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Microsoft Kills 3-App Limit For Windows 7 Starter Edition

Posted by Soulskill on from the crippleware-wasn't-politically-correct-anyway dept.

Chabil Ha' writes "Heard the rumors that the much-maligned Windows 7 Starter Edition would be able to run more than three concurrent applications? Today, the Windows team made it official: 'Based on the feedback we've received from partners and customers asking us to enable a richer small notebook PC experience with Windows 7 Starter, we've decided to enable Windows 7 Starter customers the ability to run as many applications simultaneously as they would like, instead of being constricted to the 3 application limit that the previous Starter editions included. We believe these changes will make Windows 7 Starter an even more attractive option for customers who want a small notebook PC for very basic tasks, like browsing the web, checking email and personal productivity.' Small consolation, of course, if you want to watch a DVD natively, but I'm sure this won't stop the Slashdot crowd from enabling it."

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  1. THIS JUST IN by buttfscking · · Score: 5, Funny

    Still not using it.

    1. Re:THIS JUST IN by Dragonslicer · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...they'll come back with a shopping cart full of poptarts and cereal.

      I don't see anything wrong with that.

    2. Re:THIS JUST IN by Jurily · · Score: 5, Funny

      I don't see anything wrong with that.

      Except this time, the poptarts is from the Russians and the cereal is from the NSA.

  2. Other suggestions that make about as much sense by calmofthestorm · · Score: 5, Funny

    * Disable the thing that shocks you with an electric shock every ten minutes (every thirty minutes if your OS validates as genuine)
    * Remove the requirement to take, PCR, and compare a DNA sample at startup to allow WGA to know it's the same person
    * Take that thing out of the EULA that allows MS to terminate your license or you at any time for any reason.

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  3. "Even more attractive..." by lastomega7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't get how it's "even more attractive"

    MS: Ok so guys, you can only use 3 apps at a time on our new OS.
    World: Well who would want to use that?
    MS: Ok, we changed it back. Now it's even better than before!

    Sigh.

    1. Re:"Even more attractive..." by artor3 · · Score: 5, Funny

      They've been studying at the Coca-Cola school of marketing, apparently.

  4. "even more attractive"... what? by Schraegstrichpunkt · · Score: 5, Funny

    We believe these changes will make Windows 7 Starter an even more attractive option for customers who want a small notebook PC for very basic tasks, like browsing the web, checking email and personal productivity.' Small consolation, of course, if you want to watch a DVD natively

    Wow. Microsoft basically took a market where Linux and Apple excel in (customers who just want to do basic tasks with minimal hassle) and crippled the features that make Windows even slightly attractive in that arena. Now they un-crippled one of those features. That's not "even more attractive"; That's "somewhat less ridiculous".

    I have a new bullshit meter. It measures in units of "picosofts".

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