Some of the new features included in Windows 7 are advancements in touch, speech, and handwriting recognition, support for virtual hard disks, support for additional file formats, improved performance on multi-core processors, improved boot performance, and kernel improvements.
- Shell and user interface
- Desktop
- Windows Explorer
- Libraries
- Federated search
- Miscellaneous shell enhancements
- Start menu
- Taskbar
- Window management mouse gestures
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Font management
- Devices
- Multi-touch
- Graphics
- DirectX
- Desktop Window Manager
- Other changes
- Miscellaneous improvements
- File system
- Solid state drives
- Virtual hard disks
- Disk partitioning
- Removable media
- BitLocker to Go
- Boot performance
- Multimedia
- Windows Media Center
- Format support
- Security
- Biometrics
- Networking
- Windows Firewall
- DNSSEC
- Management features
- Other features
