Series of operating systems have been produced by Microsoft and now it has come up with its new Windows 7 operating system in the version of Microsoft Windows. It can be used on personal computers, laptops. Desktops, tablet PC etc. It was available in retail from October 22 and was released to manufacturing in July, 2009.

Windows 7 is loaded with many new features such as handwriting recognition, virtual hard disk support, supports use of multiple graphics cards, new media centre support, redesigned calculator, new items added to control panel, gadget for windows media centre, color calibration, improved kernel, RAW image viewing, photo viewer slide shows, improved taskbar, replaced quick launch toolbar, buttons for pinned applications, SOAP-based web services API, new.NET framework version support, improved 3D games etc.

This new release has been power-packed with several new features and there is also removal of some features that were earlier included in Windows Vista. Applications such as Photo Gallery, Calendar, Windows Mail and Movie Maker that were part of Windows Vista have been removed here.

For the people seeking upgrades to this new operating system there is a bad news for Windows XP users as they cannot upgrade to Windows 7. To use Windows 7 you will need to install it from scratch.

As a part of minimum hardware requirement to use this new release of operating system you need at least 1 GB RAM for 32-bit operating system with 16 GB minimum storage, DVD drive is a must for installation and 1 GHZ processor.

So now you can get your new Window 7 product that is power packed with many new features and rectified problems of earlier versions.