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Old 24th February 2006, 08:26 AM   #1
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It’s official, 8 different flavors of Windows Vista

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Because choices are good? Or because there would be more money to be milked? Perhaps the victims of having 8 different flavors of Windows Vista are the software vendors, who would have to explain the differences between each edition to their customers.
Here’s a quick rundown of the 8 product editions:

Windows Starter 2007 - This edition does not include the Aero graphical user interface, hence it’s not Vista-branded. And there’s no 64-bit edition, no networking, no Fast User Switching, no DVD Authoring, no gaming common controller support, and no image editing with enhanced touchup, and only three applications/windows are allowed to run simultaneously. Good only for really basic users with low budgets.
Windows Vista Home Basic - This is the true baseline version of Windows Vista; think Windows XP Home Edition. You can expect to find features such as Windows Firewall, Windows Search, Photo Library and etc. And every other edition below will be based on this edition. Good for general consumers or even the kids.
Windows Vista Home Basic N - Same as the Home Basic Edition, but minus the Windows Media Player. This edition is for the Europeans as they have antitrust rulings against Microsoft which does not allow the player to be bundled.
Windows Vista Home Premium - This edition includes features such as Media Center Extender support, Cable Card support, DVD authoring and Tablet PC functionality. This edition is best suited for notebooks and networked home desktops, but it’s probably insufficient for the geeks.
Windows Vista Business - Analogous to the Windows XP Professional, this will probably be the most widely used edition in corporate environments. This edition allows joining of domains, non-Microsoft networking (Netware, etc), Remote Desktop and Microsoft Windows Web Server. Most geeks and IT professionals will want to go for this edition.
Windows Vista Business N - Just like Home Basic N Edition, this one is meant for the Europeans and comes with no media player.
Windows Vista Enterprise - This edition will come with several new features such as Virtual PC, multi-language user interface (MUI) and Secure Startup (BitLocker Drive Encryption).
Windows Vista Ultimate - This one is going to be the most expensive, most feature-packed, and perhaps the most pirated edition of Vista. It’ll include new and unique features such as Game Performance Tweaker, Podcast creation utility, online “Club” services and privileged product support. This edition will be perfect for Windows fanboys.
So which one’s for you?
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Old 24th February 2006, 08:41 AM   #2
 
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Re: It’s official, 8 different flavors of Windows Vista

I am hoping that I can avoid switching at all, but as my computer is also my TV, I would have to go with premium

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Old 24th February 2006, 08:50 AM   #3
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Re: It’s official, 8 different flavors of Windows Vista

I still like XP. None of those really grab me into wanting to buy it. Seems like a whole lot of fluff, and nothing else..
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Old 25th February 2006, 12:40 AM   #4
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Re: It’s official, 8 different flavors of Windows Vista

I am running XP Professional... and until my 'techie' sons upgrade me when they find something better, that's how it will be around here.. I am completely at their mercy. It's a good thing they still like me

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Yeah XP for teh win
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Re: It’s official, 8 different flavors of Windows Vista

It will be a matter of time before they cease to support XP, but a long time atleast. I just bought my super computer and have no real desire to swap out the OS just yet. Im still trying to understand all of the goodies in the media center version

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Re: It’s official, 8 different flavors of Windows Vista

you know, the same thing happened when XP came out :-p

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Old 25th February 2006, 02:12 PM   #8
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Re: It’s official, 8 different flavors of Windows Vista

I'll be sticking to XP, although I'll make my parents upgrade
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Re: It’s official, 8 different flavors of Windows Vista

Id prolly upgrade one to see if I like it... Im kinda happy with Media Center right now.

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Re: It’s official, 8 different flavors of Windows Vista

I hate newer windows, the best was, is, and forever will be, 95.
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