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By Heather Drost
Posted: 11/4/09, 4:00 AM EST Section: News
Microsoft's release of Windows Vista two years ago disappointed users. But with its latest operating system, Windows 7, Microsoft has fixed the problems associated with its older system, Syracuse University users said.
SU plans to begin installing Windows 7 on computers in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs in May 2010, said Stanley Ziemba, the chair of an SU committee studying Windows 7.
"This will be exciting because every PC on campus will be using Windows 7 and will be operating off of the same environment," Ziemba said.
About 90 percent of PCs at SU still use Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, while 10 percent of computers use the Windows Vista operating system.
The committee has opted to install the new system after testing the software since July, the month Microsoft submitted the new software to SU technicians.
By using Windows 7, released to consumers Oct. 22, the campus will decrease electricity use because of its advanced sustainability. Windows XP does not go into power saver mode like Windows Vista or Windows 7 do, Ziemba said.
When a computer running on Windows XP goes into idle mode, it uses 75 watts of electricity, Ziemba said. But Windows 7 will go into a hybrid sleep mode where it only uses 1 watt of electricity, he said.
SU's Technology Leadership Committee formed the sub-committee that tested the software. The sub-committee, headed by Ziemba, is a campus-wide collaboration incorporating 50 information technology professionals from different colleges within SU, said Ziemba, who is also the Information and Computing Technology director at Maxwell.
"I have been working on Windows 7 exclusively for six to seven months. I have installed it on at least 15 different laptops, including net books, and it has run beautifully," Ziemba said. "Microsoft really spent a lot of time testing the operating system, and they got it right."
Windows 7 offers a simpler way to navigate through a computer, according to Microsoft's Web site. The system offers better compatibility with hardware and software, easier accessibility to files and programs and better security with fewer system message alerts.
SU plans to begin installing Windows 7 on computers in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs in May 2010, said Stanley Ziemba, the chair of an SU committee studying Windows 7.
"This will be exciting because every PC on campus will be using Windows 7 and will be operating off of the same environment," Ziemba said.
About 90 percent of PCs at SU still use Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, while 10 percent of computers use the Windows Vista operating system.
The committee has opted to install the new system after testing the software since July, the month Microsoft submitted the new software to SU technicians.
By using Windows 7, released to consumers Oct. 22, the campus will decrease electricity use because of its advanced sustainability. Windows XP does not go into power saver mode like Windows Vista or Windows 7 do, Ziemba said.
When a computer running on Windows XP goes into idle mode, it uses 75 watts of electricity, Ziemba said. But Windows 7 will go into a hybrid sleep mode where it only uses 1 watt of electricity, he said.
SU's Technology Leadership Committee formed the sub-committee that tested the software. The sub-committee, headed by Ziemba, is a campus-wide collaboration incorporating 50 information technology professionals from different colleges within SU, said Ziemba, who is also the Information and Computing Technology director at Maxwell.
"I have been working on Windows 7 exclusively for six to seven months. I have installed it on at least 15 different laptops, including net books, and it has run beautifully," Ziemba said. "Microsoft really spent a lot of time testing the operating system, and they got it right."
Windows 7 offers a simpler way to navigate through a computer, according to Microsoft's Web site. The system offers better compatibility with hardware and software, easier accessibility to files and programs and better security with fewer system message alerts.
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