9, a 40 GB hard drive with 15 GB of available space. In practice, this configuration should rather be doubled to achieve a real ease of use and run games under good conditions.
Bill Gates also points out that, as Windows 7 should allow “access via the Internet to whatever you do. For example, if one has two computers, to synchronize the files automatically, without having to send its files from one machine to another constantly. ”
A principle already in the draft with the project Live Mesh (see photo below), which allows you to share files between their desktop, laptop and possibly a mobile phone. The data are hosted by Microsoft and synchronized between different equipment. The editor place this tool at the heart of its new web strategy.
The co-founder of Microsoft has finally indicated that more than 140 million PCs equipped with Vista have been sold worldwide.