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Why not give 'em the Home edition?
I mean there are people who are running more then three apps on WIndows98.

If they're going to release Vista anyway, then why don't they just release a cheap home edition now.

The starter edition just sounds a bit rubbish, and from a user perspective, being restricted to 3 apps might look like a step back ...

How much more memory does it need?
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Why not give 'em the Home edition?  fredsmith6 | 06/14/06
Fire Sale, anyone?  Wolfie2K3 | 06/14/06
therefore it's a bad idea  Scott W | 06/19/06
Come off it  Roger Ramjet | 06/14/06
The problem is Windows Explorer  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 06/14/06
re: The problem is Windows Explorer  Altiris_Grunt | 06/14/06
It breaks compatibility with apps  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 06/14/06
Apps working  dragontiger | 06/14/06
open source is no good  hopefulcoder | 06/14/06
Actually...  zkiwi | 06/14/06
should change your nick to "hopefullyreading"  Monkey_MCSE | 06/14/06
btw  hopefulcoder | 06/14/06
been there, done that  Monkey_MCSE | 06/14/06
ROS Explorer  Netsplit | 06/14/06
Er.. No..  Wolfie2K3 | 06/14/06
care to be a bit more specific  stevey_d | 06/15/06
File Browser  Xwindowsjunkie | 06/16/06
The main problem with this idea is...  GG4rest | 06/14/06
Overall Windows 98 is still a pretty good operating system  zmud | 06/14/06
Win 98SE  Surfingman | 06/14/06
Pent ll with 333mhz and 384mb of Ram  swoopee | 06/14/06
Should work fine  voska | 06/14/06
The main problem  clockmendergb@... | 06/14/06
All depends on subscription price  GG4rest | 06/15/06
Privacy?  timpin1@... | 06/17/06
Upgrading an operating system...  Anton Philidor | 06/14/06
Deviants...  Hey U | 06/14/06
Your basic premise is bull  Confused by religion | 06/14/06
Bull today, not tomorrow  Bill4 | 06/14/06
Yes Bull  shanedr | 06/14/06
Gateshead, UK's solution to that...  GeoNorth | 06/14/06
Seems like a more or less univesal solution..  Wolfie2K3 | 06/14/06
Free and unlimited?  timpin1@... | 06/17/06
(off topic!) Are you suggesting..  T2mg2003 | 11/08/06
Omniscience?  JimSatterfieldW | 06/16/06
Seems to already have happened  T2mg2003 | 11/08/06
You missed one option  voska | 06/14/06
You make an important point  tic swayback | 06/14/06
Just as you are affected by all those people ...  ShadeTree | 06/14/06
Or  voska | 06/14/06
Bad anology!  linux_for_me | 06/15/06
There alreay is..  Patrick Jones | 06/20/06
No - let the user fix it.  Confused by religion | 06/14/06
Give us XP starter  pwsmentor | 06/14/06
Microsoft already offers an amnesty program ...  ShadeTree | 06/14/06
I think a very good case could be made here...  NonZealot | 06/14/06
I see one major flaw...  zkiwi | 06/14/06
Good point  NonZealot | 06/14/06
Oops, got sidetracked!  NonZealot | 06/14/06
Why should he have to pay anything?  linux_for_me | 06/15/06
He is technically the receiver of stolen goods.  ShadeTree | 06/15/06
Absolutely Wrong  linux_for_me | 06/17/06
The same way you are when you buy any ...  ShadeTree | 06/19/06
?Thy who lives by the sword shall die by the sword!?  orasac | 06/22/06
The problem with your premise is that it ...  ShadeTree | 06/14/06
Best idea yet, but I doubt it would be enough...  ghastly | 06/14/06
You make me Laugh  DarthRidiculous | 06/14/06
Whoa!!!  shanedr | 06/14/06
Amazing  nyabdns | 06/14/06
The people that cannot afford food and shelter ...  ShadeTree | 06/14/06
LOL, you'd think that  voska | 06/14/06
Sounds like you have a vivid imagination.(nt)  ShadeTree | 06/14/06
Just web and email eh?  GeoNorth | 06/14/06
Where in the world did you come up ...  ShadeTree | 06/14/06
Come on now, you're just being lazy  voska | 06/14/06
You are the one being lazy.  ShadeTree | 06/14/06
Of course there's not....  timpin1@... | 06/17/06
Whoa  clockmendergb@... | 06/14/06
My car is old Chevy should give me a new one.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/14/06
Re: My car is old Chevy should give me a new one.  none none | 06/14/06
You are missing the point  nyabdns | 06/14/06
read his others...  Monkey_MCSE | 06/14/06
Axey, your argument doesn't hold too well  Shelendrea | 06/14/06
And yet...  zkiwi | 06/14/06
in reference to your 2nd question  Monkey_MCSE | 06/14/06
Well you would be wrong.  ShadeTree | 06/14/06
as i said, i don't think there is...  Monkey_MCSE | 06/14/06
You are not buying stock parts from Checker Auto.  ShadeTree | 06/14/06
sorry, was looking at a hemi cuda right before  Monkey_MCSE | 06/14/06
So now I am supposed to believe that ...  ShadeTree | 06/14/06
69 'cuda...  handydan918 | 06/14/06
i think you should read the entire thread...  Monkey_MCSE | 06/15/06
Sure you did!  ShadeTree | 06/15/06
Chevy doesn't stop selling parts for a car  zmud | 06/14/06
They don't port the new parts to your old ...  ShadeTree | 06/14/06
How many years do they wait?  John Zern | 06/14/06
Maybe so, but what's the alternative?  voska | 06/14/06
Ubuntu will give you a free OS to replace 9X  Edward Meyers | 06/14/06
The audience that hasn't upgraded from ...  ShadeTree | 06/14/06
No learning...  30otsix | 06/14/06
Well, there is always "learning how to do stuff" in any new OS.  Zogg | 06/14/06
Can your 3 year old upgrade from 98 ...  ShadeTree | 06/14/06
With a LiveCD YES!!  Edward Meyers | 06/14/06
Better read my post again before you make such brash statements.  ShadeTree | 06/14/06
I read your post fully  Edward Meyers | 06/15/06
Then your problem must be comprehension!  ShadeTree | 06/15/06
Comprehension isn't my problem  Edward Meyers | 06/16/06
See there you go making incorrect statements again.  ShadeTree | 06/16/06
The Win98 audience has a lot of learning to do, regardless.  Zogg | 06/14/06
The myth of the supporting Linux community.  ShadeTree | 06/14/06
The best support comes from people you already know.  Zogg | 06/14/06
That assumes you know someone that runs Linux ...  ShadeTree | 06/14/06
The trick is to stop assuming and start asking.  Zogg | 06/15/06
I don't have to ask.  ShadeTree | 06/15/06
Eh? I am talking about "the Win98 audience", or had you forgotten?  Zogg | 06/15/06
Look again.  linux_for_me | 06/15/06
Only becuase  Edward Meyers | 06/14/06
Friends don't let friends use Win98!!!  Zogg | 06/14/06
You are trivalizing the complexity ...  ShadeTree | 06/14/06
Live CD  Edward Meyers | 06/14/06
Your the one spreading the FUD  ShadeTree | 06/14/06
There's no harm in trying a Live Linux CD.  Zogg | 06/15/06
Zogg, Get off your high horse!  ShadeTree | 06/15/06
You have never used a Live CD  Edward Meyers | 06/15/06
RE: Edward  ShadeTree | 06/15/06
ShadeTree: We are talking about hardware that was OEM in 1998  Zogg | 06/15/06
Yes Zogg I was in the industry in 1998.  ShadeTree | 06/15/06
I beg to differ...  Zogg | 06/15/06
Your forgetting something.  ShadeTree | 06/16/06
And you are forgetting that I know what I bought, and when I bought it.  Zogg | 06/16/06
BTW, it would be LOL funny if you work for Gateway... wink (NT)  Zogg | 06/16/06
Shade I wouldn't call 30 plus machines limited  Edward Meyers | 06/16/06
Gateway is one of the top three but I will...  ShadeTree | 06/16/06
P.S. Zogg  ShadeTree | 06/16/06
RE: Edward  ShadeTree | 06/16/06
It would be funny because...  Zogg | 06/16/06
Manually?  timpin1@... | 06/17/06
Not really, Shade  30otsix | 06/15/06
And yes..  30otsix | 06/15/06
What is it with you guys?  ShadeTree | 06/15/06
Shade, it seems you are confusing the...  30otsix | 06/15/06
RE: 30otsix  ShadeTree | 06/15/06
Simple  30otsix | 06/15/06
RE: Edward  ShadeTree | 06/16/06
At least you can still get parts, if you know where to look (nt)  CobraA1 | 06/14/06
You can also still get the patches that were ...  ShadeTree | 06/14/06
This may be a dumb question  timpin1@... | 06/17/06
If the vendor bothered to write Win9x drivers and tools, then yes.  Zogg | 06/17/06
If today's Windows 98 users ...  mwagner@... | 06/14/06
You can shorten that sentence...  techboy_z | 06/14/06
Great Idea, cost & enviromentally effective!  orangesleeves | 06/14/06
for sure  hopefulcoder | 06/14/06
What Microsoft does in ending support ...  ShadeTree | 06/14/06
The difference though is ...  ghastly | 06/15/06
What is your point?  ShadeTree | 06/15/06
Not about support.  linux_for_me | 06/15/06
ed nice thinking but  toxicfreak | 06/14/06
Nice language toxicfreak  Shelendrea | 06/14/06
well Mr shelendra you a class act  outsider 2000 | 06/14/06
ROTFL  Shelendrea | 06/14/06
Shelendrea, I suspect you would have as ...  ShadeTree | 06/14/06
Actually no Shade Tree  Shelendrea | 06/14/06
i agree  not of this world | 06/14/06
They feel as much responsibility as you do...  John Zern | 06/14/06
Ed, I like the idea, but many hoops to jump through...  Monkey_MCSE | 06/14/06
What better way to speed up Obsolescence.  OKJoe | 06/14/06
Yes, my parents' machine (350 MHz PII) used to run Win98.  Zogg | 06/14/06
This is what I have been thinking  30otsix | 06/14/06
Why not Starter Edition...  Wolfie2K3 | 06/14/06
Since Vista is so much better PC OS and they cannot correct  michael_t | 06/14/06
It's the Firefox version after next...  Greenknight_z | 06/15/06
windows xp starter edition  nick238 | 06/15/06
XP Starter Kit  Lamontjamison | 06/15/06
www.reactos.org a free win32 operating system  stevey_d | 06/15/06
MSFT is too pushy with upgrade to SP2  sbrehaut | 07/01/06
upgrade or die?  drdorociak@... | 11/01/07

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