Windows 7 Starter Edition can only run 3 applications

Windows 7 (motto: “It’s the one that’s not Vista!”), the next version of the omnipresent Microsoft computer operating system, is currently in public beta testing. As with other Windows releases, it will come in several flavors: one for home users, one for businesses, etc. There’s also one intended for low-end machines (like netbooks): Windows Starter. And ZDNet is reporting on a rather startling limitation: it can only run three applications at once.