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Con el lanzamineto de Windows Vista (WV) el 30 de enero tambien se presentó su versión "Starter", que al igual que para windows XP es la versión reducida de Vista para mercados "emergentes".

Donde seguro que no lo venden es en Estados Unidos, Canada, la Unión Europea, Australia, Nueva Zelanda, ni en ningún otro mercado con altos ingresos según lo definido por el Banco Mundial.

Es la cita de genbeta.com donde tambien nos dice que no se necesitaría una maquina potente, bastaría con Intel Celerons o viejos Pentiums de 233 MHz.

According to Wickstrand, the Windows XP Starter Edition was marketed primarily to consumers in Southeast Asia, Russia and India, with particular focus on families with school-age children and those who had purchased their first computer. One of the most valuable assets of the product, he said, was that it was made available in local languages. Ultimately, Windows XP Starter Edition was released in 24 languages and was sold in more than 130 countries.
With the launch of Windows Vista Starter, Microsoft is expanding its initiative to make its products accessible to lower-income families in developing countries. It will be available in 70 languages and also feature an option that allows use of the operating system in different languages--if, for example, a parent wants to use the computer in his or her native language but the household's children want to use it in English.

Este Vista Starter sería una versión "popular" para paises en via de desarrollo del sudeste Asiatico Russia e india, no se menciona Latinoamerica en CNET pero no sería una sorpresa que "algunos" gobiernos sudamericanos esten haciendo negocios con Bill Gates Y Microsoft.