Microsoft won’t be releasing featureless Windows 7 for netbooks
We’ve heard the rumours that Microsoft may be releasing a version of Windows 7 specifically for netbooks that removes some of the basic features found in the Starter version. However Microsoft have confirmed that this is not the case and the OS won’t be “dumbed down” for netbooks. That said, OEM vendors may remove certain features, in which case they are to blame not Microsoft.
A spokesperson for Microsoft UK had this to say:
OEMs and ODMs have the choice to install any version of Windows on a netbook but, Starter is an entry version and doesn’t have many of the consumer or business features. The three application limit isn’t there any more.
Would you like Microsoft Ubuntu or XP with that?
A small error on the Dell website led many sites to spread the word that Ubuntu was now a Microsoft product. Fortunately this isn’t the case though and just a small hiccup. The Dell Mini 10v was listed as having a “Microsoft Operating system” of Ubuntu, while the next model up for £50 more, has a 160GB HDD instead of an 8GB SSD and has “Microsoft Operating system” XP on it. Dell have now fixed the error and both models have “Operating System” in the specs list.