Windows Vista Processor and Memory Support Reveale


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According to Microsoft internal documentation, most product editions of Windows Vista (codenamed Longhorn), the next major Windows version, will be available in both 32-bit and 64-bit (x64) versions, or will support both architectures via a single install. As I noted in "Windows Vista Product Editions Revealed" (URL below), Microsoft is dividing the Windows Vista product line into seven discrete editions (nine if you include European Union-based N editions)--Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Home N, Professional, Professional N, Small Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate Editions--and will differentiate them with various features (see "Windows Vista End User Features Revealed," URL below). Part of that differentiation involves the number and type of processors and the amount of RAM the products will support.

As you might expect, Starter Edition is the most constrained. This Vista version will support 1 32-bit microprocessor and up to 256 MB of RAM. Also the screen resolution will be limited to 1024 x 768 (up from 800 x 600 in XP Starter Edition).

The other editions--Home Basic, Home Premium, Home N, Professional, Professional N, Small Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate Editions--will ship in both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) versions (or will support both architectures). All of the home-oriented editions will support 1 processor, while the business-oriented editions (and Ultimate Edition) will support 2.

Home Basic and Home N Editions will be limited to 8 GB of RAM, while Home Premium Edition will support up to 16 GB of RAM, on both 32-bit and 64-bit PCs. All of the other products will support the maximum physical memory size on 32-bit systems, and up to 128 GB of RAM on x64 systems (though Microsoft is looking at upping that amount in the future since that figure is soft-limited).

http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/Articl...47669.html?Ad=1

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I think more choices is a good thing. I can point out couple of people I know who doesn't need thing but basic os. For them to pay for pro or ultimate is not worth the money. I always wanted media center functionality, but I didn't want to get rid of XP Pro. I can do that Vista Ultimate edition.

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