Transcript Microsoft Office 2007

Willis Kim
13 January 2007
Release dates
 Released on November 8, 2006 to manufacturing.
 Released on November 17, 2006 to MSDN subscribers.
 Released on November 30, 2006 for volume license
customers.
 Released on January 3, 2007 to MSDN Academic
Alliance.
 Planned release on January 30, 2007 for worldwide
retail availability.
Hardware Requirements
Vista Capable
Vista Premium Ready
Processor
800 MHz
1 GHz
Memory
512 MB RAM
1 GB RAM
Graphics card
DirectX 9 capable
Graphics memory N/A
DirectX 9 capable GPU with Hardware
Pixel Shader v2.0 and WDDM driver
support
128 MB RAM supports up to 2,756,000 total
pixels (e.g. 1920 × 1200) or 512 MB+ for
greater resolutions such as 2560x1600
HDD capacity
20 GB
40 GB
HDD free space
15 GB
15 GB
Other drives
CD-ROM or DVDDVD-RW
ROM
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista
Editions
Edition
Description
Retail/Upgrade
Windows Vista Much like Windows XP Starter Edition, this edition will be limited to emerging markets such as Colombia,
Starter
India, Thailand, and Indonesia, mainly to offer a legal alternative to using unauthorized copies. It will not be
available in the United States, Canada, or Europe. It will have many significant limitations, such as only
allowing a user to launch three applications with a user interface at once, not accepting incoming network
connections, a physical memory limit of 256 MB, and will run only in 32-bit mode.[33] Additionally, only AMD's
Duron, Sempron and Geode processors, and Intel's Celeron and Pentium III processors are supported.
Windows Vista
Home Basic
$199/$99
Similar to Windows XP Home Edition, Home Basic is intended for budget users not requiring advanced media
support for home use. The Windows Aero theme with translucent effects will not be included with this edition.
64-bit Home Basic will support up to 8 GB of physical memory, and will be supported until 2012.
Windows Vista Containing all features from Home Basic, this edition will also support more advanced features aimed for the
Home Premium home market segment, such as HDTV support and DVD authoring. Extra premium games, mobile and tablet
$239/$159
PC, network projector, touchscreen, and auxiliary display (via Windows SideShow) support, and a utility to
schedule backups are also included. Home Premium supports 10 simultaneous peer network connections
(compared to 5 in Home Basic). The version of Meeting Space included will also allow for interaction (in Home
Basic, you may only view meetings), but Remote Desktop sessions may only be received, not controlled, in this
edition. This edition is comparable to Windows XP Media Center Edition. 64-bit Home Premium will support
up to 16 GB of physical memory, and will be supported until 2012.
Editions (con’t)
Edition
Retail/Upgrade
Description
Windows Vista
Business
$299/$199
Comparable to Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Windows Vista Business Edition is aimed at the
business market. Includes all the features of Home Premium with the exception of Windows Media Center and related
technologies, Parental Controls, and Windows DVD and Movie Maker HD (the regular Movie Maker is included). Includes the
IIS web server, fax support, Rights Management Services (RMS) Client, file system encryption, dual processor (two sockets)
support, system image backup and recovery, offline file support, a full version of Remote Desktop, ad-hoc P2P collaboration
capabilities, Previous Versions (Windows ShadowCopy), and several other business features not in Home Premium. 64-bit
Business supports 128 GB of memory. Mainstream support for Business ends on 4/10/2012; extended support ends on 4/11/2017.
Windows Vista
Enterprise
This edition is aimed at the enterprise segment of the market, and is a superset of the Business edition. Additional features
include multilingual user interface support, BitLocker Drive Encryption, and UNIX application support. This edition will not be
available through retail or OEM channels, but through Microsoft Software Assurance. Since Enterprise is a benefit of Software
Assurance (SA), it will include several SA-only benefits, including a license allowing for multiple virtual machines to be run,
access to Virtual PC Express, and activation via VLK. [34] 64-bit Enterprise supports 128 GB of memory. Mainstream support for
Enterprise ends on 4/10/2012; extended support ends on 4/11/2017.
Windows Vista
Ultimate
$399/$259
This edition combines all the features of the Home Premium and Enterprise editions, a game performance tweaker (WinSAT),
and "Ultimate Extras". On January 7, 2007, at CES, Microsoft began to announce what some of these Ultimate Extras will be.
When Vista launches to consumers on January 30, Microsoft will immediately make the following Extras available for Ultimate
users: "Dream Scene", a utility that will allow for full-motion video desktop backgrounds; "Hold'Em", a Vista-customized
version of the Texas Hold'Em poker game; Multi-user interface language (MUIL) packs, designed to allow individuals fluent in
different languages to share the same PC; BitLocker Online Secure Key Storage, where Ultimate customers will be offered a
secure place to store their BitLocker encryption keys in the Online Vista Marketplace; and "Digital publications," a collection of
tips and tricks, blog links and other resources for getting the most out of Ultimate.[35][36] After that, many more are expected to
be announced through 2007, including a photo editing and merging tool shown at CES called "GroupShot". More detailed
information regarding some of these extras can be read at the Vista Ultimate website here The Ultimate edition is aimed at
high-end PC users, gamers, multimedia professionals, and PC enthusiasts. 64-bit Ultimate supports 128 GB of memory.
Mainstream support for Ultimate ends on 4/10/2012; extended support ends on 4/11/2017. Another upgrade variant of Windows
Vista Ultimate is the Windows Vista Ultimate Signature Edition, a limited, numbered edition of Windows Vista Ultimate that
features Bill Gates' signature on the front of the packaging along with its unique number.
Vista Features
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Windows Aero: a new hardware-based graphical user interface, named Windows Aero – an acronym
(possibly a backronym) for Authentic, Energetic, Reflective, and Open. The new interface is intended
to be cleaner and more aesthetically pleasing than previous Windows, including new transparencies,
animations and eye candy.
Windows Shell: The new Windows shell is significantly different from Windows XP, offering a new
range of organization, navigation, and search capabilities. Windows Explorer's task pane has been
removed, integrating the relevant task options into the toolbar. A "Favorite links" pane has been
added, enabling one-click access to common directories. The address bar has been replaced with a
breadcrumb navigation system. The Start menu has changed as well; it no longer uses ever-expanding
boxes when navigating through Programs. Even the word "Start" itself has been removed in favor of a
blue Windows Orb.
Windows Search (also known as Instant Search or search as you type): significantly faster and more
thorough search capabilities. Search boxes have been added to the Start menu, Windows Explorer,
and several of the applications included with Vista. By default, Instant Search indexes only a small
number of folders such as the start menu, the names of files opened, the Documents folder, and the
user's e-mail. Advanced options allow to choose for a specific file type how it should be indexed, the
properties only or the properties and the file contents or exclude it.
Windows Sidebar: A transparent panel anchored to the side of the screen where a user can place
Desktop Gadgets, which are small applets designed for a specialized purpose (such as displaying the
weather or sports scores). Gadgets can also be placed on other parts of the Desktop, if desired.
Vista Features (con’t)
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Windows Internet Explorer 7: new user interface, tabbed browsing, RSS, a search box, improved
printing, Page Zoom, Quick Tabs (thumbnails of all open tabs), a number of new security protection
features, and improved web standards support. IE7 in Windows Vista runs in isolation from other
applications in the operating system (protected mode); exploits and malicious software are restricted
from writing to any location beyond Temporary Internet Files without explicit user consent.
Windows Media Player 11
Windows Media Player 11, a major revamp of Microsoft's program for playing and organizing music
and video. New features in this version include word wheeling (or "search as you type"), a completely
new and highly graphical interface for the media library, photo display and organization, and the
ability to share music libraries over a network with other Vista machines, Xbox 360 integration, and
support for other Media Center Extenders.
Backup and Restore Center: Includes a backup and restore application that gives users the ability to
schedule periodic backups of files on their computer, as well as recovery from previous backups.
Backups are incremental, storing only the changes each time, minimizing the disk usage. It also
features CompletePC Backup which backs up an entire computer as an image onto a hard disk or
DVD. CompletePC Backup can automatically recreate a machine setup onto new hardware or hard
disk in case of any hardware failures.
Vista Features (con’t)
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Windows Mail: A replacement for Outlook Express that includes a completely replaced mail store
that improves stability, and enables real-time search. It has the Phishing Filter like IE7 and a Junk
mail filtering which is enhanced through regular updates via Windows Update.[9]
Windows Update with Windows Ultimate Extras
Windows Calendar is a new calendar and task application.
Windows Photo Gallery, a photo and movie library management application. WPG can import from
digital cameras, tag and rate individual items, adjust colors and exposure, create and display
slideshows (with pan and fade effects), and burn slideshows to DVD.
Windows DVD Maker, a companion program to Windows Movie Maker, which provides the ability
to create video DVDs based on a user's content.
Windows Meeting Space is the replacement for NetMeeting. Users can share applications (or their
entire Desktop) with other users on the local network, or over the Internet using peer-to-peer
technology.
Windows Media Center, which was previously exclusively bundled as a separate version of Windows
XP, known as Windows XP Media Center Edition, will be incorporated into the Home Premium and
Ultimate editions of Windows Vista.
Games: Every game included with Windows has been rewritten to take advantage of Vista's new
graphics capabilities. New games include Chess Titans, Mahjong Titans and Purble Place. The Games
section will also hold links and information to all games on the user's computer. One piece of
information that will be shown is the game's ESRB rating.
Reasons to use Vista
 New Networking Stack – Networking stack has been
rewritten and includes IPv6 support
 New Audio Stack – Rewritten and includes perapplication audio control
 Desktop search feature that is built
 New fonts and readability
 New features for international users
Reasons to use Vista (con’t)
 New Print Stack
 New Installer
 New sidebar and gadgets
 New Auxiliary Displays
 New encryption
 New RSS
 New sound
Reasons not to use Vista
 Microsoft has a tendenacy to push out their operating
systems to quick
 Wait until the first service pack has been released
 Vista drivers may not be available
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WinTV card
If you decide to upgrade
Approach / Risk
Cook your meat
Well done
Cook your meat
Medium rare
Cook your meat
Medium well
Clean install on
Upgrade on
Clean install on
Secondary computer Secondary computer Primary computer
or hard drive
or hard drive
or hard drive
Kill the game
Eat the meat raw
Upgrade your
Primary computer
In all case, BACKUP your computer otherwise you have no parachute
Upgrading path
Other software
Productivity Suite
Operating
System
Two hard drive system
 Primary drive with data
 Secondary drive with backup data
 When rebuilding swap drives