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Title: Windows 7 Starter Edition Only Runs 3 Applications At Once
Post by: sam on April 21, 2009, 20:20

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Yet another reason to get an open source operating system.

MS-Windows 7 started edition can only runs 3 apps at a time. This is worse than MS-DOS limitations. Is Microsoft nuts? You can install Ubuntu and run as many apps you want for the Internet and office work.

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/windows-7-starter-edition.html

Title: Re: Windows 7 Starter Edition Only Runs 3 Applications At Once
Post by: Clive on April 21, 2009, 21:40

We will soon be driven back to coal-fired computers! 

Title: Re: Windows 7 Starter Edition Only Runs 3 Applications At Once
Post by: sam on April 21, 2009, 22:24

Quote from: Clive on April 21, 2009, 21:40

We will soon be driven back to coal-fired computers! 

but they are anyway!  ;)

Title: Re: Windows 7 Starter Edition Only Runs 3 Applications At Once
Post by: Clive on April 21, 2009, 22:44

 :clever: 

Title: Re: Windows 7 Starter Edition Only Runs 3 Applications At Once
Post by: Simon on April 21, 2009, 23:31

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MS-Windows 7 started edition can only runs 3 apps at a time.

:believe:  I was thinking of getting a new computer (buying one ready made this time), when W7 came out, but I think I'll stick to faithful old XP, thanks.  How ridiculous is that! 

Title: Re: Windows 7 Starter Edition Only Runs 3 Applications At Once
Post by: GillE on April 22, 2009, 09:57

I heard M$ is thinking that operating systems will be obsolete and that future applications will stand alone, interacting directly with the machine rather than through an intermediary system.  As a computer user who likes to run multiple applications simultaneously, I find this approach rather surprising.

Title: Re: Windows 7 Starter Edition Only Runs 3 Applications At Once
Post by: Simon on April 22, 2009, 10:24

It will be interesting to see if and how that develops, Gill.  Can't quite imagine a PC with no operating system.  :dunno:

Title: Re: Windows 7 Starter Edition Only Runs 3 Applications At Once
Post by: Rik on April 22, 2009, 10:46

It would be impossible - there has to be a basic OS, even if it's reduced to a more sophisticated BIOS.

Title: Re: Windows 7 Starter Edition Only Runs 3 Applications At Once
Post by: Simon on April 22, 2009, 10:58

That's what I would have thought.

Title: Re: Windows 7 Starter Edition Only Runs 3 Applications At Once
Post by: sam on April 22, 2009, 20:01

Quote from: Rik on April 22, 2009, 10:46

It would be impossible - there has to be a basic OS, even if it's reduced to a more sophisticated BIOS.

... an embedded linux chip (e.g. this security tool: http://www.yoggie.com/) would do it :-D  - no one will ever just want one application at a time

Title: Re: Windows 7 Starter Edition Only Runs 3 Applications At Once
Post by: Simon on April 22, 2009, 20:57

When you think about it, if you've got your anti-virus, browser and mail client running, that's it, you can't do any more, and if you have a stand alone firewall, you'd have to dump one of those.  Useless!

Title: Re: Windows 7 Starter Edition Only Runs 3 Applications At Once
Post by: sam on April 22, 2009, 21:02

I guess the idea is - trust microsoft! .. .actually it probably only allows you to run 3 processes so that they can fill the rest of your processor up with their security software. Saying all this though, this is the spec for the low end edition - I bet their premium edition will let you run... 5 processes!

Title: Re: Windows 7 Starter Edition Only Runs 3 Applications At Once
Post by: Simon on April 22, 2009, 21:18

You certainly can... trust Microsoft!  ::)