Windows 7, Microsoft's newest operating system, has received positive reviews; Windows 7 Starter, the version for netbooks, not so much. Some critics think Microsoft's previous operating system, ...

Ericuse165 asked the Windows forum if it’s wise to upgrade his netbook’s OS from Windows 7 Starter to a more powerful version. Because Windows 7 Starter–the cheapest and least powerful edition of ...

Windows 7 Starter edition will be available for the first time worldwide on small notebook PCs. Windows 7 Starter edition customers will now also have the ability to run as many applications ...

After a ton of guesswork and rumors flying around, Microsoft has finally confirmed what much of the evidence was pointing to: there will indeed be six editions of Windows 7, just like there were for ...

The prize for confusing the everyman goes, this year, to Microsoft. There are six versions of Windows 7: Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate, and it ...

Over the course of its Windows 7 development effort, Microsoft has been incredibly controlled about releasing details, pursuing an agonizingly deliberate disclosure plan. This week, they finally ...

Regardless of calls for one version, Microsoft will release six versions of Windows 7. The good news: Most users need only care about two or three of them. Here we explain the features of each version ...

Ad hoc wireless networking thought to be unavailable in the netbook edition of Windows 7 is actually there, noted Windows blogger says Microsoft may have buried a wireless networking feature in ...

Microsoft today dropped a limitation from Windows 7 Starter, the edition expected to ship on most netbooks, that would have blocked users from running more than three applications at the same time.

Windows 7 Starter Edition took some criticism with its three-application limit. Today, however, Microsoft announced on its WIndows Team Blog that it would be removing the three-application limit on ...

The The Wall Street Journal this week published a story titled "Microsoft Gambles on Windows 7 'Starter'" and honestly, the headline sums up the story beautifully. In terms of actual news, there's ...