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SySAdmin

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Vista "Crappy Edition" Announced

Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:15:23 AM #32909 Perm Link

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»Vista \"Crappy Edition\" Announced

The Starter Edition built with Vista has been announced. <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-6153667.html">And then you look at Linux and see a real OS in action</a>. Since when was it the OS's job to lock you out of functions on your computer?

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With the launch of Vista Starter Edition, Microsoft is expanding its initiative to make its products accessible to lower-income families in developing countries. It will be available in 70 different languages, and also will feature an option that allows use of the operating system in different languages--if, for example, a parent wants to use the computer in his or her native language but the household's children want to use it in English. The stripped-down Vista will also be able to run on a wider variety of processors than its XP predecessor, from Intel's Celerons and older Pentiums to Advanced Micro Devices' Duron. While a 300-megahertz processor is recommended, the operating system can run on speeds as low as 233MHz.

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Re: Vista "Crappy Edition" Announced

Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:22:32 AM #32912 Perm Link

In response to SySAdmin #32909

It's being put out in hopes of getting lower income people off the pirated xp's.

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Re[2]: Vista "Crappy Edition" Announced

Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:08:55 PM #34146 Perm Link

In response to aquariancore #32912

Said By aquariancore
It's being put out in hopes of getting lower income people off the pirated xp's.

Agreed! There will be the bunch, of course, that will have Vista cracked and running in no time. Remember how XP was supposed to come with "bleeding edge" algorithms to cut down on piracy?

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