Windows 7 and 8 have several differences in their features and user interfaces. Windows 8 provides significantly faster boot times of around 10 seconds compared to 48 seconds in Windows 7. It also automatically closes unused applications to improve performance. Additionally, Windows 8 allows mounting ISO images without burning them to discs, includes an integrated antivirus, supports multiple monitors better, enhances search and social features, and introduces the Windows Store app marketplace. The user interface also shifted to a touch-optimized tile-based Start screen in Windows 8 compared to the traditional desktop and start menu in Windows 7.

1. Windows 7 & 8 Features

2. Windows 7 Features
1. Boot-Up Intro
2. Taskbar
3. Desktop Wallpapers
4. Jump lists
5. Aero Shake
6. Libraries

3. 1. Boot-Up Intro
With Windows 7 , (Ebeling) led the design of the
105-frame sequence Logo making it dynamic
for superior user experience and light at same
time not effecting windows start up

4. 2. Taskbar
• Stephan. H studied physical properties of
everything from Audi taillights to glowing sea
creatures to lava lamps, and then crafted
more than 90 prototypes to make the task
bar's light look "energetic and alive" and the
refraction realistic.

5. 3. Desktop Wallpapers
Windows 7 provides different HQ wallpapers
with different themes built in with the
windows to also provide users with variety

6. 4. Jump Lists
A pop-up menu of application-related shortcuts,
Jump Lists is a powerful feature and present at
the start-up button and can be used to access
previous accessed files ,documents or music
history .

7. 5. Aero Shake
Aero Shake's back-and-forth mouse motion has
its roots in a feature called Aladdin, which
allowed users to "rub" a window to keep it
hovering temporarily in the foreground.

8. 6. Libraries
Libraries, a feature that lets users easily access
and sort their pictures, music, and video no
matter whether they're buried deep in a file
folder or stashed on an external hard drive.

9. Windows 8 Features
• 1. Speedy Boot Time
• 2. Innovative & Dynamic Desktop
• 3. Improved Search Function
• 4. Windows To Go
• 5. Other features

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• 1. Support for both PCs and tablets
• 2. Touch-centric, Tiles-based User Interface (UI)
• 3. Charms
• 4. Snap Multi-tasking
• 5. Windows 8 Control Panel
• 6. Web Navigation by Touch
• 7. Two Touch Keyboards

11. 1. Speedy Boot Time
The load and boot up speed has improved
significantly over older Windows versions. This
is partly due to the better resource
allocations to applications and the system.
When compared to Windows 7 desktop CPU,
Windows 8 has an even speedier boot time.

12. 2. Innovative & Dynamic Desktop
The tiles-based interface, or the Metro UI, will
be the first thing you see upon logging in to
Windows 8.

13. 3. Improved Search Function
The search capability is even stronger this time,
displaying all the matching apps and files
instantaneously.

14. 4. Windows To Go
Of the entire list here, this is one feature that offers the most
convenience to users. Windows To Go allows users to make a
copy of their OS complete with their settings, wallpapers,
files and even apps, into a Flash drive.

15. 5.Other features
The quick access menu (Win+X) is a great way to get to the
most used administrative functions like Programs and
Features, Power Options, Command Prompt, Control
Panel, etc.

16. Continue….
File Explorer and Task Manager have new
features, like the ability to pause and resume
file move and copy operations. Task Manager
has a new Startup tab that has a list of
programs that start when you PC turns on. It
tells you which ones have the most impact on
start up time so you can disable anything
that's slowing down start up

17. More: 1. Support for both PCs and
tablets
Windows 8 is the first edition of Windows to
operate on both tablets and traditional PCs

18. 2. Touch-centric, Tiles-based User
Interface (UI)
The Windows 8 Start Menu is customizable through a
mosaic of tiles, which differ from traditional desktop
icons by letting you view live information from
Windows 8 Metro style apps without actually
accessing the apps.

19. 3. Charms
In large part, "charms" is a new implementation
of the traditional Windows start bar. Charms
can also be used to quickly configure settings
for individual apps.

20. 4. Snap Multi-tasking
"Snap multitasking" is designed to make it easy to run
two apps in Windows 8 side-by-side, to resize them,
and to switch between them. On the right-hand side
of the screen, you can snap an app into place.

21. 5. Windows 8 Control Panel
Beyond revamping the Windows task manager,
Microsoft has also redesigned the control panel for
Windows 8. New options include Personalize, Users,
Wireless, Notifications, General, Privacy, Search, and
Share.

22. 7. Two Touch Keyboards
Windows 8 also contains two soft keyboards:
an "enhanced" traditional keyboard, plus a
new thumbs keyboard for non-touch typists.

23. Windows 7 & 8 Installation

24. Windows 7 Installation
• Preparing the DVD from the ISO image.
Since most the people are installing Windows 7 in a real hardware, a DVD should be
burned from the downloaded ISO image. You will need a DVD Burner, a DVD burning
software and a blank DVD-R or DVD-RW to prepare the installation disk. I used a Sony single
layer DVD-R as media and used Nero 8 as the DVD burning software. But for those who don't
have Nero installed, CDBurnerXP is a free Alternative.
• Setting up your Computer & BIOS changes ( If required)
Now reboot your computer after popping in the all new Windows 7 DVD you just
created in to the DVD Drive. In most cases if you do this you'll automatically boot in to the
Windows 7 Installation DVD. But in some cases if the Boot device order is changed in the
BIOS it may boot in to your older OS, instead of our DVD. In that case you'll need to change
the BIOS settings to gt it done ( More details in a different tutorial).

25. • Booting Up and First Installation Steps.
Steps from here are pretty straight forward. Read the descriptions in each pages
before clicking the Next button to avoid any disasters. IF there is options to choose
in these steps you may find them with each images.

38. All right, we are all set. The Windows 7
installation begins. time to grab a cup of coffee for
and wait for 15 - 30 minutes for the all new OS.

39. Windows 8 Installation
• Step 4:
Ensure you have a network cable connected,
restart your computer, and boot from the DVD
drive.
Step 5:
The DVD will begin to load up, and you'll be
presented by the following screen as the
installer starts.

43. Enter the product key as written in the screenshot
above. For the sake of clarity, the product key is TK8TP-
9JN6P-7X7WW-RFFTV-B7QPF for both the 32-bit and
64-bit versions.
Once you have entered the product key, click "next" to
continue to the next step.

56. Windows 7 & 8 Differences

57. Windows 7 & 8 Differences

68. Other differences are:
Lightning Fast Boot Time
• The past history of Microsoft suggests that we shouldn’t believe in
their claims that Windows 8 will provide lightning fast boot time.
They claimed it with Windows 7 too but failed miserably in bringing
any considerable difference.
• It is for this reason that I didn’t believe it at first when somebody
told me that it took only 10 seconds for a 3 year old laptop to boot
with Windows 8 (it took around 48 seconds to boot for a normal PC
with Windows 7). However, it is the truth and it seems that
Microsoft has finally made an improvement in boot time which is
really exciting!

69. Close applications automatically!
• I find this difference really interesting and would like to test it
intensively as soon as I get the final copy of Windows 8.
Traditionally, all versions of Windows (including Windows 7) left it
up to the user to decide whether he wanted to close the running
programs or not. In such a case, computer performance depended
upon your actions and if you started using a lot of programs at
once, your system’s speed slowed down as you ran out on RAM.
• Windows 8 tries to help you in managing your programs and your
system’s performance by actually closing the applications and
programs which you haven’t used for a certain time-period (no
need to worry, the Windows will auto-save it before closing it) so as
to help you in keeping your system speed intact.

70. Mount ISO images without a problem
• Another difference between Windows 7 and Windows 8 is that
Windows 7 could only burn an ISO image to a DVD but Windows 8
actually betters this by offering you the option to mount the image
too. In Windows 7, you didn’t have the option to make virtual drives
to use the ISO image’s content but Windows 8 allows you to create
a virtual drive to mount the ISO image so that you can easily use it
just like a normal DVD.
• Some say that Microsoft has been late in offering this feature but I
say ‘better late than never’!

71. Built-in Antivirus
• Moreover, Windows 8 has an antivirus present
inside the kernel of the operating system. This
means that your system won’t boot if a
corrupt USB device is plugged in. It sounds
impressive though I don’t know whether it
would pass the test of time…. and viruses

72. 2. Windows 8 Start screen

73. 3. Better multiple monitor support

74. 4. Windows 8 Search and Social

75. 5. Windows Store