Microsoft - Buy A Netbook - Get Windows 7 Starter

I think that once again, Ballmer is speaking out of an orifice not designed for speech.

The cost of XP was amortized long ago; he simply means that they can’t gouge people for it, in order to have had a presence in that market.

As someone who is thinking of buying two netbooks, for my children, I wonder two things - if any back-up media will be included with Windows Starter Edition on netbooks, and how many sellers will allow me to get one sans OS, with attendant savings to me.

I doubt that Windows Starter Edition will do it for either of my persnickety children, and the upgrade cost is assinine, plus both children have experience with Ubuntu.

Ballmer assumes that people will be disappointed with Windows 7 Starter, and he is right; what shows he is crazy is his thinking that people will want to upgrade to Windows 7 Home at the prices they want. (I don’t like to be one of the Linux crew that keeps harping, but) If the upgrade prices don’t change, many netbook owners will try Ubuntu, Moblin, or whatever else works better, and is free.

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Heh Marc,
Interesting point if back up media will be provided.

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Lets see it this way XP sold out so with that micro-soft had another trick under the sleeve well yep believe it or not “halo2″ perhaps you dont know but that game was so expected taht it was sold worldwide $$$ (but too play halo2 u needed Vista) so yep many people in world half got vista for the game and the other half cause the OS is updating and in the US companys the see something new of the competition so the upgrade there OS too. Sry but the game sukd! and Vista Yuk! but know comes out Windows Rescue7 OS i think this will have the same vista options W7BEGGINR, W7STARTER, W7STUDENT, $, W7WORKER; $$, W7PRO, $$$; W7SUPERULTRAULTIMATE $$$, we all know that story later on windows xp will come out in cereal boxes

Informative post. Thanks a lot.

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