Netbooks & Win7 Starter?

I was all set to buy a netbook after confirming it would run Winows 7. Now
I see there is a Win 7 "starter" edition for netbooks with limitations. Two
questions please. How serious of a problem might the "starter" limitations
be? I like to always keep Outlook & Firefox running with sometimes use of
Excel, Word or others also. Will the netbook (2 GB) run the regular Win 7
okay and does anyone know the cost of uprgrading it from starter version?

Thanks... Bob

In news:O8WDm.12004$,
Bob Newman typed on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:06:56 -0400:
> I was all set to buy a netbook after confirming it would run Winows
> 7. Now I see there is a Win 7 "starter" edition for netbooks with
> limitations. Two questions please. How serious of a problem might
> the "starter" limitations be? I like to always keep Outlook &
> Firefox running with sometimes use of Excel, Word or others also. Will
> the netbook (2 GB) run the regular Win 7 okay and does anyone
> know the cost of uprgrading it from starter version?
> Thanks... Bob

First off Bob, Windows 7 runs on my Gateway laptops ('06 era) and Asus
netbooks ('08) too. And I don't know what kind of netbook you are
planning to buy, but the word crawl might be more appropriate than
running. And I am not one bit impressed with Windows 7 Ultimate on a
netbook. As Windows XP is so much faster. But since Windows 7 Starter is
so limited, maybe it won't be so bad. ;-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP SP2

"Bob Newman" <> wrote in
news:O8WDm.12004$:

> I was all set to buy a netbook after confirming it would run Winows 7.
> Now I see there is a Win 7 "starter" edition for netbooks with
> limitations. Two questions please. How serious of a problem might
> the "starter" limitations be? I like to always keep Outlook & Firefox
> running with sometimes use of Excel, Word or others also. Will the
> netbook (2 GB) run the regular Win 7 okay and does anyone know the
> cost of uprgrading it from starter version?
>
> Thanks... Bob
>
>
>

http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download-netbook

Before you spend a pile on 7, put the new Netbook Remix Ubuntu on a
flashdrive and give 'er a spin. I dare ya....(c;]

Please stay seated at this speed. It's not safe to roam around the cabin
until the new pilot is done "seeing what she'll do" up in the cockpit.

You CAN live quite nicely without the Outlook pacifier.....



--
Larry

"BillW50" <> wrote in news:hbpi6a$925$-
september.org:

> Windows XP SP2
>
>

http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download-netbook

Put this one on a flash drive and take Remix for a spin, Bill....


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Larry

Larry wrote on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:27:03 +0000:
> "BillW50" <> wrote in news:hbpi6a$925$-
> september.org:
>
>> Windows XP SP2
>>
>>
>
> http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download-netbook
>
> Put this one on a flash drive and take Remix for a spin, Bill....

I already have Ubuntu on a flash drive and while it isn't supposed to
touch the XP on the main drive, it corrupted the Windows registry
somehow. It works fine if you remove the XP drive though.

I say works fine, but Linux has this little nasty problem. Lack of
drivers and available software. Thus I think of Linux as a glorified
PDA. ;-)

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 702G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Xandros Linux (build 2007-10-19 13:03)

Somewhere on teh intarwebs Bob Newman wrote:
> I was all set to buy a netbook after confirming it would run Winows
> 7. Now I see there is a Win 7 "starter" edition for netbooks with
> limitations. Two questions please. How serious of a problem might
> the "starter" limitations be? I like to always keep Outlook &
> Firefox running with sometimes use of Excel, Word or others also. Will the
> netbook (2 GB) run the regular Win 7 okay and does anyone
> know the cost of uprgrading it from starter version?

Check out this link Bob:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10381705-64.html

That should answer some of your questions.
--
Shaun.

"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's
warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.