Lucky seven?

Microsoft is tuning up the successor to the disappointing Windows Vista operating system. But will Windows 7 restore confidence in a company besieged by strong competition? Windows Vista was released to manufacture last January 2007 with a great deal of fanfare and anticipation but after its release, it was criticised for being resource heavy. The higher requirements of some of the premium features of Windows Vista were not available on many machines. Therefore, with Windows 7, rather than concentrate on introducing a radically different user interface, the developers have focused on tidying up the features that were originally introduced with Windows Vista.