Windows 7 ohne Internet Explorer

Wenn Windows 77 am 22. Oktober erscheint, dann wird das in Europa ohne den Internet Explorer der Fall sein. Dave Heiner (Vice President and Deputy General Counsel) schreibt:

"[...]We’re committed to making Windows 7 available in Europe at the same time that it launches in the rest of the world, but we also must comply with European competition law as we launch the product. Given the pending legal proceeding, we’ve decided that instead of including Internet Explorer in Windows 7 in Europe, we will offer it separately and on an easy-to-install basis to both computer manufacturers and users. This means that computer manufacturers and users will be free to install Internet Explorer on Windows 7, or not, as they prefer. Of course, they will also be free, as they are today, to install other Web browsers.[...]"

Die Versionen ohne den Internet Explorer tragen ein "E" am Ende des Produktnamens. Also beispielsweise "Windows 7 Home Premium E".