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 […]
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 […]
Would you pay extra to run Windows 7 Home Premium on a netbook?
Each and every version of Windows 7 will be capable of running on low cost, low power netbooks. But the cheapest version of Windows 7 that netbook makers will be able to license is Windows 7 Starter Edition, which will have several restrictions. For instance, users will only be able to run up to three […]
Windows 7 Starter or Home Premium for netbooks?
There’s been a lot of talk over the last few days about Windows 7 on netbooks. As we’ve known for months, the Windows 7 beta that’s currently available runs fantastically on netbooks. Performance is on par with Windows XP in terms of boot times, the speed with which you can launch programs, and multitasking ability. […]
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, […]