Windows 7 will add performance for solid state drives

At the WinHEC conference going on right now Microsoft is beginning to shed details on the features and improvements coming with Windows 7 sometime in late 2009.  Dailytech is reporting that Microsoft has been putting a new emphasis on the world of hardware for the OS by including a new “Device Stage” section of the OS that will allow users to easily access manuals, features and information about any piece of hardware attached to their system.  This will obviously require more work for hardware developers to get all of that information in order.


Also of note is an improvement for performance of SSDs on the upcoming Windows 7 OS; W7 will be able to recognize when an SSD is attached and will significantly change its storage system based on that usage model according to Microsoft.

With the bits of Windows 7’s pre-beta and milestone releases taking the torrent community by storm, there’s more excitement than ever surrounding the highlights of the UI and top level features of Microsoft’s upcoming OS, demonstrated and released at its Professional Developers Conference.  Many are pleased to see Windows 7 to be running leaner than Windows Vista, despite featuring rich graphics.

An important focus at Microsoft for Windows 7 has been hardware, though, not software.  Hardware was a virtual nightmare for both Microsoft and Vista users, when poor developer support led to incompatibility with many devices at launch.  Vowing not to repeat this problem, Microsoft is rethinking how it approaches hardware with its new OS.