Windows® 7 is designed to be more reliable, more responsive, and to make the things you do every day easier.
Customers who purchase a qualifying Windows Vista®-based PC from any of the leading manufacturers listed below between June 26, 2009 and January 31, 2010 can get an upgrade to Windows® 7 when Windows® 7 becomes available. (Note shipping and handling charges may apply, along with claim limitations. Please check terms and conditions).
Please click on any of the icons below to view the upgrade process from your preferred manufacturer.
Vendor Upgrade Programmes
For more information on the business benefits of upgrading to Windows 7 and the key differentials from Windows XP, please see below:-
Top three business benefits of Windows 7 Professional:
1. Works the way customers want
With a focus on the fundamentals, Windows 7 Professional is fast, reliable, and compatible.
- Starts up, resumes from Standby, and is ready to go in seconds.
- Performance improvements include improved memory utilization and 64-bit computing support.
- Works with the majority of software or devices that work with the Windows Vista® operating system.
2. Helps them get more done
Improved ease of use through user interface (UI) enhancements together
with more sophisticated networking and mobility features helps workers
be more productive—whether at work, home, or on the road.
- Windows Desktop Search, the Windows Aero® user experience,
Jump Lists, and Live Taskbar previews are just a few of the features
that help customers find files and navigate open windows easily.
- With longer battery life and features such as Location-Aware
Printing and Offline Files, mobile workers can be productive anywhere.
- Improved networking options include Remote Desktop Host, HomeGroup, and Domain Join.
3. Safeguards their businesses
Windows 7 Professional helps keep PCs backed up, protected, and highly secure.
- With Backup and Restore, customers can schedule a periodic
backup to save their data or an entire system image to a network
location or a local drive. This helps you quickly restore individual
files or folders that get accidentally deleted.
- The Encrypting File System feature helps businesses protect
confidential information with powerful encryption technologies that
encrypt their files and folders.
- Windows Defender helps protect customers’ PCs from spyware
and other forms of malicious software, while the Internet Explorer® 8
Internet browser helps protect their data and business information by
delivering improved protection against security and privacy threats.
Windows 7 Professional compared to Windows XP
Windows 7 Professional offers more reliability, security, and performance than Windows XP.
- Faster and more responsive performance.
Windows 7 Professional starts, shuts down, and resumes from Standby
faster than earlier versions of Windows. Searching and indexing are
also faster. Customers will have fewer interruptions with Windows 7
Professional and can recover more quickly from problems when they do
occur.
- Improved reliability. Reliability
improvements in Windows 7 Professional include fewer memory management
issues, reduced disruption from diagnostics, and driver sandboxing to
prevent one device driver from negatively impacting others.
- Enhanced security. Windows 7
Professional helps to better protect security and privacy while
existing security features, such as User Account Control and Windows
Defender, are more personalized and easier to use.
- Improved battery life. Improvements to power management in Windows 7 Professional will help extend the battery life of mobile PCs.
Windows 7 Professional Features Highlighted
Windows XP Mode*
Run many older Windows XP productivity applications in Windows XP Mode.**
Domain Join and Group Policy
Easily and more securely add Windows 7–based PCs to a domain network. With Group Policy, customers can better manage the security and costs of multiple PCs.
Advanced Backup*
Schedule a periodic backup to save data or an entire system image to a network location or a local drive.
Encrypting File System
Encrypt files and folders to protect confidential information ranging from customer information to financial data.
Location-Aware Printing*
Windows detects whether the user is at work or at home and automatically sends the documents to the right printer.
Presentation Settings in Windows Mobility Centre
Users can apply options to help ensure optimal PC behaviour during
presentations (e.g., automatically turning off instant messages from
Windows LiveTM Messenger or Microsoft Office Outlook® notifications).
Remote Desktop Host
Access documents and programs on a computer remotely from another computer.
Offline Files
Work offline and automatically synchronize between PC and network.
