Windows 7
How do we survive in the age of multimedia? We get a computer that can be connected to our PC and to our TV and to our P53 and Xbox and whatever other gaming system we may have.
Windows 7 is even more fun with the new “Play to” function. With this function, one can beam a locally controlled audio playlist to computers that are part of your HomeGroup, DLNA devices like the PS3, or Media Center Extenders like the Xbox 360. Remotely shared libraries are also automatically detected off of DLNA or Home Server devices. And, if you really are in love with your media library, you can connect it to your Windows Live ID and access your home media from anywhere over the Internet.
So, just how simple is it really to use the new Windows 7? Finally, it that after years of seems many being bogged down by Windows OS setups, we’ve finally been able to reliably and rapidly connect with many computers. I was able to share files, media and printers without needing to ask an old-time Windows user to help me figure out the system.
Windows 7 seems to have patched up some of the problems that came with Vista. It’s hardly full of surprises, but that’s usually a good thing when it comes to operating systems. If you’ve never been a Windows person, there’s hardly anything here that will change your mind about staying with Windows.
But what I do know? Because of the work we are in, it is inevitable that there are days when I do have to work with a PC and Windows — whether by choice or necessity. And, I must say that Windows 7 is great news for millions of folks like me — and those who love Windows.
