Compared to Windows Vista, Windows 7 makes it much better. Nevertheless, some annoying shortcomings in their daily work; PC Games Hardware .A weakness of current netbooks in addition to the comparatively leisurely hardware, of course, the low resolution of the usual 10.2-inch display of only 1,024 x 600 pixels.


Here, the new taskbar in Windows 7 is a real advantage: as the operating system programs is open only as a symbol and useful groups, significantly more applications can be displayed simultaneously recognizable sense. One drawback, the new taskbar at default settings, however: it is 40 pixels high, and thus plays a significant part of only 600 pixels high screen.


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We therefore recommend that you use small icons and so the task bar to shrink. Just click the right mouse button on the taskbar and select "Properties". Then place a checkmark in the "Use Small Icons". After these measures only 30 pixels and is equal to the task bar of Windows XP in Classic View. If your work area still is not enough, you can also select "Properties", the taskbar will disappear automatically.


Alternatively, they can also to the left or right side of the screen to move - thanks to wide-screen display is in the width of a lot more space available than in height. As with Windows XP with Windows 7, it is also useful when surfing the head of the browser and manually hide the taskbar - this works in Internet Explorer as well as in Firefox by pressing the "F11". Then a much larger section of the Web page is displayed.