| "Windows 7 crippleware!" scream outraged netbook owners |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Monday, 01 June 2009 | |
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LeBlanc explained that for the first time in the history of Windows Starter editions (yes there have been such crippled versions of both Vista and XP) the Windows 7 crippled version would be available globally on "small notebook PCs." The post proudly proclaimed that Microsoft is "going to enable Windows 7 Starter customers the ability to run as many applications simultaneously as they would like, instead of being constricted to the 3 application limit that the previous Starter editions included." However, what ever beneficial effect the above statement was intended to have for Microsoft's image was quickly dispelled a few paragraphs later in the post. LeBlanc made it crystal clear that Microsoft's intentions are to force netbook users to upgrade to a more expensive version of Windows 7 while denying them the right to opt for Windows XP.\ In his post he says: "It is important to note that Windows 7 Starter still includes only a subset of the features offered in the higher editions of Windows 7 such as Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional and above. Windows 7 Starter does not include:
Understandably, the above did little to sooth the seething anger of ropable netbook users. CONTINUED Page 2 |
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