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微软押注Windows 7初级版 Microsoft Gambles On Windows 7 `Starter Microsoft Corp. is taking an unusual approach with its new Windows 7 operating system: Customers buying many of the least-expensive laptops with the software are likely to be limited to running three applications at a time and miss out on other key features, or pay for an upgrade. 微软公司(Microsoft Corp.)新推出的Windows 7操作系统将有惊人之举：如果你买的是一些低价笔记本电脑，那安装的Windows 7可能只能同时运行三个应用程序，其他一些关键功能也将受到限制，除非你支付升级费用。 ? ? The strategy is one of the ways the software giant is responding to inexpensive portable computers called netbooks, a bright spot in the gloomy personal-computer business that is causing many companies to modify their business plans. 在个人电脑业务呈现疲态之时，所谓的“上网本”笔记本电脑却成为一个亮点，许多公司正因此修改自己的商业模式，微软也随之做出反应。 ? ? Netbooks -- compact laptops that can cost less than $300 -- pose problems for Microsoft because it cant charge computer makers as much for software used on the low-end systems as for standard desktops and laptops. The financial effects were felt in the quarter ended in December, when it contributed to an 8% decline in Windows revenue. Investors will be searching Microsofts quarterly financial results this Thursday for further signs of netbooks impact. Getty Images Windows 7将针对上网本推出初级版Starter。图为微软CEO巴尔默。 上网本是一种小型笔记本电脑，售价甚至低于300美元，这给微软公司带来一些困扰，因为它无法像普通台式电脑和笔记本电脑那样，对低端上网本的制造商收取同样多的软件授权费。截至2008年12月的公司季报反映出这种情况所带来的影响，导致Windows软件方面的收入下滑8%。投资者将研究微软公司于2009年4月23日公布的最新季报，寻找上网本给公司业务造成进一步冲击的蛛丝马迹。 ? ? The situation creates a dual challenge in launching Windows 7, which is expected to be released this fall. The company must try to protect Windows profit, a business that accounted for more than half of operating income in its last quarter, while trying to keep alternatives such as Google Inc.s Android and other software based on the Linux operating system -- often less expensive or free -- from taking over the netbook market. 这种形势给预计于2009年秋季上市的Windows 7带来双重挑战。一方面，公司必须确保Windows软件的利润水平，在最新的季报中，这块业务占公司营运利润的一半以上。另一方面，微软在极力防止谷