Chris Linfoot | Vista - seven versions

Monday, 12. September 2005

Vista - seven versions - one missing

Via J-Walk.

Thurrott claims that there will be seven different versions of Windows Vista. Apparently, Microsoft's new tactic is to confuse the marketplace as much as possible, and hope that people will buy a more expensive version than they really need. They are:

Windows Vista Starter Edition
Windows Vista Home Basic Edition
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition
Windows Vista Professional Edition
Windows Vista Small Business Edition
Windows Vista Enterprise Edition
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition

They forgot one.

Windows Vista Secure Edition

Category: Software
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Comments :

1. Nathan T. Freeman12/09/2005 14:07:17

On the plus side, perhaps the "Home Basic Edition" will be missing all the components that make Windows on corporate networks so very dangerous.

But probably not.

2. Eric Parsons12/09/2005 15:37:03
Homepage: http://startingblockcomputing.com

Ultimate? PA..lease.

I'm also guessing that the home addition is only 12 gig, where the Ultimate is 50 gig or so.

3. Chris Linfoot12/09/2005 16:04:56

Do your 12 and 50 gig numbers refer to the number of unchecked buffers or some other dimension?

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