Windows Vista Client/Server Product SKU's


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Windows Vista Client/Server Product Key SKUs Revealed

Upon digging around in Vista, I came across an XML file filled with alpha-numeric gibberish, quickly identified as base64 encoded data. I slapped it into my favorite web-based decoder and found some interesting product key SKUs... If you look closely, very closely, you'll see there's 20 SKUs.

I won't bore you with what all these mean, so here's the list in with interesting SKUs in boldface:

Windows Vista Starter

Windows Vista Home Basic

Windows Vista Home Premium

Windows Vista Ultimate

Windows Vista Pro Standard/SB

Longhorn Enterprise Server (ADS)

Longhorn Enterprise Server - IA64

Longhorn Standard Server

Longhorn Datacenter Server

Windows Vista Pro Std/SB/Ent - VL Binding Service

Windows Vista Pro Std/SB/Ent - VLGeneric

Windows Vista Pro Std/SB/Ent - DMAK

Windows Vista Starter Digital Boost - OEM

Windows Vista Home Basic - OEM

Windows Vista Home Premium - OEM

Windows Vista Ultimate - OEM

Windows Vista Pro Standard/SB - OEM

Longhorn Enterprise Server - OEM

Windows Vista Home Basic N

Windows Vista Pro Standard N

Longhorn Enterprise Server - IA64

Jesus christ, I thought IA64 was dying. Hopefully this SKU merely exists for those diehard IA64 hardware fans at Microsoft...

Windows Vista Pro Std/SB/Ent - VL Binding Service

I'm not sure what the difference is between the generic volume license SKU and this one -- A sign of secure VLKs in the future?

Windows Vista Pro Std/SB/Ent - DMAK

I'm sure this is nothing special, but I don't know what the DMAK acronym stands for... or if it even is an acronym...

Windows Vista Starter Digital Boost - OEM

Now this is very interesting. The name implies this is some form of Vista Starter Edition with a 'digital boost', whatever that means. I'm a genius, I know.

http://www.extended64.com/blogs/rafael/arc...10/10/1407.aspx

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Why not just wait til they're officially announced. There have been no less than 5 different rumored "lists." What do you think the chances are that are right or paint a complete picture?

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