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Microsoft drops 3-app limit for Windows 7 Starter Edition

Windows 7 Starter Edition will be the first “Starter” version of Windows to be available int he US. The reason? Netbooks. Microsoft is feeling pressure from the people making and selling low cost mini-laptops to offer a low cost version of Windows 7, even though the operating system was designed so that even the most […]

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Rumor: Microsoft sets max hardware specs for Windows 7 netbooks

When it became clear last year that netbooks were becoming major players in the PC industry, and they weren’t generally powerful enough to handle Windows Vista, Microsoft decided to extend the product life of Windows XP. But just for netbooks. In other words, computer makers could preinstall Windows XP on mini-laptops, but not on full […]

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Microsoft makes $15 for every netbook sold with Windows XP

We’ve known for a while that Microsoft was offering Windows XP to netbook makers at a deep discount. Now we know roughly how deep that discount is. The Wall Street Journal says Microsoft is getting about $15 for every netbook that’s sold with Windows XP. That’s compared to the $50 to $60 the software company […]

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Microsoft to offer crippled version of Windows 7 for netbooks

As we’ve already seen time and again, Windows 7 Beta runs great on netbooks, even though the beta is basically an early build of Windows 7 Ultimate, which will be the most expensive version of the OS. Windows 7 boots, launches programs, and performs more CPU intensive tasks just about as quickly as Windows XP, […]