Is Microsoft Dropping the 3 App Limitation for Windows 7 Starter Edition?

According to the Windows Supersite that is the case! The announcement was very brief – in fact the bulk of it was in the subject line of the post:

Exclusive: Microsoft to remove 3 app limit from Windows 7 Starter

Yep – that is it.  He mentions in the two sentence long post that he is not sure about the inability to change desktop wallpapers on the Started Edition which is also a previously announced limitation.

I wonder if this wasn’t a little effort to assess the general opinion that everyone would have about a reduced functionality in this version of Windows 7 and then adjust the end product – at this point in development that would likely not be very hard. 

Just a thought.

Personally – I would get at least Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional Edition for my ASUS Eee PC 1000HE net book.  It is currently running the Windows 7 Release Candidate like a champ so I do not believe I would revert to a version with reduced capability once it all RTM’s.

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Richard Hay  (3359 Posts)

Richard is the Owner of WindowsObserver.com and has been involved in tech for over 25 years. His first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then he used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and what you see here today is the result of the work he has continued on the site since 1995. In January 2010 his community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when he was awarded the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for Windows Desktop Experience. In January 2011 he was renewed as a Microsoft MVP but in a new category called Windows Expert - Consumer and in January 2012 he received the award for the third time.