Windows 7 Improvements over Windows XP

Years ago, Windows XP Media Center Edition was curiously sold – and billed – as a unique operating system. That may struck some people as odd due to the fact that Media Center is just a program that works on top of Windows XP just like, Windows Media Player or Internet Explorer.  Media Center is available in Windows 7 Home Premium edition and above. Chances are, it is already installed on any desktop and notebook you are going to buy – perhaps not in some netbooks.  A lot of other features – may seem less sexy but certainly every bit as practical – Windows 7 is certainly head and shoulders above Windows XP. These Windows 7 features may prove useful for XP users:

• Backup: In Windows XP, backup was a bad joke. Windows Vista did it better, but Windows 7 makes it very easy.
• Support for second monitor: Although a few graphic card manufacturers managed to cleverly jury-rig multiple monitors support into the Windows XP, you still need Windows 7 to get native and smooth multiple monitors support
• Simple wireless networking: All sorts of annoyances and traps lurk inside the Windows XP wireless support, now Windows 7 does it better
• Search feature: In Windows XP, searching for files other than by filename involved a tremendous kludge of add-ons that can literally sucked up computer resources and overwhelmed your system. In Windows 7, search is better designed and faster.