Windows 7 adalah sistem operasi yang diproduksi oleh Microsoft dan dirilis
sebagai bagian dari sistem operasi keluarga Windows NT. Ini dirilis ke
manufaktur pada 22 Juli 2009, dan menjadi tersedia secara umum pada 22
Oktober 2009. Ini adalah penerus Windows Vista, dirilis hampir tiga tahun
sebelumnya, dan itu adalah sistem operasi Microsoft untuk digunakan pada
komputer pribadi, termasuk desktop rumah dan bisnis, laptop, PC tablet, dan PC
pusat media hingga digantikan oleh Windows 8 dan Windows RT pada 26
Oktober 2012. Mitra server Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 , dirilis pada
waktu yang bersamaan. Versi Windows terakhir yang didukung berdasarkan
sistem operasi ini dirilis pada tanggal 1 Juli 2011, berjudul Windows Embedded
POSReady 7. Pada 12 Januari 2016 Microsoft mengakhiri dukungan untuk versi
Internet Explorer sebelum Internet Explorer 11 pada Windows 7. Dukungan yang
diperpanjang berakhir pada 14 Januari 2020, sepuluh tahun setelah rilis Windows
7, setelah itu sistem operasi berhenti menerima dukungan lebih lanjut atau
pembaruan keamanan (dengan pembaruan keamanan luar biasa yang dibuat
misalnya pada 2019, untuk mengatasi potensi ancaman ransomware, seperti
BlueKeep ) untuk sebagian besar pengguna.
Introduction of Windows 7
Windows 7 is an operating system manufactured by Microsoft and released
as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. It was released to
manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and became generally available on October
22, 2009. It is the successor to Windows Vista, released almost three years earlier,
and it is a Microsoft operating system for use on personal computers, including
home and business desktops, laptops. , Tablet PCs, and media center PCs were
replaced by Windows 8 and Windows RT on October 26, 2012. Windows 7's
server partner, Windows Server 2008 R2, was released at the same time. The last
supported version of Windows based on this operating system was released on
July 1, 2011, titled Windows Embedded POSReady 7. On January 12, 2016
Microsoft ended support for versions of Internet Explorer prior to Internet
Explorer 11 on Windows 7. Extended support ended on January 14, 2020, ten
years after the release of Windows 7, after which the operating system stopped
receiving further support or security updates (with amazing security updates being
made for example in 2019, to address potential ransomware threats, such as
BlueKeep) for most users.
Development History
When released, Windows Vista was criticized for its long development time,
performance issues, spotty compatibility with existing hardware and
software on launch, changes affecting the compatibility of certain PC games,
and unclear assurances by Microsoft that certain computers shipping with
XP prior to launch would be "Vista Capable" (which led to a class action
lawsuit), among other critiques. As such, adoption of Vista in comparison to
XP remained somewhat low. In July 2007, six months following the public
release of Vista, it was reported that the next version of Windows would then
be codenamed Windows 7, with plans for a final release within three years.
Bill Gates, in an interview with Newsweek, suggested that Windows 7 would
be more "user-centric". Gates later said that Windows 7 would also focus on
performance improvements. Steven Sinofsky later expanded on this point,
explaining in the Engineering Windows 7 blog that the company was using a
variety of new tracing tools to measure the performance of many areas of the
operating system on an ongoing basis, to help locate inefficient code paths
and to help prevent performance regressions. Senior Vice President Bill
Veghte stated that Windows Vista users migrating to Windows 7 would not
find the kind of device compatibility issues they encountered migrating from
Windows XP . An estimated 1,000 developers worked on Windows 7. These
were broadly divided into "core operating system" and "Windows client
experience", in turn organized into 25 teams of around 40 developers on
average.
Processor Criteria
The maximum number of processor cores in a computer supported by
Windows 7 is 32 cores for 32-bit, and 256 for 64-bit. The maximum number
of processors (physically) on a computer supported by Windows 7 is: 2 for
Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate; 1 for Starter, Home Basic, and Home
Premium.
Penjualan
Berbagai versi dari Windows 7 didesain, dipasarkan, dan disesuaikan dengan baik
kepada orang-orang dengan kebutuhan yang berbeda-beda. Dari seluruh versi
yang ada, versi Starter didesain dan dipasarkan untuk notebook kelas bawah,
Home Basic dan Home Premium untuk pengguna rumahan, Professional untuk
kebutuhan bisnis, Enterprise untuk bisnis yang lebih besar dan korporat, dan
Ultimate untuk para antusias IT (atau sering disebut dengan geek.
Selain itu, Windows 7 menarik banyak pembeli selama masa diskonnya. Juni
2009 lalu, Windows 7 Home Premium tersedia dengan harga yang sangat
terjangkau, yaitu hanya sekitar 49 USD atau sekitar 500 ribu rupiah saja. Ini tentu
lebih hemat 70 USD atau sekitar 700 ribu rupiah dibandingkan harga penjualan
aslinya sebesar 119 USD atau sekitar 1,2 juta rupiah. Sedangkan Windows 7
Professional dijual dengan harga 99 USD, atau sekitar 1 juta rupiah, yang
merupakan setengah harga dari harga aslinya. Program diskon tersebut memang
telah berlalu, namun hingga saat ini Amazon masih menawarkan Windows 7
dengan harga yang lebih murah dari harga asli pada saat peluncurannya.
Market
Different versions of Windows 7 are well designed, marketed and adapted to
people with different needs. Of all the available versions, the Starter version is
designed and marketed for low-end notebooks, Home Basic and Home Premium
for home users, Professional for business needs, Enterprise for larger businesses
and corporates, and Ultimate for IT enthusiasts (or often referred to as geek.
Additionally, Windows 7 attracted a large number of buyers during its discount
period. Last June 2009, Windows 7 Home Premium is available at a very
affordable price, which is only around 49 USD or around 500 thousand rupiah.
This is certainly more efficient by 70 USD or around 700 thousand rupiahs
compared to the original sales price of 119 USD or around 1.2 million rupiah.
Meanwhile, Windows 7 Professional sells for 99 USD, or about 1 million rupiah,
which is half the original price. This discount program has indeed passed, but
until now Amazon is still offering Windows 7 at a lower price than the original
price at the time of its release.
Namun pihak Microsoft akan tetap memberi dukungan berbayar kepada Windows
7 milik organisasi seperti Pemerintah dan Bisnis (Business and Enterprise), tujuan
dari pembebanan fee semata-mata untuk mendorong mereka upgrade ke Windows
10.
Dan dukungan berbayar ini tidak berlaku bagi pengguna Home Windows 7,
karenanya komputer mereka kini rentan terhadap serangan dari luar terhadap
sistem operasi mereka.
Support Lifecycle
In early 2020, to be precise, in January, Microsoft gave an official announcement
via its website that they would stop any technical support for Windows 7 after
January 14, 2020, in other words Windows 7 users are now themselves in the
internet.
However, Microsoft will still provide paid support to Windows 7 owned by
organizations such as Government and Business (Business and Enterprise), the
purpose of charging a fee is solely to encourage them to upgrade to Windows 10.
And this paid support does not apply to Windows 7 Home users, so their
computers are now vulnerable to outside attacks on their operating system.
Versi
If you are using a PC with 2 GB RAM and a processor of 2.7 Hz and above that
uses the Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit operating system or other latest version of
Windows to support your needs. However, if your PC specifications below are
using the Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit operating system or below.