hi anyone here using vista starter edition? I upgraded my ram to 2.5GB and it works! i tested starter edition and it can address all the memory.

Why wouldnt it address ? >_>

Im using Vista Ultimate 64bit and it addresses the 4gb exatly the same as a 32 bit ..

confused here. can someone tell me why the ts is so excited?

He's soooooo excited coz Microsoft actually limits the RAM recognition in Vista Starter Edition to just 1GB. Soooooo theoretically u can only use 1GB n more than that it's a waste.. That's why he's sooo happy..

Who in the right mind will use Vista Started . lmao = \

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-v...quirements.aspx

Also the screen resolution will be limit to 800X600 only?

This post has been edited by Omage007: Aug 8 2008, 07:40 PM

Well people who doesn't have the money to splurge on vista ultimate and like to use legitimate software would..
Any how they usually come preinstall so why waste

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Added on August 8, 2008, 10:18 am1GB if i'm not mistaken n among other things like inability to use in a network enviroment n such.. Sure a lot of shortcomings..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista_editions

This post has been edited by cloudwan: Aug 8 2008, 10:18 AM

yeah on paper Vista Starter edition limits 1GB Support

but practically, it doesn't limit it.

I'm using starter edition because it's preinstalled legally in my PC.

also it "limits" 3 programs opened at 1 time. but using some tray minimizing utilities, i can run more than 3.

I like the idea of starter edition being fast and consume less resources than other vista editions. well actually i'm just lazy to upgrade to other vista version :-)


other than that, it supposedly limits support for CPU. like, not all CPU can be used. But according to microsoft it supports Athlon X2.


screen resolution : no limit
network : I don't know why wiki says not accepting network incoming. cause i have hosted FTP and used bittorrent. Maybe u can't use workgroup file/print sharing, haven't tried


so basically its just like Home Basic, but limited CPU support and 3 programs limit.

This post has been edited by zzzxtreme: Aug 8 2008, 10:31 AM

Well Vista isnt that expensive but still ....
I sometimes ask myself WHY OH WHY did i buy legit when microsoft literally makes it so damn easy to "activate"


Unless ur computer is crap. Other versions of Vista wouldnt stress it too much .

I alt tab between wow and war3 dota , have my itunes on, download on bittorent

and i can still surf the net =3

This post has been edited by omnimech: Aug 8 2008, 10:28 AM

Because not using legit are the same as stealing? and no matter how you see it's wrong?

d'oh, the link is for Windows XP Starter Edition, not Windows Vista Starter...

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Could you try loading a huge video (say a 1.2GB MOV file recorded from your videocam) and running it? Then check the memory usage for that app from Task Manager. That should give a clue on whether the usable 1GB limitation is in place. Please share the results with us. Thanks!

Btw, from Microsoft's own web site, two places say that 1GB is max and one from MSDN say that "4GB" is max.

1) http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroo...aStarterFS.mspx

2) http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-v...quirements.aspx

3) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa...s_windows_vista
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Oh man, I really really wanted to try Vista Starter Edition - - its the only edition of Vista I have not tried ! (I own Premium, Ultimate, tried Business/Enterprise during Release Candidate period...).

I bet it will fit my little cousin's machine...

I dunno why, I always feel that Vista Starter Edition is like Vista: Kids Edition !

"Its the Vista edition you don't take seriously..."

i wonder y MS dun put Vista Starter in Netbooks...