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What If Windows 7 Starter Isn't Meant to Just Stop Linux on Netbooks?
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| Windows 7 Starter edition is designed to run no more than three applications
| simultaneously -- purchasing an upgrade allows users to run, presumably, as
| many apps as their netbooks can handle at one time. Now, three concurrent
| applications at a shot might be sufficient for a number of users; it might be
| all that some netbooks can handle, depending on the applications and system
| resources running in the background. Microsoft isn't hiding the fact it is
| experimenting with a limited Starter, and hopefully netbook manufacturers
| will also make buyers aware of this. But awareness and being almost
| sufficient in even most cases is irrelevant. It's the concept that there is a
| limit, and purchasing an upgrade for functionality that most won't need every
| day (but when it's needed, it's really needed) that will make netbooks
| running alternative operating systems increasingly attractive. It's an
| advantage not only for Android, but any Linux distribution netbook builders
| optimize for their hardware.
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http://ostatic.com/blog/what-if-windows-7-starter-isnt-meant-to-just-stop-linux-on-netbooks
Netbooks, Linux, Windows - What to do?
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| But these features are still there, installed on the netbook but not enabled
| until you pay for an upgrade.
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| Now this has a number of things wrong with it in my mind, if the netbook can
| run more than 3 applications why not allow it? If the features are installed
| why not enabling them?
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http://blog.gauntface.co.uk/2009/04/20/netbooks-linux-windows-what-to-do/
Recent:
Ballmer: GNU/Linux Will Win on Netbooks
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| I think this is a very frank analysis of the problem for Microsoft: after
| all, who's going to pay extra money just to get the Windows logo on a
| netbook, when they can get the same features for less with free software...?
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/03/ballmer-gnulinux-will-win-on-netbooks.html
math: Windows 7 + netbook = failure - GNU/Linux as remaining winner!
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| Windows XP is basically gone, so an OEM license is worth 20 USD for a
| manufacturer, no problem at all. Windows 7 for Netbooks is the same as all
| other Windows 7 variants - no lean, light, vlighted, 7lited or whatever. Just
| a Starter version like in Windows Vista which gives you the "power" to run
| maximum 3 applications at the same time. Where again is the advantage? Oh
| yes, now Windows 7 Starter crippled edition costs a bit more than 20 USD for
| OEM, I would say around 99 USD after discounts, tax not included or did you
| think MS stops earning money?
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10012288o-2000637757b,00.htm
Reports: Microsoft Cripples Windows 7 Starter Edition in Hopes of Netbook
Upgrades
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| With Windows 7 Microsoft is releasing cheap versions of its OS for netbooks,
| but faces the challenge of getting customers to buy pricier versions
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http://www.dailytech.com/Reports+Microsoft+Cripples+Windows+7+Starter+Edition+in+Hopes+of+Netbook+Upgrades/article14532.htm
Microsoft’s Windows 7 May Not Cure Netbook Headache
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| This time, as Microsoft readies Windows 7, the company is planning a basic
| version, as well as more expensive editions that are also targeted at
| netbooks. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said last week that he will make sure
| consumers can “trade up.”
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| ‘Pessimistic’
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| Many netbook buyers won’t go for it, because they want the cheapest option
| possible, said John DiFucci, the JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst who asked the
| question that prompted Ballmer’s comment. That means investors shouldn’t
| expect Microsoft to make much more money on netbook software, the New
| York-based analyst said in a note to clients. Microsoft hasn’t released
| specific prices for the different versions of Windows 7.
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| “I don’t know that there’s much room to charge more than what’s been charged
| currently,” said Michael Cherry, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft in
| Kirkland, Washington. “I’m pessimistic about this.”
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=ahmXCOAixVMw&refer=us
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