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Windows 7 Starter Edition — 3 Apps Only

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-they-can dept.

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."

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  1. How long until the 3 app limit is cracked? by Hadlock · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm guessing that a new 3rd party shell will be released within a month of Windows 7 that defeats this. Anyone want to take a wager on when or how this will be cracked?

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  2. Re:You must mean the iPhone by AndrewNeo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Except when you know how to handle your background apps properly, which is why I bought a Windows Mobile phone instead of an iPhone. I have my SSH session open, Opera, mail, all open at the same time, with plenty of memory to handle it. Easy to switch between tasks and I don't have to reconnect every time I want to switch. I have an iPod Touch, and I know from experience it wouldn't quite work for me as a phone.

  3. Re:Here's betting MS apps won't count by digitalunity · · Score: 5, Interesting

    That is esentially the administrator password recovery tool.

    Use "at" to schedule explorer to run. Kill explorer, wait 1 minute and yippy, you have explorer with system credentials(higher than admin).

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