Windows Vista : 8 Versions Explained


Recommended Posts

Vista Business sounds good to me. I don't need Ultimate, but I really want Media Center and domain joining and stuff like that. It sounds perfect to me. I just hope I have the money once the release date comes around. If it ever does.

Wait. Is it not 2006? Who in the world uses just 3 programs/applications at once? Without Networking support? Who was smoking what when they decided this? They expect people to install Windows Starter 2007 on their calculator or watches or something? C'mon people, all computers these days have more than 256MB of RAM--3 programs? wtf...

And I didnt read it here, but I did read someplace else that the Ultimate edition will have everything that other versions have and then some :) If they're all going to be on one DVD (can Vista fit on a CD?), and it installs whatever depending on your license--wouldnt that make piracy a shedload easier?

For me, I'd go with ultimate, and use only 1% of the features. As usual.

Edited by snigma
Wait. Is it not 2006? Who in the world uses just 3 programs/applications at once? Without Networking support? Who was smoking what when they decided this? They expect people to install Windows Starter 2007 on their calculator or watches or something? C'mon people, all computers these days have more than 256MB of RAM--3 programs? wtf...

I'm pretty sure this was designed for people in Africa or something, and won't even be available in Europe and North America. Windows XP Starter edition exists, but you canb't buy it in Europe and North America.

Vista Business sounds good to me. I don't need Ultimate, but I really want Media Center and domain joining and stuff like that. It sounds perfect to me. I just hope I have the money once the release date comes around. If it ever does.

i dont think that business is going to have media center though why would it?

Because choices are good? Or because there would be more money to be milked? Perhaps the victims of having 8 different flavors of Windows Vista are the software vendors, who would have to explain the differences between each edition to their customers.

Here?s a quick rundown of the 8 product editions:Windows Starter 2007b> - This edition does not include the Aero graphical user interface, hence it?s not Vista-branded. And there?s no 64-bit edition, no networking, no Fast User Switching, no DVD Authoring, no gaming common controller support, and no image editing with enhanced touchup, and only three applications/windows are allowed to run simultaneously. Good only for really basic users with low budgWindows Vista Home Basicic - This is the true baseline version of Windows Vista; think Windows XP Home Edition. You can expect to find features such as Windows Firewall, Windows Search, Photo Library and etc. And every other edition below will be based on this edition. Good for general consumers or even the kWindows Vista Home Basic N N - Same as the Home Basic Edition, but minus the Windows Media Player. This edition is for the Europeans as they have antitrust rulings against Microsoft which does not allow the player to be bundWindows Vista Home Premiumum - This edition includes features such as Media Center Extender support, Cable Card support, DVD authoring and Tablet PC functionality. This edition is best suited for notebooks and networked home desktops, but it?s probably insufficient for the Windows Vista Businessness - Analogous to the Windows XP Professional, this will probably be the most widely used edition in corporate environments. This edition allows joining of domains, non-Microsoft networking (Netware, etc), Remote Desktop and Microsoft Windows Web Server. Most geeks and IT professionals will want to go for this e

Windows Vista Business Nss N - Just like Home Basic N Edition, this one is meant for the Europeans and comes with no media pWindows Vista Enterpriserise - This edition will come with several new features such as Virtual PC, multi-language user interface (MUI) and Secure Startup (BitLocker Drive EncrypWindows Vista Ultimatemate - This one is going to be the most expensive, most feature-packed, and perhaps the most pirated edition of Vista. It?ll include new and unique features such as Game Performance Tweaker, Podcast creation utility, online ?Club? services and privileged product support. This edition will be perfect for Windows fanboys.

So which oneSource

Source: http://www.hiptechblog.com/2006/02/20/its-...-windows-vista/

Where's V:Dta Extreme? :D

I'm curious to see if Windows Vista Business will be sold to consumers just like Windows XP Professional is now. I would really prefer something analogous to Windows XP Professional, and I don't play games on my computer, so I doubt I would need the Ultimate edition. I just really need the ability to use Remote Desktop and have full NTFS permissions support (instead of that dreadful "Simple File Sharing" that is in Windows XP Home Edition, and will likely be in Windows Vista Home Basic and Premium).

I hope the uni will give us the ultimate edition...

they will probably give Home Premium.

i will either get Business(Pro) or Ultimate. that brings me to the point, i hate that they changed Pro to Business

reason for Business or Ultimate, I need remote desktop, and networking support on Home version sucks

Edited by nekrosoft13

they will probably give Home Premium.

i will either get Business(Pro) or Ultimate. that brings me to the point, i hate that they changed Pro to Business

Wouldn't they give universities Enterprise? Unless there is a Business version that doesn't need activation.

FeatureStrHome NHome BHome PBus NBusSm BusEntUltWindows Activation ServicesYesYesYesYesNoNoNoNoNo

I love this part ;)

yap, Business or Ultimate for me, finally i will be able to use Legal Windows, with out that ****ing annoying activation bull****

While i was browsing Paul Thurrot's new "Windows Vista Product Editions Preview" article, one thing caught my eye:

Number of physical CPUs supported in Vista even in highest version is ONLY: 2 !

If this info that Thurrot posted is valid, this means that Vista won't support upcoming Quadro Core processors - at least out of the box !

Both Intel & AMD have plans to deploy Quadro Core processors beginning as early as 2007 starting from server side to the desktop side.

Since processor support is a core feature in an OS, i think it's only possible to bring more processor core support via a major update.

In a more realistic approach the desktop side will get Quadro Cores in 2008, and just 1 years from then (guessing Vista will be available like December) the OS will become obsolete for the owners of computers who has 4 or more core processors.

NOTE: My assumption is based on the fact that each core counts as a physical CPU

While i was browsing Paul Thurrot's new "Windows Vista Product Editions Preview" article, one thing caught my eye:

Number of physical CPUs supported in Vista even in highest version is ONLY: 2 !

NOTE: My assumption is based on the fact that each core counts as a physical CPU

Nothing to worry about. XP Pro also supports only two physical CPUs but it works just fine with two dual-core processors. It's per socketed CPU, not per core so it's not a problem.

Nothing to worry about. XP Pro also supports only two physical CPUs but it works just fine with two dual-core processors. It's per socketed CPU, not per core so it's not a problem.

Good to hear that i'm wrong !

Otherwise it'd be very problematic...

So what's the limits of cores XP Pro supports ?

he said give us, I believe as in give to students.

Yes, when a university gets a site license, they can give it out to students, so there would be no point in buying separate home editions. This brings up an interesting question: which version will universities get? We can assume most businesses will go with enterprise, but colleges may want to use the multimedia features of Vista, and go for Ultimate with a site license. It'll be interesting to see.

FeatureStrHome NHome BHome PBus NBusSm BusEntUltWindows Activation ServicesYesYesYesYesNoNoNoNoNo

I love this part ;)

yap, Business or Ultimate for me, finally i will be able to use Legal Windows, with out that ****ing annoying activation bull****

Windows XP Pro can be acquired with a site license and will be legal with no activation, I would imagine that if you personally buy a copy of ultimate, it will have activation because it is not a site license, we shall see though. Besides, unless you are installing it on a bunch of computers, activation isn't really that hard, it's like complaining that you have to fill out the registration form at the first boot of OS X, who cares?

I never thought that there would be so many versions. but then again, depending on where you live, some of these won't even be on the shelves, so i guess the common user would use Windows Vista Home Basic and most of the people will be looking for Windows Vista Ultimate. i wish that they would release the prices but i guess that won't come until the product is indeed finished and ready to be shipped.

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Posts

    • Here is the new Surface Laptop Ultra wallpaper in high resolution by Taras Buria Earlier this week, Microsoft announced the Surface Laptop Ultra, its brand-new high-end laptop powered by NVIDIA's brand-new RTX Spark processor. As usual, Microsoft gives each new device a unique wallpaper, and the Surface Laptop Ultra is no exception. While the device is not publicly available yet, somebody has already extracted its wallpaper, giving everyone a chance to get a piece of the upcoming laptop in its full-resolution glory. The Surface Laptop Ultra has a very dark, abstract wallpaper that resembles the stock wallpapers in Windows Server, albeit with much less color. Having this dark, grim wallpaper highlights the laptop's mini-LED display and its ability to cut off parts of the screen's backlight to achieve OLED-like black levels. However, if you also like light wallpapers, we made a white version by simply inverting its colors. You can download both wallpapers below (click the image, right-click it, and select "Save as"): The Surface Laptop Ultra is expected to launch later this year. Microsoft is not revealing full details yet, including the price. However, Microsoft confirmed up to 1 petaflop of AI performance and RTX 5070-level of GPU performance. The heart of the laptop has up to 20 CPU cores and 6,144 GPU cores. Additionally, Microsoft and NVIDIA boast high CPU efficiency for all-day battery life. As for the display, it is a 15-inch mini-LED display with a pixel density of 262 ppi and a maximum brightness of 2,000 nits. Of course, not everyone needs this amount of power, and certainly not everyone can afford it. For those who need a more affordable device, Microsoft is also preparing the next-generation Surface Pro powered by the Snapdragon X2 Elite processor. Weeks ahead of the announcement, details about this computer were leaked by a retailer. Do you like the Surface Laptop Ultra's stock wallpaper? Share your thoughts in the comments. Image provided by @nextgenos2026 on X
    • From all that I've read on the subject--not that much, really--it looks to me like companies and parents are trying to protect themselves from children using their parents accounts to run up giant bills, sometimes in the thousands of dollars, and the first the parents know about it is when they get sued... Internet companies have been sued for tailoring their ads to children, which is kind of old news. My belief is that policing starts at home with the parents, and the reason that so many laws that can't be enforced are being passed is because parents are eschewing their responsibilities, claiming not enough time, not enough knowledge, etc. Giving kids cell phones sans Internet connectivity is a good place to start--confine Internet activity to PCs in the home that the parents regulate. My kids are all grown and gone, I'm happy to say... They have their own kids to worry about.
    • ChartNet’s 1.7 million synthetic samples let compact open-source models outperform GPT-4o on every chart task   A team from MIT and the MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab has built a training dataset that solves one of the most persistent gaps in enterprise AI: the inability of even the best commercial models to reliably read a chart...... https://www.techtimes.com/articles/317752/20260604/ai-chart-understanding-breakthrough-mit-ibm-dataset-lets-small-models-beat-gpt-4o.htm  
    • BTW DXVK is also available on Windows and offers similar benefits like on Linux when it comes to performance, at least in some titles. The Raceroom racing sim for example even offers DXVK as one of its officially supported options and it can achieve ridiculous improvements in certain situations, like quite literally doubling (or more) the framerates
  • Recent Achievements

    • One Month Later
      nothanks earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • One Month Later
      B2Proxy earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • One Year In
      MadMung0 earned a badge
      One Year In
    • Week One Done
      jefred earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • Apprentice
      JoeyNeo went up a rank
      Apprentice
  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      476
    2. 2
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      232
    3. 3
      Skyfrog
      79
    4. 4
      FloatingFatMan
      68
    5. 5
      Michael Scrip
      58
  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!