14 DAY TRIAL // Only five months after launch, Windows 7 plays nice with an impressive number of applications. According to data from Microsoft, the latest version of Windows is fully compatible with almost 10,000 applications. Of course, these apps are just the software solutions featured in the Windows 7 Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals, a resource Microsoft updates constantly. In reality, as Steve Ballmer, Microsoft chief executive officer, indicated at CES 2010, there are in excess of 800,000 applications that will run on Windows 7. At the same time, the Redmond company revealed that there were over four million apps for all Windows platforms in total.
“The Windows 7 Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals is a Microsoft Office Excel-based spreadsheet listing software applications which have met Windows 7 Logo Program testing requirements for compatibility with 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7, and have thereby earned the right to display the Windows 7 Logo Program logo with the application. These products are identified with the compatibility status ‘Compatible – Windows 7 Logo’,” Keith Combs, Microsoft evangelist, noted.
The Windows 7 Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals is a resource that can be accessed by all customers, and is in no way limited to IT pros. The latest version of the list features no less than 9,619 applications, which have earned the Compatible with Windows 7 logo. Microsoft is also offering the Windows 7 Compatibility Center to customers that need to check the compatibility status of a specific product with Windows 7.
“Additionally, this list includes applications with the following compatibility statuses: ‘Compatible,’ ‘Free Update Required,’ ‘Paid Update Required,’ ‘Future Compatibility,’ and ‘Not Compatible.’ These statuses are based upon the software publishers’ statements of compatibility. These products have not met the Windows 7 Logo Program testing requirements,” Combs added.
The list has grown by over 1,000 new items since the last update was introduced in January 2010.