The Best of What's New in Windows 7

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Aero Peek

MICROSOFT CORP.

Translucent borders on windows were first introduced in Windows Vista. The underlying technology was called "Aero," and is more widely used to provide new capabilities with Windows 7. In Vista, Aero mostly made the desktop look more Mac-like, though it did enable a striking, 3-D method of flipping through open windows.

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