There’s been a lot of talk over the last few days about Windows 7 on netbooks. As we’ve known for months, the Windows 7 beta that’s currently available runs fantastically on netbooks. Performance is ...

Ericuse165 asked the Windows forum if it’s wise to upgrade his netbook’s OS from Windows 7 Starter to a more powerful version. Because Windows 7 Starter–the cheapest and least powerful edition of ...

Microsoft’s is offering a stripped-down version of its new Windows 7 OS–called Windows 7 Starter–that’s aimed especially at netbooks. The idea is to get netbook users off Windows XP–an OS Microsoft is ...

Windows 7 Starter Edition took some criticism with its three-application limit. Today, however, Microsoft announced on its WIndows Team Blog that it would be removing the three-application limit on ...

Ad hoc wireless networking thought to be unavailable in the netbook edition of Windows 7 is actually there, noted Windows blogger says Microsoft may have buried a wireless networking feature in ...

Windows 7, Microsoft's newest operating system, has received positive reviews; Windows 7 Starter, the version for netbooks, not so much. Some critics think Microsoft's previous operating system, ...

When Windows 7 is released in October, Microsoft will make the “starter edition” version of the software available in developed countries for the first time. The reason? Because the company wants to ...

Yesterday, I wrote about Ed Bott’s hands-on experience with Windows 7 Starter Edition, which limits you to three open applications at a time, with some exceptions. Ed thinks Starter might be okay if ...

Last month we learned that Microsoft was dropping the three-application limit for Windows 7 Starter. We noted that this was excellent news for netbook customers who want Windows 7, but the biggest ...

Blogger Paul Thurrott was right. Microsoft is eliminating one of the biggest sticking points for Windows 7 Starter Edition -- the three-application-concurrency limitation. Microsoft officials ...

The The Wall Street Journal this week published a story titled "Microsoft Gambles on Windows 7 'Starter'" and honestly, the headline sums up the story beautifully. In terms of actual news, there's ...

Microsoft said on Friday it would not limit the number of applications available at one time on the Starter edition of its upcoming Windows 7 operating system, reversing its earlier strategy of ...