CNET breaks down each Windows 7 edition feature by feature in a handy chart. ... Figure Out Which Windows 7 Edition Has the Features You Need. Kevin Purdy. October 21, 2009 ...

The set of core features that goes into Windows 7 cuts across every edition, even the lowly Starter. Here’s what you’ll find in any edition that has the Windows 7 logo on it.

Microsoft has formally announced that Windows 7 will ship in six different variations: Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, Starter, Home Basic, Enterprise and Ultimate ...

Customers will be able to choose from Windows 7 Starter Edition, Windows 7 Home Basic Edition, Windows 7 Home Premium ... No longer is it necessary to make a choice between unrelated features.

Windows 7's 'netbook edition' -- Windows 7 Starter -- will only let you run three applications at once, Microsoft has revealed. There has been some confusion over what this means, and how it's ...

"Which edition of Windows 7 do I need?" Most of the feature charts I've seen are dry and dense and overcomplicated. ... Table: Features found exclusively in Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate.

With Windows 7, Microsoft hopes it will be easier for customers to decide which edition of the OS is right for them. By doing so, the company once again seems to be trying to learn from mistakes ...

Microsoft plans to sell Windows 7 in two primary editions: one for business users and the other for consumers. But it will still offer six versions of the operating system altogether.

Though Windows 7 Starter Edition isn’t quite as crippled as its Vista counterpart was–hooray, no more pesky three-application limit!–it still arbitrarily disables certain features. (No ...

This is also true of Windows 7 editions, with the premium versions having more features and functionality than the basic versions. However, Microsoft said it plans to remove some disparities ...

As with Vista, each DVD includes the various editions. Unlike Vista, every edition of Windows 7 is a superset of the previous edition, so you will not lose any features when upgrading.

Most netbooks available as of this writing ship with Windows XP. The few models that offer Windows Vista have performed sluggishly in our tests. Microsoft, however, stresses that Windows 7 will ...