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India to be fifth 'flagship' for Windows XP Starter Edition
News The software giant today announced a year-long pilot program to start shipping the Windows XP Starter Edition to India in early 2005. Aesthetics aside, Microsoft has modified the Starter Edition's functionalities to differentiate it from its higher...
[September 29, 2004, 10:55]
India to be fifth 'flagship' for Windows XP Starter Edition
Talkback The telugu language you have introduced in XP edition, though good, it needs more enhancements. First of all the font is very bad. For normal writing with pen it is ok. But when printing, better you see CDCs Ileap software fonts, or that of Anu fonts.
[February 28, 2005, 23:21]
India to be fifth 'flagship' for Windows XP Starter Edition
Talkback "20 other local tongues including Bengali, Telugu and Marathi. Wrong description.other local tongues.it's 20 other languages. All of them are have alphabets, writings and vast history. For forign writer, Hindi is only known considered Indian Language.
[October 1, 2004, 22:33]
India to be fifth 'flagship' for Windows XP Starter Edition
Talkback looks very much like if Microsoft can not beat the copiers they will give the product away. Only confirms that the bottom line is all important. Wee Billy must keep his pace as the worlds richest. If MS dont cut the price then they will suffer at...
[September 30, 2004, 19:47]
Cut-price Windows to be launched in Thailand
News Windows XP Starter Edition will be offered as part of government-sponsored programs intended to provide consumers with more affordable computers, as previously reported. Windows XP Starter Edition was created to allow Microsoft to participate in a...
[June 24, 2004, 16:45]
Microsoft picks five countries for cheap Windows
News Windows XP Starter Edition -- an inexpensive version of Microsoft's flagship operating system that does not contain as many features as the standard version -- will begin shipping on PCs in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia in October, said Maggie...
[August 11, 2004, 9:00]
Brazil to get stripped-down XP
News Microsoft plans to expand its low-cost Windows XP Starter Edition programme to Brazil, the company confirmed Monday. The feedback that they are giving us is that Windows XP Starter Edition is a valuable product.
[April 12, 2005, 9:45]
XP Starter Edition moves on Latin America
News Microsoft said Tuesday that it is expanding its Windows XP Starter Edition to include Mexico, with plans to eventually offer the low-cost operating system throughout Latin America. The software maker said that the Spanish-language Windows XP...
[June 29, 2005, 12:50]
XP Starter Edition reaches Africa
News Microsoft plans to make Windows XP Starter Edition available in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Nigeria from the summer. Although Windows XP Starter Edition has similar features to the full version of XP, there are various restrictions.
[May 5, 2006, 12:15]
Indian XP starter edition launch delayed
News The software maker had originally hoped to release its Windows XP Starter Edition there by the end of this month, but is now shooting for a June release. Windows XP Starter Edition is offered only with new PCs in local languages and is not sold...
[March 16, 2005, 8:10]
XP Starter Edition off to a slow start
News The software giant first launched Windows XP Starter Edition, a localised version of the full-fledged Windows operating system with reduced features, in Thailand last October. Shintara told ZDNet UK sister site CNETAsia that his primary product...
[March 18, 2005, 11:10]
XP Starter under fire from all sides
News The addition of a Spanish-language version last week means that Microsoft is now selling Windows XP Starter Edition in six languages in various emerging markets. To offer Starter Edition for far less than other versions of Windows XP without...
[July 4, 2005, 19:50]
Evidence mounts for premium Vista
News Windows XP Starter Edition, a limited version of the operating system, is sold with new PCs in emerging markets such as India, Thailand and Brazil. WinInfo also said there will be a starter edition of Vista.
[September 14, 2005, 9:05]
Windows 7 to compete with XP in netbook market
News That will effectively bring the ageing operating system into competition with the upcoming Windows 7 Starter Edition, which is aimed explicitly at netbooks and is expected to arrive around the end of 2009 or beginning of 2010.
[March 5, 2009, 15:34]
Cut-price Windows may bypass China
News Thai, for instance, is used mostly in Thailand, a good situation for Microsoft because the company doesn't have to worry about the inexpensive Thai versions of Windows, called Windows XP Starter Edition, flooding the market in Singapore or Indonesia.
[July 5, 2004, 11:20]
Linux PCs 'used to run pirated Windows'
News Still, the growing acceptance of Linux has prompted Microsoft to hatch plans for releasing an inexpensive version of Windows, called Windows XP Starter Edition in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Russia and India.
[September 30, 2004, 9:00]
Windows XP granted further reprieve
News The operating system will be available on ultra-low-cost PCs until 30 June, 2010, and the low-end Windows XP Starter Edition will continue to be available in emerging markets until the same date. Some PC makers now have an extra four months to sell...
[December 23, 2008, 8:47]
Cut-price Windows to be launched in Thailand
Talkback I wonder if the Windows XP Starter Edition has a multilingual option.
[June 24, 2004, 17:55]
Microsoft marches on Moscow to do battle with Linux
News The software giant will also announce later this week that it will bring a version of Windows XP Starter Edition to a fourth Asian country -- after Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand -- bringing the total number of countries in the programme to five...
[September 27, 2004, 16:20]
Deadline looms for demise of Windows XP
News The low-end Windows XP Starter Edition will continue to be available in emerging markets until 30 June, 2010. As well as Bill Gates's impending shift to part-time work, another epoch is coming to an end — that of Windows XP.
[June 17, 2008, 9:12]
