That move, another analyst said today, was prompted by Microsoft desire to limit damage to its revenue stream by forcing the low-priced Starter edition into a narrowly-defined category so that more powerful machines with larger screens would be required to run more-expensive editions.
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Earlier in the week, said Microsoft will allow OEMs to install Starter only on PCs with screens no larger than 10.2 inches that run a low-powered single-core processor. Report from the usually-reliable Web site say Microsoft has set other restrictions on Windows 7 Starter that apply only to computer makers.
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"And by removing these barriers, they really are working to make as smooth a transition as possible into Windows 7." "They're really doing everything they can to remove any barrier to the OS," said Cherry. XP Mode will be offered only to customers running Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise, the three top-priced editions.Ĭherry saw the change as more evidence that Microsoft was trying to avoid the mistakes it made with Windows Vista. The low-end edition also lacks Windows XP Mode, the virtualized environment for running older applications.
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For one, Starter does not offer the Vista-esque "Aero" graphical user interface instead, it will use what Microsoft called a "Windows Basic" theme that resembles XP.Īlso missing from Starter, said LeBlanc, is DVD playback multi-monitor support personalization tools that let users change the desktop wallpaper, colors and sound themes the Windows Media Center software for watching recorded TV or other content and domain support. Unlike Windows XP's and Vista's entry-level edition, Windows 7 Starter will be available to computer makers worldwide, including those selling within the U.S.īut even as Microsoft dropped the application limitation from Windows 7 Starter, it confirmed that the version would lack a host of features that higher-priced editions will include.
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One Computerworld blogger called it the " worst marketing moves for an upcoming operating system I can ever recall, while another officially dubbed Starter "crippleware." Microsoft was roundly criticized by bloggers last month after the Wall Street Journal ran a story about the artificial limitations it was planning for Windows 7 Starter. Earlier editions of Windows XP Starter and Windows Vista Starter, both of which were sold only in a small number of markets outside the U.S., came with the three-app restriction.