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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."
Lulz! so true!
Yes the iPhone only runs one app at a time but this is actually a good thing. It keeps the system more stable and it keeps the battery drain lower. My company develops apps for WinCE and Window Mobile devices for our customers. When our customers call up and complain that our applications are locking up the device, the vast, vast majority of the time, we find out the customer is running like 30 things in the background and the small amount of memory is being used. The OS should be managing the memory and resources but every application thinks that it is the only application on the device.
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
"Sorry. Windows Limited Edition has exceeded the number of allowed programs. To unlock Windows Home Premium Bloat Edition enter your credit card number and press [Enter]."
Some mornings it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints to get out of bed.