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Probably not.]]>Mar 10th 2009 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Mar 10th 2009 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
These versions will only continue to incite more microsoft hate.]]>Mar 10th 2009 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Mar 10th 2009 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Mar 10th 2009 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
What has Microsoft done to NOT incur the hatred of millions?

* Embedded icons on desktop
* Crappy ribbon
* Crappier paperclip
* Bloated code
* DLLs from hell
* IE7
* Vista
- Vista's myriad iterations
- Vista's UAC
- Vista's insane bloat
* Creating "open" standards that are not open and which they don't even follow fully
* The incredibly hostile and and underhanded way they got those "open" standards made Standard
* Word's ongoing failure to open .doc files ("How shall I extract the text for you? Unreadable or SUPER unreadable?")

Microsoft needs a healthy innovation explosion, not your pathetic defense.]]>Mar 10th 2009 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Mar 10th 2009 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
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But hey! Why offer factual reporting when you can get more clicks via sensationalized headlines?!?!?!?]]>Mar 10th 2009 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
here Microsoft tool to do just that: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q137890/]]>Mar 10th 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
Could you be more of an idiot fanboy??]]>Mar 10th 2009 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
I agree with your intent, but not everything you said:

* Crappy ribbon - sucks only for the same reason that Mac and Linux apps suck: it's different
* DLLs from hell - the term is "DLL Hell", and it's easy to work around
* IE7 - Much better than IE6 (but I still prefer Firefox/Chrome/Safari)
- Vista's UAC - not the best, but at least it shows some decent concern for security

Windows 7 beta is MUCH better than Vista from my experience. The redesign of the UI is much welcome. The jury's still out whether or not I can say it's as good as Leopard (or more fairly, Snow Leopard), but it's definitely better than past Microsoft operating systems nonetheless.]]>Mar 10th 2009 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Apr 25th 2009 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Mar 10th 2009 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Mar 10th 2009 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Mar 10th 2009 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/For that matter, i'd love to see OSX run on a netbook, PERIOD.

]]>Mar 10th 2009 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Mar 10th 2009 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
Unless Snow Leopard is a game-changer, which is may be, performance issues will keep OS X away from netbooks and low-cost hardware.

Also, for the Linux fans out there, XP and 7 also boot more quickly than Ubuntu, and deliver better battery-life as well, partially because Firefox runs significantly faster on Windows than on Linux.

]]>Mar 10th 2009 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Ubuntu is just one Linux distro. My Fedora installs have consistently booted faster than my windows (XP or Vista) on my deskptops and full-powered laptops. Battery life on my old Thinkpad R40 improved by about 15% when I switched to Fedora 6 from XP Pro, and battery life on my HP TX1000 improved about the same amount with Fedora 8 instead of Vista (Ubuntu and Vista were basically dead even in battery consumption on that machine).
I have not bothered trying any windows or Linux distros on my Aspire One netbook since it came with a derivative of Fedora 8 (Linpus) that runs amazingly efficiently and boots in 15 seconds.
Oh, and I can open more than three programs at once for free with Linux distros.
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Netbooks are for (spoiled)children!]]>Mar 10th 2009 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
Varying degrees of customers, no?]]>Mar 10th 2009 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
I don't see the 3 application limit being much of a problem with netbooks anyway. People who use netbooks already acknowledge the fact that most of what they do is going to be done on the tubes. 3 Apps that you would run simultaneously: 1-Chrome, 2-foobar, 3-Pidgin. Other than that, email, document editing, photo editing, you can just do through google or other web apps. Or you could just have an 8-hour-battery-life thin client and just run NoMachine.

Long story short, custom versions of linux *should* reign supreme on netbooks, but 7 starter will allow MS to finally move on, drop xp and give customers their comfortable windows feel.]]>Mar 10th 2009 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
In short, 3 applications is a bad bad idea.

My old 1.6ghz 1gb of ram hp ran all of that plus more in its day and it isnt even close to as powerful as the modern day netbooks are.]]>Mar 10th 2009 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Mar 10th 2009 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
The scenario you depict is not realistic for what a netbook is designed to be.

Web browser + email + chat, that's what a netbook is meant to do.

I think it'd be pretty rare to see Lotus Notes installed on a netbook.]]>Mar 10th 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Mar 10th 2009 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Mar 10th 2009 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Mar 10th 2009 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
Most people who use netbooks only need a couple apps running anyway.]]>Mar 10th 2009 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
If it turns out to be limited to three apps or something demented like that, then, well, I'm sure Microsoft will help me out with a solution. Why should I look more deeply into it than that? It's not like I need to save money, given the rosy economic outlook predicted.]]>Mar 10th 2009 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Mar 10th 2009 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
Lets take a look at iMacs. The equivalent PC AIO is around the same price. Therefore iMacs are not over priced.

The average user doesn't need quad core performance. OSX doesn't need the horse power Vista/Win7 needs.

Microsoft can't make operating systems, they can only sell them. iMacs run OSX, which makes Vista and Windows 7 look like absolute shit.

Can't afford an iMac? Ever hear of a Mac Mini?]]>Mar 10th 2009 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
I had to use a PUTTY KNIFE to open the mini and upgrade it, once I put 4gb the machine flies. Yes I said PUTTY KNIFE cuz the morons at apple don't know how to use screws to assemble a pc.

Mac's are overpriced by a good 300-400 dollars, they are not compatible with most professional tools and to even get those tools installed you have to go out and buy a copy of Windows; what's the point when you can just buy a cheaper pc. I guess you get a pretty case, but I use my computer for real purposes not to pretend to be a fake journalist (ie bloggers) or a fake musicians (ie. all the tards who use garageband).]]>Mar 10th 2009 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
It's funny when a Windows user calls a Mac user a fanboy. The Mac user's probably used both Windows and OSX, where as the Windows user has probably only used Windows. It's a case of, "well I bought this so im going 2 say mine is better regardless of whether or not it is." Actually I'm running XP now thanks. OSX is bloated to an extent, but it is certainly NOT comparable to OSX.

I doubt you've actually used OSX. it doesn't run "dog slow" with 1GB of ram, unless you're running VMFusion or Parallels at the same time as OSX. The boys over at MacRumors ever run OSX Leopard (that's the latest version of OSX FYI) on G3 Macs (G3 Macs are old computers just so you know). Perhaps you meant to say Vista runs slow on 1GB of ram.

There's no maximize button on SOME applications on OSX. This is because these applications aren't intended to be run full screen. That's proof enough that you don't know what you're talking about. When you're trying to add to a discussion it helps to know what you're talking about.]]>Mar 10th 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
So because someone uses their computer for writing they are morons. And because someone uses probably the best free midi and audio editing tool they are tards? Pray tell what do you do, build space ships?

Your insecurity on display here at engadget is overwhelming, What the fuck are you doing reading this FAKE JOURNALISM site (Blog) if only retarded people use their computers to write them? If you know so much about OSX, and the fact that no software exists on the face of the planet for them, WHY THE FUCK DID YOU BUY A FUCKING MINI YOU FUCKING ONE HANDED FRAPPING RETARDED MONKEY? Oh yeah, you didnt.

Now please shut up and never post here again. Also this post is no bashing windows, this post is only pointing out the pure stupidity of the statement that it is a reply to.

Good Day Sir]]>Mar 10th 2009 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Mar 10th 2009 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
Seriously. It's the Apple effect.]]>Mar 10th 2009 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Mar 10th 2009 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
You know other professionals like web designers use mac to legally use every operating system on one computer to test different browsers in different operating systems.

You know doctors and medical specialists often view many CAT scans and MRIs with mac due to the some software that is used for the massive image rendering.


When will people realize that there is not one operating system for everyone? We have a choice.]]>Mar 10th 2009 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
Why on earth would one need to do that now that Safari is on Windows?]]>Mar 10th 2009 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Mar 10th 2009 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
Wait...Garageband? Really?

Someone here doesn't know what they're talking about :3]]>Mar 10th 2009 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
We can start with Minitab v14 and work from there if you like. There's a lot of software that's Windows only.

Garageband is OK in a cutsey kind of way it's hardly Cubase, is it? That said, most of the recording techs I know use Macbook Pros.]]>Mar 10th 2009 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Mar 10th 2009 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Mar 10th 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Mar 10th 2009 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/
Anything else you want to make up completely off topic and not in the article and then get angry at ?]]>Mar 10th 2009 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/microsoft-hoping-gimped-windows-7-starter-on-netbooks-will-drive/Mar 10th 2009 8:58AM