Windows 7 'Brain Dead Edition' (aka Starter Edition)

May 02, 2009, 07:02 (5 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by J.A. Watson)

"To follow their thinking to its logical conclusion, what should then happen is that the consumer gets fed up with the lemon they have purchased, and will then give Microsoft even more money to "upgrade" to a non-crippled version of Windows 7 - and in this case it is an even better deal for Microsoft because they certainly will charge the end user a higher price than they would have charged the netbook OEM in the first place, and they don't have to share any of this money with the OEM."

Complete Story

Related Stories:

• Ubuntu, Now More Popular than Windows XP!(May 01, 2009)
• The Windows 7 'give away'(Apr 30, 2009)
• ReactOS 0.3.9 improves open source Windows clone(Apr 30, 2009)
• If Everything Was Made by Microsoft(Apr 29, 2009)
• Windows 7 and the Linux lesson(Apr 25, 2009)
• Editor's Note: We Put the "No" In Innovation!(Apr 24, 2009)
• Will Microsoft blow its netbook lead with Windows 7 crippleware?(Apr 21, 2009)