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Understand Windows 7 Architecture 7
Some of the new features of IE8 include:
Instant Search This feature lets you quickly access search
requests without typing the entire search criteria. As you
start typing in the search request, you’ll see suggestions for
your search.
The advantage to Instant Search is that it will also use your
browsing history to narrow down the suggestions. After you
see what you’re looking for, you can make your selection
without having to finish the query.
Accelerators This new feature allows you to accelerate
actions on Internet services and applications. For example,
if you are looking for a street address and you click the blue
Accelerator icon, a map will appear right there on the screen.
Microsoft Accelerators can be used for email, searching, and
so forth. Also, other websites like eBay and Facebook offer
Accelerators for their services.
Web Slices Web Slices are instances on a website that you
want to access without accessing the site. For example, say
you want to get stock quotes, sports scores, or auction items
without visiting the sites; this is the advantage of using Web
Slices. As the information that you are watching changes, the
updates will show immediately.
Understand Windows 7 Architecture
Windows 7 is built on the Windows Vista core, but Windows 7 has
limited the files that load at startup to help with the core performance
of the operating system. They have also removed many of the fluff items
that Windows Vista used, thus allowing for better performance.
When Microsoft first released Windows 7 as a beta, there was a
64-bit version but no 32-bit version. This did not go over well with the
Internet bloggers. I even saw a petition online to have a 32-bit version
released.
The funny thing is that I also saw a petition asking Microsoft not
to release a 32-bit version. The logic behind this was it would force
users and manufacturers to upgrade everything to 64-bit. In response,
Microsoft has released Windows 7 as both a 32-bit and a 64-bit version.
Installation
PART I
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