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Vista Home Premium vs. Ultimate

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ximhkx

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I mainly use my computer (AMD X2 4200+, 7900 GT, 2 GB OCZ Platinum, 160GB HD) to game and to chat, homework and all that stuff. Is it worth upgrading to Home Premium or Ultimate for my situation?
 
I actually thought about posting this same exact question last night. For the past few months, I just knew I was going to pony up the money for the Ultimate edition. I'm a tech guy with a powerful system, why wouldn't I buy the "best" edition of Vista? But I saw the exact same chart that Mem linked to, and Home Premium is the one that I realistically need to get. Plus, it's $100 cheaper for christ's sake.

Home Premium is now the one I have my eye on, but I'm having a hard time committing to it. I'm still the high-end tech geek who has to have the best of everything when I know that it's a waste of money.
 
Since I was running XP PRO at home before VISTA RC2, I just wish there was a upgrade path (or sideways path) from PRO to Home Premium.
 
Ultimate Edition should be called Remote Destkop edition -- that's the only reason I can think of to go with Ultimate.
 
thanks guys for the responses. I just compared the two and since I don't own a business, the data backup isn't really necessary for me.
 
Well, I may end up getting either business or ultimate. They should have a Home Premium/Business hybrid. Thats what I really need. Hopefully when my job starts getting in Vista it will be at least the business version.
 
Originally posted by: Oyeve
Originally posted by: stash
They should have a Home Premium/Business hybrid
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It's called Ultimate 😛
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Yeah, but I dont need the last two things in ultimate.
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People bitch enough about there being 4 different versions, I can't imagine what adding another one would do to the geek forums of the internet (this one included). I remember a year or so ago when word starting leaking out about the different versions Microsoft was planning for Vista. At the beginning, it stood at something like 7 or 8 different versions 🙂. I think it's a good thing they whittled it down to 4.
 
I have Ultimate, but only because I got it for free (mom is an MSDN subscriber). I would say Home Premium is perfect for any user who is not interested in the Remote Desktop feature.
 
Originally posted by: blurredvision
I think it's a good thing they whittled it down to 4.
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Yeah. I got totally freaked by MS's original product line proposal. Even now, though, we're really going from two versions (Pro and Home) to five (including Vista Enterprise). And those five have significant differences in features. (Yes, I know that XP MCE and XP TabletPC exist, but Home and Pro make up most of what's out there right now.)

I'm still wondering what's going to happen with OEM versions of Vista. The unique OEM Install CDs (both Generic and BIOS-locked) that we have now with XP are a pain for support people.
 
I'm concerned about the 'Business networking' item.

I do have multiple PCs, and I do use the current XP networking features in XP Pro. Is it going to be harder for me to map drives from other PCs, for example? Exactly what networking features am I missing if I go to 'Home Premium'??
 
Originally posted by: jpbelauskas
as well, isn't ultimate the only version you can legally tranfers licenses with?
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Between computers? No, that's fine with all retail versions. Between owners? Ditto.

Ultimate and Business are the only 2 licensed for use in a VM though.
 
Originally posted by: sfryman
I'm concerned about the 'Business networking' item.

I do have multiple PCs, and I do use the current XP networking features in XP Pro. Is it going to be harder for me to map drives from other PCs, for example? Exactly what networking features am I missing if I go to 'Home Premium'??
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