Microsoft waives app limit on Win 7 Starter edition
Microsoft has decided to let Windows 7 Starter edition running on netbook machines
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run as many apps as the user would like, the company said late Friday. The previous plan restricted netbook users to three applications, which had been the practice with earlier Starter editions running on inexpensive, small form-factor machines.
The change, outlined on the Windows Team Blog, could well be a reaction to the availability of viable non-Windows alternatives for netbooks, including Google Android and now an Intel-backed Moblin operating system.
Microsoft would not comment on whether it would allow Windows Starter edition to run on bigger-than-netbook screen sizes. Several reports said that Microsoft, Intel and perhaps other hardware players would prevent the use of the Starter edition on larger machines. A Microsoft spokeswoman said such details are part of "NDA conversations with OEMs that Microsoft doesn't share."
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