Windows 7 Starter Three App Limit Gone for Good

[Chuck Norris]

Could someone please remind me, what is the point of Starter Edition again? Microsoft didn't have any spend any more money to develop it if it's just a normal installation that forgoes installing some features. If that is the case, wouldn't it make so much more sense to just sell the 'normal' version of Win7 and allow customers to customize the installation to make it smaller, removing features they didn't need? Wouldn't that have been so much easier and so much more ethical? I honestly don't understand why this isn't a feature for every Windows installation. It would take all of a few minutes (obviously an exaggeration) to add the menu and selections to the installation routine.

 

[Spanky Deluxe]

Its mainly for emerging markets and netbooks. Its perfect for that. Its just the fact that people can't change backgrounds. People in emerging markets will surely like to do that. Bit stingy.

 

[Guest]

Re: Chuck Norris

You're quite right, ideally the 'higher tier' installations should be customizable and allow for skipping a lot of the content and functionality if the user so wishes. Unfortunately, this has never really been Microsofts policy on windows releases and thus certain groups of 'power-users' are forced to rely on third party tools to get the kind of installation they want.

Windows 7 take a few, very minor, steps toward changing that with the ability to remove certain componenets - such as IE 8 - after installation. Unfortunately, it still keeps the compressed versions on disk and generally includes even more chaff and needless services than previous editions do.

Still, the RC version out there for testing is the Ultimate version and hopefully using the Home Basic or Starter version would allow for a significantly leaner system.

Now I only wish they'd drop the non-64 bit versions of the OS. After all, we'll never seen any significant amount of 64-bit software as long as developers can stick to releasing just one version (32-bit) that'll work on all versions of windows from 2k onwards.

 

[acecombat]

[citation][nom]jtt283[/nom]Being unable to watch a DVD will make systems with this OS useless for traveling users.Will it be able to stream media from web sites?[/citation]
You will be able to still watch a DVD with external software, but because codec that DVDs use has a licence fee attached to it, by excluding it in the starter edition it will keep the prices lower.

 

[doomtomb]

that starter edition still looks like shit. not even DVD playback? REALLY???

 

[starryman]

Damn... Microsoft is actually listening?

 

[ailgatrat]

I don't understand something. Why would you put out an OS geared towards business users and then not include multi-monitor support? Wouldn't business people want to use their netbooks for presentations? I think I may have missed something somewhere...

 

[Tindytim]

[citation][nom]ailgatrat[/nom]I don't understand something. Why would you put out an OS geared towards business users and then not include multi-monitor support? Wouldn't business people want to use their netbooks for presentations? I think I may have missed something somewhere...[/citation]
You did, it's not for business users, it's for netbooks and home usage in developing markets.

If you're running a business, you probably have the cash to pay for the home or professional versions of 7 with those features.

 

[Tindytim]

@demonhorde

Please point me to an 8 year old laptop roughly the size of a small book, with the low power consumption, and longer battery life.

 

[joescalon]

@demonhorde
umm....have you ever used a netbook?? I have one and it can do almost anything my 1500 HP could do except play games, which is not the reason why I bought it.. Use the netbook for just my school work, like program, writing papers and I just toss this sub 3lb computer in my backpack instead of carry around a laptop bag. Oh and some people by this netbooks for there kids so 150 netbook that will let them do school work and get to the internet or a 700 dollar+ laptop that will let them play games instead of doing work hmm...
Well this starter attention looks good so far, have to wait for the price. And I am glad they cut a lot of stuff I mean dvd playback on a netbook why not just watch dvix movies or stream shows/movies instead of having to pay for the support also from M$. Anything the OS can do most likely can be found for free on the internet...why pay extra to have it frmo M$.

 

[joescalon]

Dang my spelling sucks...oh forgot to add that Apple said there won't be a NanoMac or whatever cause the market doesn't call for it or something. Sounds like they just can't and won't make a sub 400 dollar laptop.