After a lot of speculation over the last couple of months, we finally have confirmation on the Windows 7 SKU’s. At first look, it looks like Windows 7 Professional will be the way to go.
Windows 7 Starter Market: Emerging markets, with new PCs only Key features: Enhanced taskbar, Jump Lists, Windows Media Player, Backup and Restore, Action Center, Device Stage, Play To, Fax and Scan, basic games What's missing: Aero Glass, many Aero desktop enhancements, Windows Touch, Media Center, Live thumbnail previews, Home Group creation Windows 7 Home Premium Market: Mainstream retail market Key features: Aero Glass, Aero Background, Windows Touch, Home Group creation, Media Center, DVD playback and authoring, premium games What's missing: Domain join, Remote Desktop host, advanced backup, EFS, Mobility Center, Offline Folders Windows 7 Professional (superset of Home) Market: Mainstream retail market Key features: Domain join, Remote Desktop host, location aware printing, EFS, Mobility Center, Presentation Mode, Offline Folders, Media Center What's missing: BitLocker, BitLocker To Go, AppLocker, Direct Access, Branche Cache, MUI language packs, boot from VHD Windows 7 Enterprise Market: Volume-license business customers only Key features: BitLocker, BitLocker To Go, AppLocker, Direct Access, Branche Cache, MUI language packs, boot from VHD What's missing: Retail licensing Windows 7 Ultimate Market: Retail market, limited availability Key features: BitLocker, BitLocker To Go, AppLocker, Direct Access, Branche Cache, MUI language packs, boot from VHD What's missing: Volume licensing
Windows 7 Starter Market: Emerging markets, with new PCs only Key features: Enhanced taskbar, Jump Lists, Windows Media Player, Backup and Restore, Action Center, Device Stage, Play To, Fax and Scan, basic games What's missing: Aero Glass, many Aero desktop enhancements, Windows Touch, Media Center, Live thumbnail previews, Home Group creation
Windows 7 Home Premium Market: Mainstream retail market Key features: Aero Glass, Aero Background, Windows Touch, Home Group creation, Media Center, DVD playback and authoring, premium games What's missing: Domain join, Remote Desktop host, advanced backup, EFS, Mobility Center, Offline Folders
Windows 7 Professional (superset of Home) Market: Mainstream retail market Key features: Domain join, Remote Desktop host, location aware printing, EFS, Mobility Center, Presentation Mode, Offline Folders, Media Center What's missing: BitLocker, BitLocker To Go, AppLocker, Direct Access, Branche Cache, MUI language packs, boot from VHD
Windows 7 Enterprise Market: Volume-license business customers only Key features: BitLocker, BitLocker To Go, AppLocker, Direct Access, Branche Cache, MUI language packs, boot from VHD What's missing: Retail licensing
Windows 7 Ultimate Market: Retail market, limited availability Key features: BitLocker, BitLocker To Go, AppLocker, Direct Access, Branche Cache, MUI language packs, boot from VHD What's missing: Volume licensing
Link: Neowin.net
I've never had a problem with Vista on my laptop, but I am skipping Vista on this machine and will just build a new one (x64) for 7.
Yeah, networking your laptop and PC would allow access between the two... providing both are working and turned on. The disadvantage to networking between machines is that if one OS/machine stops working, the other can't see it. I suppose this is the advantage to dual booting... because the second OS is on the same machine, access to its files is always there, even though it isn't actually running.
Having said that, I'm far from being an expert (my preference takes into account the worst case scenario and allows for the easier recovery option) so please don't let me deter you from going the networking route. Not that I ever need to use it much, but I have networked my primary and secondary machines, just in case. Besides, having a second machine means you're not keeping all your eggs in the one basket, so networking has its advantages, also.
Aw c'mon, now why should yrag have all the D-head priveleges around here? Think of it as a term of endearment.
Um, Vista IS being fixed with SP2...
Furthermore, XP has truly passed its use by date, and Jurassic Park provides us good reason as to why the dinosaur should NOT be revived. We need to be going forwards, not backwards... and Linux is as mainstream as an OS as a back alley in a small town. Nope, neither of these are viable options to Win 7, which is quite good (even in beta) and is the future of computing.
yes it did, thankyou very much!!!
You're most welcome, kit... er, Vampothika. I'm pleased to have been of assistance to you.
They should sell WINDOWS 7 as a single edition, and then sell all those things they add for "free" in all those stupid editions as separate addons.
There's no reason to sell all these editions, it's the same OS with a bunch of different apps...
That'll never happen cos people aren't likely to buy them enmasse.... not when many/most will have freeware alternatives.
No, to recoup the costs of development, MS has come up with more expensive 'supersets' of Win 7 basic... so in fact they're not actually giving anything away for "free", are they! That's business for ya... if they can't sell the individual apps, they'll bundle them with to OS and charge more for it.
Personally, however, I don't see that I'll have a need of those apps exclusive to Ultimate, so I'll probably go with the Win 7 Home Premium Edition to save paying for 'bundled' apps I neither want or need... and for that reason I'm glad there are 5 SKU's, I DO have the choice to buy according to personal need/usage.
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