Anonymous
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http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/windows-7-starter-edition.html
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/feb09/02-03Win7SKU-QA.mspx
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=844
Windows 7 Starter Edition Only Runs 3 Applications At Once This is worse than MS-DOS limitations may be Vista & ME is better! Is Microsoft nuts?
thenameipicked
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You would do well bypassing them all :P
Anonymous
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True, unbuntu v8.1 is working fine, will try v9.04 however, my family need windows
and applications for homework and work, so kind of stuck for a bit.
I have tried a Mac, just don't like it.
Unbuntu is the business, soon as I can afford a laptop it will be Linux in one flavour or another.
GMMan, Hexadecimal Blacksmith
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Actually, Windows Vista also had the same Starter Edition. It's nothing new.
pavid
gamer extraordinaire & knowledgeable computer nerd who likes to argue, but is still a very nice guy
From link #1 in the first post:
This edition is intended for poor, developing nations, Asian and African countries. However, according to MS press release:
We know emerging markets have unique needs and we will offer Windows 7 Home Basic, only in emerging markets, for customers looking for an entry-point Windows experience on a full-size value PC.
We’ll also continue to offer Windows Starter edition, which will only be offered pre-installed by an OEM. Windows Starter edition will now be available worldwide. This edition is available only in the OEM channel on new PCs limited to specific types of hardware.
So we don't need to worry about the Starter Edition. Also, if I remember correctly, it is intended to be run on low powered computers or in Micro$oft speak "specific types of hardware".
So we don't need to worry about the Starter Edition. Also, if I remember correctly, it is intended to be run on low powered computers or in Micro$oft speak "specific types of hardware".
Precisely - if "Starter Edition" was "as good as it gets" and there were no other better alternatives, then fair enough - people would complain - but most users will buy some sort of "Premium Edition" so for most people "Starter Edition" is irrelevant.
If Toyota released a cheap car with no passenger seat or car stereo - would you care? No - if you needed those features, you would just buy a model that had the features you wanted.
Choice is good.
Anonymous
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not just netbooks Desktop all so (in Emerging Markets only)
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=8066
http://jkontherun.com/2009/02/10/windows-7-starter-edition-no-how-no-way/
http://windows7center.com/news/is-windows-7-starter-edition-microsofts-dirty-trick/
Microsoft’s response was simply:
�We would expect the limit of three applications wouldn�t affect very many people.
http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2143
cheap way to get Windows on inexpensive computers in schools, in reality, the limitations are such that educators should look elsewhere (like to Linux). According to Daily Tech,
http://windows7news.com/2009/03/29/windows-7-starter-edition-restrictions/
The following restrictions have been discovered so far:
* No wallpapers other than the default wallpaper were installed. There was no possibility to change the wallpaper using the usual means to do so. Rafael has posted a workaround for that Windows 7 Started Edition limitation which involves overwriting the default image with another one.
* Lack of additional applications like Media Center or DVD Maker.
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=8066
The complete SKU lineup for Windows 7 is: Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Home Basic (in Emerging Markets only), Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Enterprise and Windows 7 Ultimate.
watcher13
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Or maybe it's like the pharmaceutical companies who only charge African Aids patient 200% profit margin on drugs they desperately need, versus the 2000% they charge in developing countries. Or sometimes only 100% when American charities donations can make up the other 100% so the manufacturers doesn't lose any profits. To put it another way, yep, limited equipment! The computer industry is really making it easy for the underprivileged to catch up. How generous of them!
I think, though, this is really about Microsoft's love of bloat and idiotic conviction that it knows more about what people need than they do. Let's see, we could make a lean, mean Windows that's not overly complicated and hard to maintenance and so bloated it keeps gobbling up memory like a kid locked overnight in a candy store. And we could make one seperate high powered version of Windows to those who can really use it and need it, rather than 5 or more versions that have no clear differential just to confuse the public. Nah! Where's the profit in that?
Wait, there already is a lean, mean, not so convuluted that even it's own developers don't understand it, OS. It's called Linux.
By the way, if you see a pattern in my posts, it's that I always reject the comments of those who want to make all business men saints and all consumers sinners.
Anonymous
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2925&tag=nl.e550
Microsoft: No more three-app limit in Windows 7 Starter Edition run all you like
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