designed in a way that any edition of the OS should be able to run on
small notebook PCs with sufficient hardware."
And you won't be able to buy the Starter edition at retail, either,
although retailers like NewEgg have traditionally sold OEM copies, as it did
with Vista.
Hang on a second. Any edition of Windows 7 can be run on a netbook?
With "sufficient hardware." At this point, it's not known
whether Microsoft is being deliberately obtuse, or the Windows 7 operating
system is compartmentalized enough that even more advanced versions will tailor
themselves to the hardware.
"We've invested significantly in engineering efforts around
improving performance, reliability, and compatibility in Windows 7,"
Microsoft says. "These improvements apply to all Windows 7 SKUs. A great
example is watching even the full-featured Windows 7 Ultimate running well on
small notebook PCs that have sufficient hardware."
Is there a minimum specification for Windows 7 Starter?
Not really. There is a minimum recommendation :
A 1-GHz, 32-bit, or 64-bit
processor
1GB or more system memory
16GB or more available disk
space
Support for DX9 graphics
with 128MB or more memory (in order to enable Aero theme)
DVD-R/W Drive
Internet Access
Aside from that, however, there aren't any published requirements for
Windows 7 Starter. There is one important caveat, however: Windows 7 Starter is
the only Windows 7 version not to have a 64-bit option. All of the other
versions come in both 32-bit and 64-bit editions.
Sounds great. A cheap Windows 7 without Aero Glass? What am I missing?
Here's the catch: you'll be limited to running three concurrent
applications; so, for example, Word, Internet Explorer, and Peggle. [Editor's
Note: Microsoft removed this limitation at the end of May 2009.] According to
Microsoft, you'll be able to run services (such as Windows Defender) in the
background, although calling them up with three applications already running
will probably generate some form of a nagware error message.
You also won't receive the "easy networking" features that
Home Premium will offer, or the multimedia codecs that Home Premium will
include. Home networking still isn't easy, so we're not sure what users will
miss there.
So which netbooks will come preloaded with Windows 7 Starter, and
which will receive Home Premium?
That's up to the OEM. If there are any secret hardware requirements,
Microsoft isn't divulging them, and it says that any negotiations between
itself and its OEMs are confidential.
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