There’s been a lot of talk over the last few days about Windows 7 on netbooks. As we’ve known for months, the Windows 7 beta that’s currently available runs fantastically on netbooks. Performance is ...

Microsoft may have buried a wireless networking feature in Windows 7 Starter, the edition installed on most netbooks, but it did not actually disable the ad hoc wireless feature, as the firm’s ...

I've spent some time googling, and have read about the pros and cons of Windows 7 Starter vs XP home.<BR><BR>Windows 7 starter has had a bunch of stuff stripped out, but its mostly stuff I don't care ...

Microsoft plans to offer a netbook-friendly version of Windows 7 that can only run three programs at a time and has a less robust graphical interface than the complete version of Windows 7. Called ...

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 ...

I've spoken before about how Windows 7 Starter edition's ""=""> where users can only run a maximum of three applications at any one time could be a pain for those looking for cheap netbooks (and could ...

Windows 7 Starter Edition with its three-application limit. Today, however, Microsoft that it would be removing the three-application limit on Windows 7 Starter, and that it will be available ...

Microsoft (MSFT) thinks it's found a way to compete among the cheapest computers on the market: Sell PCs dirt cheap that are deliberately crippled, and then charge users to remove Microsoft-made ...

So I upgraded the hard drive in my netbook and then realised that it didn't come with a Windows 7 install media. So now I have a netbook and a Windows 7 Starter SNPC OA product key. I tried installing ...