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VIRTUALISATION Like the Windows 7 starter netbook wallpaper? You'd better; there's no changing it.
VIRTUALISATION Like the Windows 7 starter netbook wallpaper? You'd better; there's no changing it. | Like the Windows 7 starter netbook wallpaper? You'd better; there's no changing it. |
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| by David M Williams | |
| Tuesday, 23 June 2009 | |
  
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Windows 7 Starter Edition, the release of the upcoming Microsoft Windows 7 intended for netbooks, has already been controversial for original plans to restrict users to only running three applications at the same time. This plan was scrapped by the software giant but it appears Microsoft still wants netbook users to be conscious that Microsoft operating systems cost money and you trade off features against price. The latest move was subtlety announced on a Windows team blog declaring that Windows 7 Starter does not include features like domain support for businesses, XP mode and some other items – including “personalization features for changing desktop backgrounds, window colors, or sound schemes.” That’s right. While enterprises already know they need the professional or higher versions of XP and Vista to connect to corporate domains it’s unprecedented to deny the user of lower-end home or ultraportable systems the fundamental ability to personalise their own environment! It seems, to Microsoft, personalisation is a privilege. It’s not a right. Not only can end-users not change their background but Microsoft have also stated OEMs are similarly forbidden from replacing the Windows-provided background for the Windows Welcome, the login screen and the desktop. It is yet to be seen just what the Windows-supplied mandatory, immutable, wallpaper will be but no surprises if it contains the words “If you paid more money for Windows 7 Home you wouldn’t see this message.” Alternatively, Ubuntu Netbook Remix offers all the features of its big-brother release for free. |
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