Microsoft Windows 7 is shaping up better than many were expecting and, while it’s still early days, this could be a turning point for the modern-day Microsoft. The boot up time has slightly improved for starters, and - thankfully - the hanging around once the Windows desktop appears, before you can actually do anything meaningful, has also been attacked. There are little add-ons such as the snipping tool, which allows you to take a grab of an area you select without having to battle through a graphics program to do so.

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