Windows 7 vs Windows 8

Fahmy Khawarizmy Bin Zainan DC73533

Muhammad Mu’izuddin Bin Muhsinon DC73519

Mohamad Farihan Bin Mohamad DC73562

HISTORY

Windows 7

- Was released to manufacturing on July 22nd 2009

- Generally released to public on October 22nd 2009

- Less than 3 years after the released of windows VISTA

Windows 8

- Released to manufacturing on August 1st 2012

- Generally released to public on October 28 2012

Window 8 Features

- Everything that run on window 7 can be run on window 8

Window Touch Friendly Features  

- The main different between Win 7 and Win 8 comes with its metro style interface that provides live title of rectangle shape which has replaced the icon pattern in Win 8

Windows based cloud computing

- Win 7 not representing cloud based services .

- Window 8 representing cloud base services.

I/O MANAGEMENTWindows 7

The I/O manager is responsible for

- file systems

- cache management

- device and network drivers

- Keeps track of which installable file systems are loaded, and manages buffers for I/O requests.

- Works with VM Manager to provide memory-mapped file I/O.

- Interfaces with the Windows cache manager, which handles caching for the entire I/O system.

I/O MANAGEMENTWindows 8

The I/O manager is responsible for

The Windows 8 operating system maintains two separate I/O paths to the boot device

1. The normal system operation (the normal I/O path)

which consists of components such as the file system, volume manager, partition manager, and so on.

2. The crash dump I/O path

which is used exclusively for writing a crash dump file to the boot device when the system crashes

File Management

Windows 7

Using libraries to access your files and folders

- Documents library

- Pictures library

- Music library

- Videos library

Copying and moving files and folders

Most people copy and move files using a method called drag and drop.

- Start by opening the folder.

- Then, open the folder where you want to move it to in a different window.

- Position the windows side by side on the desktop so that you can see the contents of both.

- Next, drag the file or folder from the first folder to the second folder.

Windows 8

Using the Explorer Window

- powerful easy-to-use tools

Changing the Explorer Window View

- displays the contents of a drive or folder

Opening and Viewing the Computer

The Computer window is the starting point to access every disk, folder, and file on your PC computer.

- You can access the Computer window from File Explorer.

- The Computer window displays several types of local, removable, and network drives.

- Each drive is assigned a drive letter, denoted with parentheses and a colon, such as Local Disk (C:), to make it easier to identify.

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