With 64 bit being the default if the system supports it.

They're not going to do that. Starter edition won't even be sold as OEM; starter edition is for emerging markets (China, etc), as a way to stem piracy.

Starter Edition made me lol.  Have fun multitasking all 3 of your apps on your brand spankin' new netbook!

It can't be bought here Only in developing countries.

You jest now, wait until 2010 when Windows 7 Starter is THE new OS for playing games.

  They forgot:

Windows Student and Teacher: For everyone from K-12 to MBA!

Windows HomeMaker: For all those old fashioned young ladies with marriage and family on their minds.

Windows SportsFan: For the ultimate Notre Dam and Steelers Fans!! (Complete with Budweiser T-shirt and Couch Pillow.

Windows Commuter: For those trendy hipsters with the latest gadgets, widgets, whachamacallits, and Wifi as well!!!

Windows Immigrant Edition: For those foreign markets where Windows is hacked and slashed and torrentized!!

Windows Slacker Edition: For those in mid-level management who aspire to greater heights of grandeur!!

Windows Working Class Stiff Edition: For all those waitresses, cooks, mechanics and day-laborers (like me) who dont know one end of a mouse from the other!!      "Hey, i plug the mouse cord into the cd socket, right!!!??"

Windows MS Bill Edition: For all those who secretly run MacOSX in a plain beige box, with a MS Windows Screensaver that looks like a desktop with icons on it.  

Just teasing!!  

-Anonymouse

<Cheese Anyone?>

Yes, simple and straightforward would be nice. But it is still MS, so i suppose we cant expect them to be too different than they always have been.

Hey Teal, you forgot...

the Win7 Alaska Edition... for users who want to see Russia from every window:

the Win7 Banker Edition... has bonus maps outta town to avoid stoning with rotten fruit:

the Win7 Hooker Edition... for $20 extra you get fringe benefits and a glass of cheap champagne:

the Win7 Governor Edition... does a little quick step if you ask it to do anything (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas reference there)

On a serious note, I hope the x64 versions are more readily available (here in Oz particularly) than the x64 Vista editions were... most retailers didn't and still don't stock them, and can't or won't get them in.

An idea on pricing would also be nice... and hopefully, MS will take into account the global recession and price Win7 reasonably.

Windows 7 Torrent
Market: Mainstream wasters, losers, youth of today, people who can't spell
Key features: Free, built in malware
What's missing: Product key, self respect

Market: Mainstream wasters, loosers, youth of today, people who can't spell

Is that including you?

  Yep, i forgot, haha, sorry about that, but really its fun to poke fun, but MS has really been doing a decent job lately and Windows 7 is looking quite seriously as a very nice OS. Will like to give it a try, but am waiting for it to come out of beta. But some using it now, say it is doing well.  That is very encouraging news. 

-Teal

Yeah, it's great to poke a bit of fun when it harms no-one... and isn't MS a fitting target after its boo-boos regarding the release of its editions of Vista, though I've not had any major issues with it since trying the first piublic beta.  In fact, I prefer Vista to XP because it is faster, more stable and reliable... moreso now that I've installed the 64 bit version of Vista Home Premium.

Having said that, I am trying the Windows 7 x64 beta and I'm loving it.  Not only is it faster than Vista, it has a smaller footprint and uses resources more efficiently... meaning programs and apps run that much better, especially when multi-tasking.  Even at this stage of development Win 7 is better than when Vista went 'gold', so why wait to try it if you have a license key on hand and the drive space?

If you don't already have a licence key you can get it here, but be quick as the betas are closing in a day or two.

Win 7 Burger King Edition... will send free burgers, fries and coke - with USB burger warmer and coke cooler - if you delete 'Google Friends' and 'Google Search' in favour of 'Live Search' and 'Friends of MS'  There are currently NO 'friends of MS', but if you sign on in the first 100 you also get a free dessert with each burger meal.

Win 7 Stimulus Edition... no it doesn't give away free money, but rather a USB powered vibrating seat cushion for your PC chair

Win 7 Chrysler Edition... not for the average user, but rather for car enthusiasts who don't mind frequent pop ups saying thank you for the 'stimulus' payments frivolously spent on "thank you" ads.

Win 7 Madoff Edition... though primarily aimed at bankers, this edition will help users stash ill-gotten cash reserves in places the government and prosecutors can't find.\