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Windows 7 Starter Edition — 3 Apps Only
CrustyFace writes "Cybernit reports that the Starter Edition version of Windows 7 will only allow the user to run 3 applications at once. Targeted at notebooks, this doesn't seem like such a bad limitation, however it is a bold move from Microsoft, and it will be interesting to see how the operating system sells."
Thank goodness you don't do any multiplayer gaming, because then you would have a problem.
There is no -1 Disagree mod. Slashdot.org/faq defines mod options. USE IT.
The Wall Street Journal has more thoughtful writeup of why MS is doing rather than the "Windoze is shiat. Install Linux. Be a haxxor!" dribble. The problem is three fold:
One option that MS has (other than continuing to support XP) is to get Windows 7 to run with fewer resources; however, netbooks have even smaller margins than regular desktops which means that most manufacturers will not pay for a regular OEM license. So MS has to make Win 7 cheaper. The only way to do that is to make it more limited. The only other option is to concede the market to Linux which they will never do.
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
"Cybernit reports that the Starter Edition version of Windows 7 will only allow the user to run 3 applications at once. Targeted at notebooks, this doesn't seem like such a bad limitation, however it is a bold move from Microsoft, and it will be interesting to see how the operating system sells."
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The summary says notebook, the post you are responding to said notebook, only you are saying netbook. Why don't you try reading before you go attacking someone else for getting their panties in a twist. Or maybe you were just karma whoring to get modded up for being critical of someone for bashing MS.
Bureaucracy expands to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.-Oscar Wilde
Outlook has never been part of the OS,
Outlook Express, then, you pedantic prick.
From the summary at the top of the page
"Cybernit reports that the Starter Edition version of Windows 7 will only allow the user to run 3 applications at once. Targeted at notebooks, this doesn't seem like such a bad limitation, however it is a bold move from Microsoft, and it will be interesting to see how the operating system sells."
emphasis mine
The summary says notebook, the post you are responding to said notebook, only you are saying netbook. Why don't you try reading before you go attacking someone else for getting their panties in a twist. Or maybe you were just karma whoring to get modded up for being critical of someone for bashing MS.
This dupe (yes, it's a dupe) story just has a bad summary. As has been widely reported for months, the starter edition is primarily for developing markets, while the OEMs may put it on some netbooks in mature markets. Notebooks aren't in the cards. This information is widely available and has been for quite some time. The only one slower than the poster here is you. Why don't you try reading before you go attacking someone else for getting their panties in a twist. Or maybe you were just karma whoring to get modded up for being critical of someone bashing someone for bashing MS.
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