According to Microsoft Windows 7 Starter in the USA is ONLY installed on netbooks. Starter only requires 1 GB of RAM which is standard on Netbooks which can be upgraded to 2 GB. --- On Sun, 5/2/10, Gerald Gollinger <gerald4nyc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Gerald Gollinger <gerald4nyc@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Windows 7 Starter edition To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Sunday, May 2, 2010, 12:47 AM Hi All, Is this edition better than Vista Home Premium? An Acer netbook cab be gotten with Windows 7 Starter edition for $299.99 or less than $330 with sales tax. I have use for a light weight PC and a portable optical drive is inexpensive. What about the OS? Gerald -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.