Windows 7 Starter Edition For Netbooks

There was some rumours about Windows 7 Startes Edition and eventually Microsoft announces that it would be best operating system for Netbooks. Formerly, Windows XP and Vista let you to run just 3 application at same time for Netbooks because of the own system requirements; however, with the Windows 7 Starter Edition this restriction was brought away.

Although, Windows 7 is the one that aims the take control of netbooks, but upper versions of Windows 7 like Windows Home Premium and Professional editions are still have some shortages and drawbacks.

Although open source operating systems are seem to be more appropiate for netbooks, Windows is still dominant one and i think Windows will not let the others take the control. And finally, devices that are gradually being smaller will determine the process of the operating system's development and  winners of this market...

A Microsoft representative stated that the limitations of the Starter edition are intended particularly for computers that do not have powerful hardware. Still, netbook users who have installed the beta version of Windows 7 Ultimate reported that the OS returned good performance, at least on par with Windows XP. This way, analysts believe that a stripped down version of Windows won’t make sense for many people.

Brad Brooks, Corporate Vice-President for Windows Consumer Product Marketing, stated that the drawbacks of a Starter edition are more or less negligible for the low-cost netbook user. He pointed out that netbooks cannot be compared with more competent laptops, as they usually lack DVD drives and the keyboard is only usable for writing e-mails and short documents. In his opinion, a Starter edition reflects the idea of the netbook, which should be considered more as a travel companion, rather than a workstation.