Windows 7 Has Depth

Windows 7 is featured in a lot of tech news lately. Its new features had been advertised extensively. But as it turns out, not all new features were as well advertised as the rest.

Mike Williams listed 15 things you need to know about Windows 7. What is fascinating is that these features are really cool features. Yet, they are not being trumpeted out aloud. Why could that be?

Normally, a company will highlight the best features of their products. Not just the superficial ones. Yet in the case of Windows 7, the great features here are not as publicized.

I have a possible explanation. I noticed that this list of 15 features is a bit technical. They are things that most regular users will not be interested in. Most of these are also behind-the-scenes improvements.

So what Microsoft did was to tone them down a bit. They are targeting users who are not really that tech-savvy. Crowding the features list with a lot of technical features that these users don’t understand or know how to use will only confuse them. So they focused on things people understand. Like a bigger thumbnail and touch screen capability.

These means Microsoft is starting to make things simpler. They are now willing to omit some details which may confuse their customers.

But whether it is publicized or not does not matter. It will still be in Windows 7 and geeks like me will be having a field day for it. This is an example of how competition can help everybody. I mentioned that in a previous post I made. Without much competition, there is less or no motivation to improve. Without Linux and OS X, we might still be in Windows’ dark ages.