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windows 7 vs windows xp

Windows 7 will be the next version of Microsoft Windows, an operating system produced by Microsoft Corporation for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, netbooks and media center PCs.

Windows 7 VS Windows XP

Windows XP is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers running x86 and IA-64 processors, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, and media centers. Windows XP was first released on 25 October 2001.

Windows 7 is coming, so, which is better between Windows 7 and Windows XP? This maybe asked by many people who want to have a great experience of Windows 7. Now we give a professional comparison between those two Windows OS to help you learn more for your need.

Windows 7 VS Windows XP

According to a performance test, Windows 7 Beta has beaten both Windows XP and Vista in several key areas. Keep in mind this is just a first look, Microsoft may still and probably will provide further performance optimizations for the final version of Win 7.

As we all know that Windows XP is used by most usres now, but Microsoft will stop to support Windows XP in 2010 in any way. Compared to Windows XP, the System requirement Windows 7 is more higher. so the performance of Windows 7 is much butter than Windows XP. You can leran from the following table.

	Windows 7	Windows XP
Release date	January 2010 or late 2009	2001-10-25
RTM Build	7106	2600
Current version	Beta	5.1.2600 SP3 (2008-04-21)
Codename	Blackcomb, Vienna	Whistler
Operating Environments	32-bit/64-bit	32-bit/64-bit
Supported architectures	x86-32, x86-64	x86-32, IA-64, x86-64
Kernel type	Hybrid kernel	Hybrid kernel
Browser Engine	Webkit	Webkit
Integrated firewall	Yes	Yes
SMP support	Yes	Yes (Professional Edition only)
USB Support	Yes (USB 2.0)	Yes (USB 2.0 with update or SP1)
UDMA Support	Yes	Yes
Package management	?	MSI, custom installers
Safe Mode	Yes	Yes
APIs	Win32, .NET	Win32, .NET
Theme	Aero	Aero
Internet Explorer	8.0	6.0
Windows Media Player	12	8 (9 in SP2)
Command-line interpreter	COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, Windows PowerShell V2	COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe
CPU	1 GHz (x86/64)	Pentium MMX, 233 MHz/ 300 MHz or higher
RAM	1 GB or higher recommended	64 MB / 128 MB RAM or higher
Free disk space	16 GB	1.5 GB / 1.5 GB or higher
Video adapter and monitor	128MB (Aero)	Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution