UK Netbook Review

It’s the week of the Windows 7 launch (Oct 22nd is the date) and Amazon has started listing Windows 7 netbooks with prices and specifications. For the most part, there aren’t any huge changes besides an operating system change from Windows XP to Windows 7 Starter. However, quite a few netbooks are also getting a hard drive bump up to 250gb, and prices are generally being reset back to their original, non-discounted launch prices.

As you’re probably aware by now, Windows 7 will be launching next week Thursday, and subsequently we expect a torrent of netbook news at the same time. One of the first is Asus, who in Germany revealed their Seashell netbook lineup for Windows 7. As Netbooked mentions, there aren’t many surprises here.

Up until today, Microsoft has insisted that manfucturers would only be allowed to pre-load Windows 7 Starter Edition on new netbooks. But, I’m happy to announcs that today Microsoft has reversed that policy, and netbooks can now be shipped with any version of Windows 7 – Starter, Ultimate, Professional, etc. We welcome the change, but [...]

The team of Microsoft developers working on Windows 7 have written a blog post spelling out exactly what features will and will not be available in Windows 7 Starter Edition. Most importantly, Microsoft has decided to drop one of the most talked-about restrictions: the ability to run just three applications at once. You’ll now be [...]