Microsoft’s is offering a stripped-down version of its new Windows 7 OS–called Windows 7 Starter–that’s aimed especially at netbooks. The idea is to get netbook users off Windows XP–an OS Microsoft is ...

The stripped-down, reduced-cost Windows 7 Starter Edition has already done its part to squander the public’s recent good will for the new OS, but an ultra-low price could turn things around.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently confirmed that the company will limit Windows 7 Starter, the edition expected to end up on netbooks, to systems that sport small screens and low-powered processors ...

Survey finds most netbook users are unaware that Windows 7 Starter lacks some features that were standard in any version of Windows XP Microsoft may have ditched the three application limit on the ...

Paul Thurrott’s reporting that Microsoft’s going to drop the three-app-at-a-time limitation from Windows 7 Starter—the cheaper Windows 7 geared toward netbooks. He doesn’t know if they’re going let ...

SEATTLE, May 29 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Friday it would not limit the number of applications available at one time on the Starter edition of its upcoming Windows 7 operating system, ...

I get asked a lot why I prefer Macs to PCs. Sometimes it’s from a Windows fan trying to pick a fight, sometimes it’s from a platform agnostic who’s interested why I care enough to choose. But the ...