Comments on: Windows 7 Starter Edition Blows Chunks, Limits Users to Three Simultaneous Applications

By: Alix

Alix — Sun, 30 May 2010 22:49:55 +0000

Bullshit. I have Windows 7 Starter, and I am running 6, yes, 6 apps as I type this. Opera [web browser], LimeWire, iTunes, AIM, Microsoft Word, and OoVoO [video chat]. I don't know what kind of Windows 7 Starter you're running, but it's definitely not mine, and I have a netbook! I actually like starter. I mean, some of the limitations are annoying, like the desktop background thing, but there are things you can download to get around that. Before this I had a regular sized notebook with Windows Vista, and I thing this is a HUGE step up.

By: Scott Jarkoff

Scott Jarkoff — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:33:01 +0000

Maybe you should check your facts before writing a bullshit comment and see when this article was originally written. ;-)

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:19:45 +0000

Actually that's not true, Windows XP Starter (Yes there is one) and Windows Vista Starter (rarely seen but yeah, there's one) both had that limitation – running only 3 programs at once excluding virus protection. They specifically said they were removing that limitation, so you can run as many programs as you want. I tested it, so I know what I'm talking about.

Maybe you should check your facts before writing a bullshit article

By: Ozerimar1

Ozerimar1 — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:42:57 +0000

Linux and Mac are your options. Linux comes in many editions. Find the one that works for you. I have them all(xp,vista,7,etc…) but prefer to use Mac snow leopard and ubuntu 9.10. It does everything I need and that is alot. Some Msoft games won't run on linux but there are workarounds. I have lost trust in Msoft.

By: tch

tch — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:40:58 +0000

Almost as annoying as only being able to run one app at a time on iphone ;)

By: Beautiful WALLPAPER THEMES

Beautiful WALLPAPER THEMES — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:01:05 +0000

oops. I meant it’s a great article.

By: articles

articles — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:59:34 +0000

Article on arid.net (http://digg.com/d1pTAK) that talked about windows 7 starter edition and had suggestions on a better way to implement the starter edition for netbooks.

By: Scott Jarkoff

Scott Jarkoff — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:36:05 +0000

I imagine that if you log on to some type of cloud, where apps are running in the cloud rather than on the local machine then that may be one way to circumvent the limit. But, that will probably come at a huge performance cost too.

By: Scott Jarkoff

Scott Jarkoff — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:34:28 +0000

I do not think I've seen iPC. What makes it more stable than the other hackintosh distros?

By: YorickPeterse

YorickPeterse — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:36:49 +0000

Hm…I will have a look at it somewhere next week, one week without school anyway :)

By: Pritthish

Pritthish — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:37:37 +0000

hmm, most stable hackintosh distro atm : iPC take a look at it :)

By: Rene

Rene — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:23:42 +0000

As you see (and MS itself), the Starter Edition is for Netbooks, so chances are limited that more than 3 apps are used at the same time. I agree with you that 3 is a very limited number, 5 would probably have been more appropriate.
But let me ask you this, because I'm not very familiar with the concept, what if you use the netbook to log onto a cloud computer, will everything then run off of 1 app?

By: YorickPeterse

YorickPeterse — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:56:51 +0000

Dear god, what is Microsoft doing these days. Spam, crap software, crap, crap and more crap. Every day I use this windows based machine I wish there was a stable Hackintosh release so I could run Mac (Linux isn't an option, I hate it).

All this makes me wonder what kind of people are running Microsoft…