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. We sat down with Microsoft to sort it out once and for all.įirstly, a quick note about what Windows 7 Starter is. There has been some confusion over what this means, and how it's handled if you try and open a fourth.
Windows 7's ' netbook edition' - Windows 7 Starter - will only let you run three applications at once, Microsoft has revealed.
