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From: BillW50 on 30 Oct 2009 21:26 In news:hcfnbv$qag$2(a)news.eternal-september.org, Barry Watzman typed on : > Re: "Those netbook users who wants the more expensive versions of > Windows 7 and finds the Starter version as too limited, are offered > inexpensive upgrade path (Windows Anytime Upgrade)." > > The "Windows Anytime Upgrade" is not an inexpensive upgrade path. In > fact, in many cases, the cost of an "anytime" upgrade is more than 80% > of the cost of just buying a copy of the edition being upgraded to. It > is, in my view, an OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive upgrade path. Really Barry? Windows 7 Starter costs 40 bucks and anytime cost 80 bucks. Which equals 120 bucks, which is the cost for Home Premium. So you are getting two versions for the price of one. -- Bill Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) - Windows XP SP2
From: Barry Watzman on 31 Oct 2009 13:15 There were a number of postings which described, in detail, exactly what was missing. At one time, there was a restriction that only 3 programs could be open at once (but OS functions didn't count, and multiple instances of the same program (for example multiple firefox browsers) only counted as one), however I seem to recall that this was dropped. Some of the missing items were things you would want (want; not necessarily need). You'd have to find a current list to be sure (there probably is such a list on the MS web site). Larry wrote: > Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM(a)neo.rr.com> wrote in news:hcfn6r$qag$1 > @news.eternal-september.org: > >> Because of the price of the netbooks themselves (sometimes as low as >> $199), MS has to offer an OS at much less than the normal price for a >> "full" OS (and yes, the fact that the netbooks could use "free" Linux IS >> a factor). But they can't let the netbooks have "full functionality" >> for that price. So the have to create an OS version that can be sold >> into that market, but which will still leave incentive to upgrade or buy >> a more feature-rich product, and which won't compete with the >> full-feature products sold at higher prices. >> >> > > So. What's missin'? Is what's missin' the stuff no netbook will ever use, > namely Windows NT server functions? >
From: AJL on 31 Oct 2009 17:16 Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM(a)neo.rr.com> wrote: >There were a number of postings which described, in detail, exactly what >was missing [from the Starter Edition]. There is a chart at the bottom of this page that will give some answers to this question. Unknown on accuracy though. BTW I just got home from my local Walmart and 2 of the 3 netbooks for sale there had the Starter Edition. The third was XP.
From: AJL on 31 Oct 2009 17:19
AJL <339(a)fakeaddress.com> wrote: >Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM(a)neo.rr.com> wrote: > >>There were a number of postings which described, in detail, exactly what >>was missing [from the Starter Edition]. > >There is a chart at the bottom of this page that will give some >answers to this question. Unknown on accuracy though. BTW I just got >home from my local Walmart and 2 of the 3 netbooks for sale there had >the Starter Edition. The third was XP. Sorry, forgot to include the page... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions |