{"id":1421,"date":"2009-04-22T16:47:15","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T16:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/04\/windows-7-starter-edition-lets-put-it-into-perspective.htm"},"modified":"2009-04-26T00:00:49","modified_gmt":"2009-04-26T00:00:49","slug":"windows-7-starter-edition-lets-put-it-into-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/04\/windows-7-starter-edition-lets-put-it-into-perspective.htm","title":{"rendered":"Windows 7 Starter Edition: let&#8217;s put it into perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There seem to be a number of sites linking to a prominent &#8220;news&#8221; site that claims <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.computerworld.com\/microsoft_well_cripple_windows_7_on_netbooks\" rel=\"nofollow\">Windows 7 will be &#8220;crippled&#8221; on netbooks<\/a> but&#8230; WTF?  Are they serious, or just posting link bait?<\/p>\n<p>Back in February, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/02\/windows-7-product-editions.htm\">Microsoft announced the various editions that Windows 7 will be available in, including Starter Edition<\/a>, which will only be offered pre-installed by OEMs and is recommended for price-sensitive customers with small notebook PCs.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, that sounds like a low cost version for netbooks. &#8211; and key features were listed as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Broad application and device compatibility with up to 3 concurrent applications.<\/li>\n<li>Safe, reliable, and supported.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to join a Home Group. <\/li>\n<li>Improved taskbar and JumpLists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now someone has stirred things up and headline-grabbing tech-&#8220;journalists&#8221; (I use the term lightly&#8230; these are not the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.zdnet.com\/microsoft\/\">Mary-Jo Foley<\/a>s, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.zdnet.com\/Bott\/\">Ed Bott<\/a>s, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.winsupersite.com\/\">Paul Thurrott<\/a>s who actually look at the technology and when researching stories but consumer-focused writers with a few press releases and 500 words to churn out for an editor who wants nothing more than a good headline) are saying how this will kill Windows 7 sales and open the netbook market to Linux.  Yawn.  Have I suddenly fallen foul of a cross-site scripting exploit and ended up reading Slashdot, or The Register?  Nope.  It seems I am still reading Computerworld, a site that seems to think words like Ed Bott or ZDNet turn my comment into spam!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the three application limit that seems to have people up in arms but, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/twit.tv\/ww103\">Paul Thurrott in episode 103 of the Windows Weekly podcast<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.zdnet.com\/Bott\/?p=844 \">Ed Bott&#8217;s recent post on living with the limits of Windows 7 Starter Edition<\/a>, the three application limit is not triggered by things like Explorer windows, Control Panel applets, system utilities or gadgets &#8211; this is three applications &#8211; not three Windows!<\/p>\n<p>And, as I wrote when I bought one a few months back, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/12\/lenovos-ideapad-s10e-is-exactly-what-id-hoped-for.htm\">netbooks are not for content creation but for ultra-mobile content consumption<\/a>.  You&#8217;re not going be doing much on a 10&#8243; screen with a tiny keyboard!  Not unless you want to end up with a bad repetitive strain injury.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.zdnet.com\/microsoft\/?p=2550\">Mary-Jo Foley reminds us that Home Premium is the default consumer version of Windows 7<\/a> &#8211; not Starter Edition.  Who says that netbook OEMs will not provide Home Premium for those who want it?<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ed Bott made a very good point when he wrote &#8220;Is this a netbook or a notebook? If the answer is netbook, you might be pleasantly surprised at what this low-powered OS can actually accomplish&#8221; but he also notes that, if he tried to use it as a conventional notebook, he &#8220;would probably be incredibly frustrated with the limitations of Starter Edition.&#8221;  And <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.laptopmag.com\/windows-7-starter-edition-not-bad-on-a-netbook\">Laptop magazine wisely commented that any comment has limited value until we know the price difference between a netbook with Windows 7 Starter Edition and the same netbook with Windows 7 Home Premium<\/a>, a view which Mary-Jo Foley also puts forward in her post.<\/p>\n<p>To me, it&#8217;s simple:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If your netbook can handle more than three applications and you need more functionality than Starter Edition offers, then pay for a version of Windows that will meet your requirements (pre-release versions of Windows 7 Ultimate Edition ran just fine on my Lenovo S10e before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2009\/03\/installing-mac-os-x-105-on-a-lenovo-s10e-using-a-retail-dvd.htm\">it started a new life as a Hackintosh<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>If you want a free operating system then install Linux (although <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.laptopmag.com\/ubuntu-confirms-linux-netbook-returns-higher-than-anticpated\">some reports suggest that Linux netbook returns are higher than for XP as, even Ubuntu&#8217;s distributors acknowledge that it&#8217;s unfamiliar to consumers<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>If you just want to access a few things on the move using a netbook, then Windows 7 Starter Edition will probably be fine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If I was a betting man, I&#8217;d wager that most netbook users fall into the latter category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There seem to be a number of sites linking to a prominent &#8220;news&#8221; site that claims Windows 7 will be &#8220;crippled&#8221; on netbooks but&#8230; WTF? 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