What do one miss in Windows 7 Starter as compared to other Windows 7 Editions?

After the long awaited demise of Windows XP, Windows 7 is finally making appearance in plethora of netbooks. To keep the costs minimum, Microsoft is suggesting the netbook manufactures to opt for the Windows 7 Starter. But, what would one miss if you are about to get a netbook with Windows 7 Starter? Here is the list of things that you would miss:

• Aero Glass, meaning you can only use the “Windows Basic” or other opaque themes. It also means you do not get Taskbar Previews or Aero Peek.
• Personalization features for changing desktop backgrounds, window colors, or sound schemes.
• The ability to switch between users without having to log off.
• Multi-monitor support.
• DVD playback.
• Windows Media Center for watching recorded TV or other media.
• Remote Media Streaming for streaming your music, videos, and recorded TV from your home computer.
• Domain support for business customers.
• XP Mode for those that want the ability to run older Windows XP programs on Windows 7.

For a user, that would be buying a netbook for surfing and office editing, none of the aforementioned missing features would affect the usage. The best thing that Windows 7 Starter did not inherit from Windows XP Starter is the notorious 3-app limit. I have no problem with Windows 7 Starter. Period.

Windows 7 coming to Business Users with VL agreements sooner than expected

Business users with volume license agreements will be able to get the (final) version of Windows 7 as on September 7.

“As of September 1 our business customers will be able to order Windows 7 through our Volume Licensing partners to support their Windows 7 planning and deployment strategies,” a Microsoft representative told Ars. “To help partners take advantage of the opportunity to upgrade businesses to Windows 7, we will start a limited time, 6 month promotion of 15 percent or more off the price of the Windows 7 Professional upgrade compared to the Windows Vista price.”

Click here to read about the upgrade and retail prices of Windows 7