What's fixed with Windows 7? [closed]

It's basically Vista done right. Not only has the UI been cleaned up and polished in many areas, but it boots faster, is more responsive, and uses much less memory. (Oh, and it takes advantage of multi-core processors better, but I don't know if that applies to you.) On top of that, most drivers are now available through Windows Update, which is really convenient. Also, the media stuff was greatly improved; for example, Windows Media Player 12 supports many codecs such as DivX and AAC right off the bat, and the media sharing feature was improved.

All-in-all it's just an even better version of Windows Vista. Whether that sounds like something you'd want to spend money on is up to you.

Features new to Windows 7. Though for me personally, its that Windows 7 is a bit more polished, UAC is less intrusive, and Media Center "works better" with network-shared media resources. Other than the printer I need to replace anyway, everything "just worked" as far as drivers go (on a ~1 yr old Dell laptop).

In terms of "what's fixed" I would say the user experience. It is a much more pleasant OS to use, it feels responsive. In terms of what's new, here are some of my favorite features from the Beta/RC:

Media

It has better video codec support out of the box (mpg, mp4, avchd (mts), xvid, etc) Media Center does some basic Transcoding, so you can watch the above video formats on an extender (such as an Xbox 360). Media Center/Media Player support (unprotected) AAC audio files Stream media from your pc over the internet Play media to a shared device (remotely control media being played on another computer/device

Libraries / Home Group

You can group similar files in different locations into Libraries. These libraries can also be shared with other computers in your Home Group (simplified file sharing / networking of computer).

UI

The task bar is now a combination of the task bar and the quick launch bar. Aero Peek - mouse over the icon in the task bar and get a list of windows for that application. Mouse over the application windows and you can peek at the open application (all other windows become transparent outlines) Aero Peek also works with Alt+Tab

Better Performance

Benchmarks are showing better performance (though marginal). However the User Experience has improved in a way that the OS is perceived as being much more responsive than Vista. Better use of multiple cores

I have moved on from Vista to Windows 7, here are some of my observations:

The security management is more fine tuned. In Vista I have to use "run as administrator" to execute a batch file that just moves some files, but that's not needed in Windows 7.

The new taskbar really works quite well. It's easier to see what's running and to find recent documents.

Functions like connecting to a network and detaching devices is easier and clearer.

The memory usage is smaller. I installed it on a Samsung NC10 mini laptop, I would not even try to install Vista on it.

Bloat

Bare install of Vista tops out to 12Gb or something of hard drive space.

Windows 7 install is a only a couple of Gigs.

less bloat == more speed (hopefully)