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Microsoft dumps 3-app limit from Windows 7 Starter
See that little alert above? Take a good look, because if Paul Thurrott's exclusive is on target you won't be seeing it in Windows 7 Starter Edition. Believe it or not, Microsoft has done an about-face on the three simultaneous application limit.
Microsoft took a lot of heat about this limitation, even though it rarely popped up in actual use as CNet's Ed Bott demonstrated. In my own testing, I was able to run more than I normally do - Firefox, Internet Explorer, TeamViewer, ImgBurn, Pidgin, Avast, FastStone Capture, uTorrent - all without prompting an alert.
Nevertheless, it made for an easy target for Windows 7 bashing and prompted people to label Starter Edition things like "an intentionally bad OS."
Now that the most publicly attacked shortcoming appears to be on its way out, it will be interesting to see if the more ridiculous inability to change wallpaper will be dropped as well.
Microsoft took a lot of heat about this limitation, even though it rarely popped up in actual use as CNet's Ed Bott demonstrated. In my own testing, I was able to run more than I normally do - Firefox, Internet Explorer, TeamViewer, ImgBurn, Pidgin, Avast, FastStone Capture, uTorrent - all without prompting an alert.
Nevertheless, it made for an easy target for Windows 7 bashing and prompted people to label Starter Edition things like "an intentionally bad OS."
Now that the most publicly attacked shortcoming appears to be on its way out, it will be interesting to see if the more ridiculous inability to change wallpaper will be dropped as well.
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Subscribe to commentsadam1driftMay 22nd 2009 10:59AM
GAY!
Drew GreenMay 22nd 2009 11:32AM
No, this is a good thing. The REMOVED the limit.
DjbloisMay 22nd 2009 11:18AM
They should remove the aero peak features and some of the higher end usability features. Also, maybe set a limit to 10 applications.
kaushik810May 23rd 2009 2:52AM
Microsoft should remove the crap limit and instead tone down the OS, maybe remove certain applications and other superficial features.
jhtrico1850May 22nd 2009 11:27AM
Yes!
Muffin_manMay 22nd 2009 12:31PM
This latest Windows 7 news is pleasing. Finally MS realises they can't just ignore the bad PR they get and actually have to listen to criticisms.
wbblue1May 22nd 2009 1:12PM
This isn't news, XP Starter and Vista starter were both limited to low resolutions, and 3 open applications (each of which can open, I believe, 3 windows) at a time. Further, the Starter editions are a (feeble) attempt to slow down piracy in developing countries, where most people aren't going to pay full price (or any money, really) for a normal copy of Windows. Starter has *not* been sold in any of the major markets (US, Western Europe, Japan).
Taylor. Yes, Taylor.May 22nd 2009 2:18PM
The reports I've read implied that starter *would* be sold in the U.S., on netbooks. So although you are correct that previous starter versions were for developing countries, it seems Win7 was going to be taking a different approach.
So this is news, go away.
On a side note, I wish they didn't make a starter version at all, so windows was so expensive that people kept putting linux on things. Though not "EZLinux" or whatever MSI has done, that just makes linux look worse. Ubuntu!
-Taylor
WewtacoMay 23rd 2009 12:07PM
Now what makes it different than Windows 7 Home other than it's cheaper and you can't change wallpaper?