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windows XP home edition, windows 7 starter or windows 7 home premium? which is right for me?
Question : windows XP home edition, windows 7 starter or windows 7 home premium? which is right for me?
i am a college student and i need a netbook for my schooling. when i searched online, i had too many choices to choose from which made me really confused. i’m not really into the brand of the laptop. any laptop i think would be ok as long as you have proper maintenance and good customer service and warranty. i’m thinking ACER or DELL but i’m still not so sure so please help me out.
i’m left to the question of “What OS is better for me?”
some say XP is fast and stable but since its an old model, microsoft will support it less for the years to come (just like 95, 98 etc) til its long gone. others say windows 7 is good only for netbooks with 1 GB memory and windows 7 home premium will run slow in a netbook. some say windows 7 is just like vista. (i never really liked vista).
i’ll primarily use it for presentations, word documents, music, long lasting battery would be great. also for the internet. no intense gaming although watching movies are my only main entertainment.
so any advice?? any suggestions? anything i should watch out for or remember? please don’t be too technical on the terms you use. thank you!
hmmm just 3 windows? i’m quite a researcher so i kinda need more than 3 but maybe I can manage. Thanks for that info Aland. I might go for a windows 7 starter and an ACER. 
@Yaba
thank you for your answer. i will reconsider… i mean i am still researching what is good for me whether it be windows 7 or XP.
I just found out that Microsoft drops personalization from Windows 7 Starter, locks wallpaper. ok now that kinda suck… :p
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Best answer:
Answer by John C
XP Home has already hit the discontinued support level, and you do NOT want Win7 starter edition!
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#2 written by YabaDabaGatWata 1 year ago
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For your netbook, whichever model you intend to own, most are using similar design foundations, and subsequently reach similar processing power levels until the next CPU design change. Because the netbook concept is intended for low-power applications, unlike full-fledged notebook computers, all your expressed uses will be best served with the Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition operating system.
The leaner the operating system code, the more RAM and disk space left for your applications and best of all, the CPU will be less taxed, which further increases battery time. In fact, Windows XP Home Edition, while being discontinued, may continue to serve you for a longer time than you believe, until a truly smaller and efficient version of Windows suited especially for netbook technology is developed. By that time, you will have moved on to the newer netbooks and better operating system, whatever the married two might be.
Be confused no more. Go with wisdom.
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#3 written by Aland 1 year ago
Windows 7 Starter only allows you to open 3 windows at a time (take note of that!). Windows 7 is not like Vista. It is much faster and better in all forms you can think of. Like you said, Windows 7 home premium could run slow on a netbook (most likely though).
If you like a new OS that Microsoft will probably support for many years to come, choose Windows 7. Studies have shown that it is better than Vista, definitely, and in parity with XP. If you are more conservative, choose XP, it is equally great as 7 for what you will be doing. In my opinion, I would choose Windows 7 because it is the newest OS Microsoft released and is proven to be very good.
As for computer brands, both ACER and DELL are great brands. Choose which one you prefer. - Comment Feed for this Post
Go with XP or Window 7 Home Premium. Avoid Vista. Theres no knowing how long XP or earlier version will continue to be supported, but I’d choose 7 to be on the safe side.