Windows 7 was my idea!

I love windows 7!

There I said it, along with chrome I feel that I have reached desktop nirvana - there is nothing more I could possibly need to do on my desktop that I don't have the ability to do right now. I have made a list of my 5 favourite Windows 7 features, they maybe aren't the best features or the most useful but I feel they are the features which have changed my life!

Snap!

One of my favourite features is the snap – simply drag your window to either the left or right of the screen and it will automatically resize to half the size of the screen (can also be done by clicking the Win + either the left or right arrow) - GENIUS!

Night!Night!

I almost always sleep my laptop rather than shut it down and it is a personal hate of mine that I have to click to change the setting from the Shutdown button every time I want to sleep my laptop – the lovely designers of windows 7 have changed this for me. We can now change the default Shutdown power button to the power button we prefer. Right-click on Start, select Properties, and choose the Power button action that you use the most - BRILLIANT!

Shaken not stirred!

If like me you keep what seems like hundred of windows open on your desktop all day this is a great little feature designed especially for you – if you want to minimise all your windows except one, grab the top of the window you want to keep open and give it a shake about this will minimise all other windows. COOL!

Ctrl + Alt + thank you

In Windows 7 you can create a shortcut for any program you want. Right click on the program icon and select properties, select shortcut tab, click Shortcut Key to set the keyboard shortcut for the program – SIMPLE!

Preview it!

When you hover over a minimised window on the taskbar you will get a preview. This feature was also available in Vista but in Windows 7 is you can close a window within the preview screen. Also, if you are listening to iTunes on your desktop you can play, pause and skip tracks while in preview. CLEVER!

My name is the Alchemist Blogger and Windows 7 was MY idea!