World’s largest software company Microsoft will on Thursday unveil the latest version of its operating system – Windows 7. The new operating system allows increased usage of multimedia applications and is helpful for users who prefer to store data on the internet.

The company that had earlier launched Vista, which failed to elicit much response, is pinning hopes on this launch. “We are extremely excited about the launch. Windows 7 has received rave reviews from industry analysts for its simplified, faster, smarter and more secure experience,” Windows client director Ramesh G said.

“The product will be available commercially to all enterprises across India and consumers in retail via several new OEM machines Thursday onward,” he added.

PC users feel their computing experience will see a change with the launch of the latest Windows operating system. Windows 7 is the latest version of Microsoft Windows, a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, netbooks, tablet PCs and media centre PCs.

The operating system will be released in six separate editions including home premium and professional editions. “Windows 7 has an edge in memory management to allow users to have a better experience than Vista on PCs with similar or even slightly lower specifications,” research firm Gartner vice-president Michael Silver said.

Though, the company did not give any details on pricing of the latest offering it is expected to cost as much as Vista, believe industry experts.

“Windows Vista was sluggish in performance compared to the Windows XP. It was resource hungry and needed higher memory space (RAM) and higher graphics, so the personal computer prices also went up,” Gartner principal research analyst Diptarup Chakraborti said.

With no major software architectural changes in Windows 7 and the company has taken the feedback from the users and rectified the problems Vista had, he added.

IDC India analyst Sumanta Mukherjee says, “Windows 7 will be much better received by PC users, as compared to its predecessor Windows Vista, which was launched in 2006.”