This version will not will not legally be available for sale in the United States. Some of the features Home Basic has over Starter: the ability to run more than three applications at once a 64-bit version thumbnail previews from the taskbar and Mobility Center, which allows you to manage the various networks that you connect to with your laptop.īased on what Microsoft has announced about Home Basic (which is not very much), it shares the same features as Windows 7 Home Premium except there are no Aero Glass GUI features and other UI tweaks such as Aero Snap, Aero Peek and multi-touch. Also like Starter, it will not include the Aero Glass GUI.
It has all the features of Windows 7 Starter and will also only be available through OEM partners in developing countries. Home Basic sits somewhere between Starter and Home Premium. Starter will not be available in retail stores, and will only be offered pre-installed on new PCs by Microsoft OEMs. It will include the revamped taskbar and jump lists, Windows Media Player, the file-sharing feature Home Group (you can participate in a Home Group but cannot create one) and other basic features such as Action Center and Backup and Restore. Windows Starter 7 will not have the Aero Glass graphical user interface that is included in all other versions of Windows 7 (except Windows 7 Home Basic) and can only run three applications at a time. Starter is designed for lightweight, portable netbooks, though Microsoft claims any of its versions will be able to run on netbooks. This is the bare-bones, 32-bit only version of Windows 7 intended for users in developing countries, to serve the most basic computing needs. Microsoft has not yet announced pricing for Windows 7. Here's a look at the features of each of the six Windows flavors and who might want them.
Yet some analysts are accusing Microsoft of manipulating customers and padding profit margins with the high number of versions and bloggers are emphasizing that three versions are enough. "There are vocal customers who want every feature, and more regular consumers who say 'I want a version that can grow with me.'" It's hard to satisfy all of them ," Windows General Manager Mike Ybarra has said. This is where Microsoft will put most of its marketing muscle.
Microsoft has said that 80 percent of users will be deploying Windows 7 Home Premium (consumers) or Windows 7 Professional (small businesses, remote workers). But most users only need to decide between two versions. PublicitéDespite pleas from users to stop the confusion and craft one version of Windows 7, Microsoft is continuing down the path it followed with XP and Vista releasing multiple versions or SKUs (stock-keeping units) of Windows 7. CIO Etats-Unis les a résumées dans un article aisé à comprendre. Microsoft vient de détailler les fonctions présentes dans chaque version du futur Windows Seven. Business CIO en VO : les six versions du futur Windows Seven explicitées le 03 Mars 2009
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