Windows 7 Starter editions odd "three app limit" behavior

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What are you babbling about?

On the one hand you point out great flexibility (All kinds of OS-Bundled apps can run) and on the other hand you say "My fear is that unless this three app limit is flexible enough".

3 apps can reasonably be taken to mean three distinct non-microsoft applications that run in the taskbar and not in the system tray.

And as for your experiment with VMWare, that's pretty good especially for Linux users. Now if someone really needs a windows app they can run it inside Starter Edition, and run their real desktop inside a VM (or vice versa for that matter).

All that aside, I think starter edition is a huge mistake on MS part. It doesn't require a degree in marketing to know people will see a sale on netbooks where some will have Starter Ed and some not, and once they take it home they will be furious to have to upgrade after realizing the limitations are not to their liking.

MS should drop this, and just have Win7 Workstation and Win7 HomePreminum. That's it.

Posted by: croberts   Posted on: 03/31/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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