The final version of the Windows 7 dust settles!

Netbook is the use of Intel Atom (mobile) processor wireless internet equipment, with Internet access, e-mail and instant messaging (IM) and other functions, and can achieve smooth streaming media and music functions. Research and development of notebook computer OEM factory. As with the general notebook, there is no optical drive.

A netbook is a fully functional notebook computer. Because the function is not complete, the netbook can do 10 inches below, weighs not more than 1.5 kilograms, and the Classics notebook computer Foundry factory price is low 2588 yuan. Netbooks can be based on energy-saving real-time chat, surf the internet, send e-mail, watch video, basic network games and a series of entertainment functions.

With the specific edition of the netbook and the European special Edition confirmed, the Windows 7 version and the regional strategy is finally settled. Although much simpler than the current era of Xp/vista, because of market segmentation (especially in the case of European antitrust issues), Windows 7 is still very much, with a 32/64 digit that will reach 30 (the entry version supports only 32 digits).

Below is a roadmap from Windows Vista (XP) to Windows 7, where the Windows 7 Enterprise Edition is made available to large enterprise customers only through Volume Licensing Software Assurance projects, not retail, and is not listed.

Figure 1 The Windows 7 version Roadmap

In the past few years, Microsoft's operating system has been divided into two big chunks of developed and developing countries in the region, and it is still the same in the Windows 7 era, where the flagship, enterprise, professional, Home Premium, Netbook (Sgt Notebook PC)-specific entry-level edition worldwide, The home base version and the cheap computer (Value pc) Starter version are limited to developing markets.

Because the EU's antitrust stance is tough, Microsoft's developed markets have been deliberately split into European and non-European regions, and the special edition of IE and/or WMP players is being prepared for the European region, where "Windows 7 E" does not have IE, "windows 7 N" has neither IE nor WMP , of course, they all have the flagship, enterprise, professional, Home Premium and netbook entry points so the actual version of the European user's hand should be "Windows 7 flagship E" or "Windows 7 Home Advanced version n".

Figure 2 Windows 7 version

The concept of the European region, includes 15 Member States of the European Union (EU) and Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, which are also affiliated to the European Economic Area (EEA), as well as Croatia and Switzerland, with a total of 20 countries; In terms of language, Windows 7 supports a total of 36, with 23 in the European region , including: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, and other languages.

Windows 7 e/n will be available at the same time as the other "full version", and Microsoft will provide IE8 installation packages free of charge for OEMs and consumers, as well as free windows 7 Internet packs, IE8 browsers and Windows Live Essentials Service packs, which include Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Movie maker, and other applications that are no longer directly bundled pre-installed.

OEM manufacturers can choose to directly provide customers with Windows 7 e/n, but this will obviously be troublesome, so most of the PC manufacturers will choose to preinstall a browser, here can be IE, can also use Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari, and any one.