There’s been a lot of talk over the last few days about Windows 7 on netbooks. As we’ve known for months, the Windows 7 beta that’s currently available runs fantastically on netbooks. Performance is ...

Microsoft’s is offering a stripped-down version of its new Windows 7 OS–called Windows 7 Starter–that’s aimed especially at netbooks. The idea is to get netbook users off Windows XP–an OS Microsoft is ...

I've just read an excellent blog about Microsoft's plans to try to hoodwink consumers with "Windows 7 Starter Edition" on netbooks. It is clear that Windows 7 can't compete with Linux on netbooks in ...

A Microsoft official is predicting the availability of $200 netbooks by the 2009 holiday season. Although the company is positioning Windows 7 Home Premium as the default version of its next ...

In this final part of the netbook desktop comparison, I will look at Windows 7 Starter, which is what came preloaded on my Samsung N150 Plus. I have mixed feelings about even including it in the ...

I get asked a lot why I prefer Macs to PCs. Sometimes it’s from a Windows fan trying to pick a fight, sometimes it’s from a platform agnostic who’s interested why I care enough to choose. But the ...

This CNET-produced chart is based on a larger one from Wikipedia. Windows 7 Starter is the lightweight version of the new operating system that only comes with Netbooks. It's not available for upgrade ...

The prize for confusing the everyman goes, this year, to Microsoft. There are six versions of Windows 7: Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate, and it ...

Microsoft plans to offer a netbook-friendly version of Windows 7 that can only run three programs at a time and has a less robust graphical interface than the complete version of Windows 7. Called ...