Anyone who has folders full of pictures and videos on Windows knows the pain of trying to peruse a directory and waiting for the system to generate thumbnails for all the files. It doesn't even matter ...

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Windows 7 is the first Windows release for which Microsoft hasn't doubled system requirements for RAM and processing power, and the result is a leaner, better performing operating system. But is that ...