Now that's really interesting. Recently we blogged about the weird 3 applications limit in Windows 7 Starter Edition:
Windows 7 Starter Edition contains 3 applications limit, i.e. you can't run more than 3 applications simultaneously. If 3 programs are already running and you try to run a new program, you get following message:
Now it seems that Microsoft is going to remove this 3 app limit from Windows 7 Starter Edition. Today Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 Starter Edition will not have this limit and users will be able to run as many applications as they want.
Brandon LeBlanc @ Windows 7 Team Blog said:
For the first time, we will be making Windows 7 Starter available worldwide on small notebook PCs. We are also going to enable Windows 7 Starter customers the ability to run as many applications simultaneously as they would like, instead of being constricted to the 3 application limit that the previous Starter editions included.
It is important to note that Windows 7 Starter still includes only a subset of the features offered in the higher editions of Windows 7 such as Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional and above. Windows 7 Starter does not include:
- Aero Glass, meaning you can only use the “Windows Basic” or other opaque themes. It also means you do not get Taskbar Previews or Aero Peek.
- Personalization features for changing desktop backgrounds, window colors, or sound schemes.
- The ability to switch between users without having to log off.
- Multi-monitor support.
- DVD playback.
- Windows Media Center for watching recorded TV or other media.
- Remote Media Streaming for streaming your music, videos, and recorded TV from your home computer.
- Domain support for business customers.
- XP Mode for those that want the ability to run older Windows XP programs on Windows 7.
That's really a wise move. But what about the changing wallpaper restriction?
This article was posted by VG in following section: Windows 7.
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Hom3r
I think there are gonna be a lot of people who are gonna be pissed. They buy the starter edition without reading much of anything, then realize there are all these stupid, pointless restrictions.
Codewalkz
It's sad that they restricted some of the main interest of some basic users... the ability to personalize their desktop :(