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windows 7 starter?

demonfurbiedemonfurbie Member Posts: 1,819
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i was looking around at some netbooks and most are now shipping with windows 7 starter ... i have my msi with xp on it i was wondering if it would be worth the effort to upgrade to 7 starter

and has any one used it if so what are the drawbacks
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    tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    Read this table
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    Paul BozPaul Boz Member Posts: 2,620 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Just install standard Windows 7.
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    DevilsbaneDevilsbane Member Posts: 4,214 ■■■■■■■■□□
    The computer I bought came with home premium. The day I got it I pulled the HDD and installed professional on a new one.
    Decide what to be and go be it.
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    demonfurbiedemonfurbie Member Posts: 1,819
    tiersten wrote: »
    Read this table

    thanks

    looks like there are too many nos on the list ill just do 7 pro and get it with no os if it will save me cash
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    PashPash Member Posts: 1,600 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Devilsbane wrote: »
    The computer I bought came with home premium. The day I got it I pulled the HDD and installed professional on a new one.

    Any reason?

    I only ask because I have home premium on my laptop and I think it's fine. Dual boot it with any linux distro im trying most of the time.
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    Mojo_666Mojo_666 Member Posts: 438
    Home Premium is fine for most people, even geeks. If I had to buy W7 thats what I would go for. If you need to join a domain aything Pro+ is required but Pro again will be fine for most who need to be on a domain.
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    Paul BozPaul Boz Member Posts: 2,620 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Mojo_666 wrote: »
    Home Premium is fine for most people, even geeks. If I had to buy W7 thats what I would go for. If you need to join a domain aything Pro+ is required but Pro again will be fine for most who need to be on a domain.

    Great point. For labbing just about anything you'll want join domain support. If you have any MS certs lined up consider that.
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    N2ITN2IT Inactive Imported Users Posts: 7,483 ■■■■■■■■■■
    I have a Lenovo ideapad. First thing I did was replace the Ram with 2 GB stick and reimaged it with Enterprise. Much better plus I don't have all the bloatware.
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    PashPash Member Posts: 1,600 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Mojo_666 wrote: »
    Home Premium is fine for most people, even geeks. If I had to buy W7 thats what I would go for. If you need to join a domain aything Pro+ is required but Pro again will be fine for most who need to be on a domain.

    Yeh I mean thats the only reason why, for domain support. I don't run a domain on my home network (only in vm's), so i wouldnt miss that support.
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    SyntaxSyntax Member Posts: 61 ■■■□□□□□□□
    I was fortunate enough to get Windows 7 Pro from my school before I graduated, and also picked up a few copies of 7 ultimate from where I used to work.
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