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Architecture Handled using a Driver Model that is implemented by the partners Based on WM_Messages that are exchanged by the application and the Multi-touch Hardware Development Tiers Good Everything that comes for free APIs Panning/Zoom gestures Right...
Windows 7 Usage of the GPU Continues from Vista Media Center UI Video Playback Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Win7 DWM uses DirectX3D10.1 API Scales in Performance all the way from low end integrated graphics cards to the highest level ones Windows 7 High...
Sensor Platform Overview Develop better and more productive user experiences Enable environmentally adaptive user interface Windows 7 features a unified API for working with sensors No need to target vendor-specific APIs Consistent interface for sensors...
Overview In previous versions of windows, users managed files in known folders locations Documents, Pictures, Music, Videos People store data “all over the place” 54% of digital content lives outside the user profile Most uses do both Store content on...
Key Goals Things you use all the time are at your fingerprints Manage your windows with confidence You are in control Clean and lightweight Coding for the Windows Taskbar Win32/C++ COM iTaskbarList3 ICustomDestinationList IShellItem IShellLink .NET Windows...
Working Set Background Optimal usage of system memory – a constant area of investment Working set: Comprises all the potentially trimmable virtual addresses for a given process, session or system resource Resources like nonpaged pool, kernel stacks, large...
Introduction to the Windows 7 BootCamp Key Windows Kernel Changes Performance Footprint reduction Memory optimizations Working set management improvements Perftrack Power efficiency Core Parking Trying to make cores going to sleep if they are not needed...
As you probably all know Windows 7 will be made available on October 22nd , but the release will be made in phases and so in order to know when you can get you RTM version here’s a summary: For Partners & OEMs ISV and IHV English Version -...
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