6/23/2023 0 Comments Win 7 starterYou can check out all our previous coverage here to get up to speed with what's new, and keep your eyes peeled for our hands-on reports on the Windows 7 release candidate, released earlier today. Windows 7 is expected to be on store shelves by January 2010. ![]() Though your computer's manufacturer may provide a software restoration CD that rolls back your system to the factory defaults - including the OS - you'll probably lose your data in the process, so be warned. ![]() If you find your little machine can't handle Ultimate, it's tough cookies. User beware: you will not be able to downgrade in the same way - you can only go up. Microsoft told us this will take about five minutes. If you then hop on to Microsoft's Web site and pay to upgrade to Home Premium, for example, you'll get a code that unlocks Home Premium's features. Every single Windows 7 netbook (and indeed all laptops and desktops, too) will have Windows 7 Ultimate's components installed, but if you only paid for Starter, all you get is Starter. And by 'notified', you can safely assume that means 'prompted to upgrade'. Should you attempt to open a fourth application (in addition to, say, iTunes, Firefox and Microsoft Word) Microsoft says you will be notified on-screen. While, say, Internet Explorer would count as one of your three applications, opening five instances of IE wouldn't count towards your limit. ![]() If you use several Web-based apps, you're also in luck, because your browser only counts as one. The three-app limit for Starter applies only to executables, and so doesn't include system processes such as anti-virus software running in the OS's background. It doesn't include features such as Windows Media Center or Aero Glass, and Microsoft itself "recommends Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional for netbooks that have sufficient hardware". Windows 7 Starter is the entry-level version of the new OS, geared almost exclusively at the bottom end of the netbook world, in terms of performance. Firstly, a quick note about what Windows 7 Starter is.
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