Windows 7 will only run 3 applications at once

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Bitmap Frogs said:

Zomb1337 said:

NiKKoM said:

scottie said:
It is only the 'Starter Edition', which will be used in Netbooks in all countries, it is also most likely going to be offered at least an an option in cheap pcs/laptops, which is very unfortunate for those who buy it without knowing much about it

Well... it is kinda hard for average joe when you have 6 versions of windows 7...

• Windows 7 Starter
  
• Windows 7 Home Basic
• Windows 7 Home Premium
  
• Windows 7 Professional
  
• Windows 7 Enterprise
  
• Windows 7 Ultimate

??? Which one will average joe buy???

 

I would get Windows 7 Ultimate so I can do what I want....I dont have 2.8GHz Dual Core CPU, 4GB RAM & 256MB Video Card so I am limited to what I can do.

 

Wasn't vista ultimate something like four hundred smackers?

edit: it's gone down in price, 180 bucks now.

 

   180 bucks is OEM with a bunch of serious strings attatched.  I bought Ultimate that way and it only came with 32 bit (even though Ultimate is billed as coming with both 64 and 32 bit) and can only be installed on one machine.  You can't even upgrade that one machine since changing anything more then basic components like RAM equals a brand new machine which you can't use the same OEM copy on.  Upgrade the processor and there's a decent chance your machine is "new" even thoguh 80% of your components are identical.

    I've actually been forced to find pirate versions and work arounds to get the 64 bit version going since they make the billed 64 bit CD if you have 32 bit upgrade program such a pain in the ass its almost impossible to use (and its even worse because they have the worst Indian tech suport known to mankind).  So yah I'm playing cracked games (bought the games in box but don't want to swap DVDs constantly) on a pirated Vista Ultimate (despite owning a copy of Vista Ultimate which MS has decided is no longer worthy) and really dreading another go around with Vista SP2...I mean Windows 7.

 

  Again why is a 99 dollar version with all the features that works on a wide range of hardware too much to ask?  Apple makes a superior OS for that price, hell, Linux is almost as good and doesn't even cost 99 bucks.