Windows 7 - Device Stage

One thing that you will noticed once you’ve upgraded to Windows 7 is the Device Stage.

Actually it ain’t something new, but Microsoft has integrate all USB devices and printers to one common location.

Windows 7 is available for download under RC2 (release candidate 2) and RTM (release to manufacturers). However it is yet been officially released, words coming from the official site saying it will be the 22nd October 2009.
Now back to the Device Stage.

From the Start menu on XP it is to be Printers and Faxes while in Windows 7 it is called Devices And Printers. In Vista however you need to go through the Control Panel to get to the Printers menu.

As you can see from the picture on the right, the start menu is similar to as Windows Vista.

Well Devices and Printers will give you more than that .

As you can see from the above screenshot, not only printers but all other devices such as mp3 players, web -cameras, handphones, scanners and other usb devices such as keyboard and mouse are listed.

By clicking on the individual device, you will see more info.
From the above example, you can manage your phone properties easily from the menus given. Features like synchronization or coping images for example can be done with ease with this simple GUI interface.

There are more new features that makes Windows 7 the much anticipated release by Microsoft. How is this operating system going to out-do Windows Vista or even Windows XP …. only time will tell.