I've spent some time googling, and have read about the pros and cons of Windows 7 Starter vs XP home.<BR><BR>Windows 7 starter has had a bunch of stuff stripped out, but its mostly stuff I don't care ...

Steve Ballmer has all but admitted that Windows 7 Starter Edition, to be sold on netbooks, is little more than a way to get people to upgrade to higher-priced versions of Windows 7. Is this the latest ...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently confirmed that the company will limit Windows 7 Starter, the edition expected to end up on netbooks, to systems that sport small screens and low-powered processors ...

Survey finds most netbook users are unaware that Windows 7 Starter lacks some features that were standard in any version of Windows XP Microsoft may have ditched the three application limit on the ...

Microsoft today dropped a limitation from Windows 7 Starter, the edition expected to ship on most netbooks, that would have blocked users from running more than three applications at the same time.

Samsung will use Windows 7 Starter Edition on two new netbooks, it announced on Thursday. Both the N130 and N140 will come with the Starter Edition of Microsoft’s upcoming operating system, but ...

In a Q&A posted Tuesday to Microsoft's Web site, Windows General Manager Mike Ybarra said Microsoft expects two Windows 7 SKUs-- Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional -- to fit the needs ...

There’s been a lot of speculation over the last few days about which version of Windows 7 computer makers would be most likely to preload on netbooks. Every version of Windows 7, right up to the ...

So I upgraded the hard drive in my netbook and then realised that it didn't come with a Windows 7 install media. So now I have a netbook and a Windows 7 Starter SNPC OA product key. I tried installing ...

Six Windows 7 versions, to be precise. But most users only need to decide between two versions. Microsoft has said that 80 percent of users will be deploying Windows 7 Home Premium (consumers) or ...