SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research), the world's largest software maker, prematurely posted information about its much-anticipated Windows Vista operating system on one of its Web sites, the company said on Tuesday.
Microsoft disclosed information about a plan to release eight different editions of the new operating system on a company help page that was under development. The company has not made any official statements about the different versions of Windows Vista it plans to offer.
EIGHT DIFFERENT EDITIONS??!!!
Ok, 2 are european... but seriously... SIX??!!!
God damn that's ridiculous, they can't even make ONE run efficiently!
Windows Starter 2007
Windows Vista Home Basic (including "N")
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Business (including "N")
Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows Vista Enterprise
Starter is supposed to be for emerging markets...
The "N" editions are for those without Media Player due to EU court rulings...
I can understand those, but the rest are silly. They had plenty of complaints when people were just trying to figure out whether to get XP Pro or XP Home.
Windows tablet? really Animalor?... awesome... looks like thats the version for me, of course I think all my PC's will be running MCE moving forward. I just dont game anymore...
One has to snicker that "ultimate" isn't the top of the line... or is it?
May 2003 - "Mission Accomplished"
June 2005 - "The mission isn't easy, and it will not be accomplished overnight"
-- G W Bush, freelance writer for The Daily Show.
- Windows Vista Business includes similar features to today's Windows XP Professional edition, including backup, networking, and group policy support. It includes Microsoft's new Aero user interface, a new search engine, and small-business features such as fax and scanning software and easier-to-understand help menus.
- Windows Vista Enterprise, available to Microsoft's largest corporate customers, adds new BitLocker hard-drive encryption, a virtual PC program for running software written for other platforms, and a new subsystem for running Unix apps.
- Windows Vista Home Premium is designed for the majority of home PC users and includes the ability to show photos on a large-screen TV, play music on a home stereo, write and copy DVDs, and edit high-definition video. It also includes the ability to sync files between two computers.
- Windows Vista Ultimate combines all the features of the Vista Business and Home Premium editions -- it's designed for corporate employees who often work on company projects from home.
- Windows Vista Home Basic is aimed at users who mainly read and send E-mail and surf the Web. It doesn't include the Tablet PC, Media Center, photography and music software in Vista Home Premium.
- Windows Vista Starter will retail only in emerging markets such as India, Russia, Mexico, Brazil, Thailand, and Indonesia. It won't be available in the United States or Europe, and runs only in 32-bit mode.
I just need whatever edition will let me remote connect to my home PC from work. It's XP Pro right now.
If Vista incorporates that feature into the home edition than I could probably get by with the "premium" home edition and might actually buy it this time! If I need to use the business editions just for the Remote Connection, I'll probably leech it again. That should be a standard feature by now.
- Windows Vista Home Basic is aimed at users who mainly read and send E-mail and surf the Web. It doesn't include the Tablet PC, Media Center, pornography and music software in Vista Home Premium.
I've got 99 problems and I'm not dealing with any of them - Lay-Z
