Comparison between Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7

Comparison between Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7

Minimum Hardware requirements in Windows XP
1.Processor: 300MHz
2.RAM: 128MB
3.Super VGA graphics device
4.HD: 4.2GB (for SP3)

Minimum Hardware requirements in Windows Vista
1.Processor: 1GHz
2.RAM: 1GB (32-bit), 2GB (64-bit)
3.Support for DirectX 9 graphics device with 128MB of memory
4.HD: 20GB (32-bit), 40GB (64-bit)

Minimum Hardware requirements in Windows 7
1.Processor: 1 GHz
2.RAM: 1GB (32-bit), 2GB (64-bit)
3.Support for DirectX 9 graphics device with 128MB of memory
4.HD: 16GB (32-bit), 20GB (64-bit)

Interface in Windows XP
1.Luna theme
2.Task-based windows options
3.Skinning
4.Desktop Cleanup Wizard

Interface in Windows Vista
1.Aero theme
2.Transparent panes
3.Window animations,
4.Live thumbnails of running programs
5.Touch screens supported

Explorer in Windows XP
1.Task pane instead of tree navigation.
2.Better image handling
3.Thumbnail previews
4.Supports metadata

Explorer in windows vista
1.Task pane integrated into toolbar
2.Breadcrumb navigation
3.New metadata display
4.Better icon resolution

Explorer in windows 7
1.Federated searches and libraries
2.Virtual folders aggregate content from local and networked drives

Start menu in Windows XP
1.Good layout
2.Control Panel options
3.Devices

Start menu in Windows Vista
1.Search box is available.
2.Configurable power button
3.User profile picture

Other features in Windows XP
1.Context menu CD and DVD burning from Windows Explorer
2.Hibernate and Sleep modes
3.Remote Desktop
4.Faster user account switching

Other features in Windows Vista
1.Built-in drive partitioning
2.Bettter screen-capturing tool
3.Hybrid Sleep and better configuration options .
4.User-based file-type associations

Other features in Windows 7
1.XP Mode available
2.Options for disabling components
3.Search text in scanned TIFF
4.Power-saving features for laptops

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