Microsoft: We'll cripple Windows 7 on netbooks

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Apr 21, 2009 8:20 PM EDT
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In one of the worst marketing moves for an upcoming operating system I can ever recall, Microsoft has said that it will limit to three the number of applications people can run simultaneously on many Windows 7-equipped netbooks. I can't think of a better way to kill demand for the new operating system. The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft will sell a Starter edition of Windows 7 on netbooks. That Starter edition will only allow people to run three applications at the same time. If they want to run more, they'll have to pony up with more money, although the article didn't say how much more money they'd have to pay.

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How can you tell? phsolide 3 744 Apr 21, 2009 10:25 PM

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