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images/news/windows.jpgMicrosoft's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) is in full swing this week, hot on the heels of the recent PDC. The main subject is, of course, Windows 7. This being a conference focused on hardware makers, Microsoft made a whole slew of announcements related to how Windows 7 will deal with hardware.
Microsoft stressed that Windows 7 will actually reduce resource usage compared to Windows Vista, and make better use of the resources it has at its disposal. Drivers in Windows 7 are loaded in parallel (instead of serial as in previous versions) and services are started on-demand, reducing boot time. Microsoft also promises that memory usage does not increase as the number of open windows increases. They claim that this rather noble goal is achieved by letting the video memory handle the drawing of all windows, instead of it being handled by both video memory and regular memory. Windows 7 also uses less juice, which should appeal to laptop users.
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Microsoft stressed that Windows 7 will actually reduce resource usage compared to Windows Vista, and make better use of the resources it has at its disposal. Drivers in Windows 7 are loaded in parallel (instead of serial as in previous versions) and services are started on-demand, reducing boot time. Microsoft also promises that memory usage does not increase as the number of open windows increases. They claim that this rather noble goal is achieved by letting the video memory handle the drawing of all windows, instead of it being handled by both video memory and regular memory. Windows 7 also uses less juice, which should appeal to laptop users.
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