Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 7 with 64-bit version runs beautifully with 4GB of RAM, enabling you to manage tons of applications with zero slowdown. This new version of Windows 7 also makes your system more futureproof, allowing you to take your system to 8GB, 32GB or even a terabyte, before too long.64 bit However, hardware is the biggest issue. You cannot work with your 64-bit OS, if a gadget doesn’t have 64-bit drivers, as 32-bit drivers aren’t supported.
There are some software problems too. For example, sometimes Google’s Chrome may not operate efficiently with Windows 7 64-bit. Although Adobe Flash doesn’t run with 64-bit
browsers, it can be operated with the regular 32-bit browser.
Using a 64 bit OS for a 64 bit processer can address far more than 4GB of memory, which is suitable for avid gamers, CAD, video editors and huge multi-taskers. While any 32 bit software will still be restricted to 4GB memory, a 64 bit CPU, OS and applications will take full advantage of the additional RAM.
However, if you possess a 64 bit capable CPU but use older hardware, then staying with a 32 bit version for the time being will be safer to ensure that you don’t require extra upgrades.
But if you have the latest hardware and drivers, it may be beneficial to step up to a 64 bit OS. For a user working regularly with 64 bit optimised resource hungry applications – like video editing, CAD and image packages – it would be especially advantageous to be able to work with more than 4GB of RAM along with the other improvements.
64-bit computing will soon be a common standard, as all hardware from the last couple of years has been customized accordingly. However, there is still a strong case for some users to stick with 32 bit Windows for the time being until a complete upgrade cycle has passed for the majority of users.
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Windows 7 features – Virtual Hard Disk
Microsoft’s latest operating system, Windows 7, comes with a number of new features including relatively lesser known Virtual Hard
Disk that enables a user to install various operating systems on a single machine.
The tool, which is a file formatted to be structurally identical to a physical Hard Disk Drive, enables you to test software on
different operating systems and reduces the cost or hassle of actual hardware.
This feature which is included in latest Windows 7 allows a physical computer to mount and boot from an operating system contained
within a VHD.
VHD’s ability to directly modify a virtual machine’s hard disk from a host server supports many applications, including:
* Life-cycle management and provisioning
* Backup and recovery
* Image management and patching
* Disk conversion (physical to virtual, and so on)
* Antivirus and security
* Moving files between a VHD and the host file system
In a nutshell, following are the advantages are provided by Windows 7 new feature VHDs:
Multiple operating system support: Now you can easily install multiple operating system without making changes in Master Boot
Record.
Backup-and-Restore: Changes to the contents of a VHD (such as infection by a virus, or accidental deletion of critical files) are
easily undone.
Multi-User Isolation: Many current operating systems support having multiple users, but offer varying degrees of protection between
them (e.g., one user of the OS could become infected by a virus which infects other users, or make changes to the OS which affect
other users). By giving each user their own version of the operating system — say, by creating for each of them a differencing VHD
based on a base installation of the OS — changes to any particular child image would have no effect on any of the other child
images.
Disk that enables a user to install various operating systems on a single machine.
The tool, which is a file formatted to be structurally identical to a physical Hard Disk Drive, enables you to test software on
different operating systems and reduces the cost or hassle of actual hardware.
This feature which is included in latest Windows 7 allows a physical computer to mount and boot from an operating system contained
within a VHD.
VHD’s ability to directly modify a virtual machine’s hard disk from a host server supports many applications, including:
* Life-cycle management and provisioning
* Backup and recovery
* Image management and patching
* Disk conversion (physical to virtual, and so on)
* Antivirus and security
* Moving files between a VHD and the host file system
In a nutshell, following are the advantages are provided by Windows 7 new feature VHDs:
Multiple operating system support: Now you can easily install multiple operating system without making changes in Master Boot
Record.
Backup-and-Restore: Changes to the contents of a VHD (such as infection by a virus, or accidental deletion of critical files) are
easily undone.
Multi-User Isolation: Many current operating systems support having multiple users, but offer varying degrees of protection between
them (e.g., one user of the OS could become infected by a virus which infects other users, or make changes to the OS which affect
other users). By giving each user their own version of the operating system — say, by creating for each of them a differencing VHD
based on a base installation of the OS — changes to any particular child image would have no effect on any of the other child
images.
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