Vista Versions Chart

[bigdaddy51]

[http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_editions_final.asp[/L] Heres the scoop.

 

[InlineFive]

Thanks for the link! Although it's not real clear about what networking functionality Home Basic has compared to Home Premium.

 

[dennilfloss]

Thanks for the link indeed. Best info I've seen so far.

Edit: date at bottom is March 2006.:Q

 

[tatteredpotato]

So does that mean an AMD 4x4 will require either a business OS, or Ultimate?

 

[Bowsky]

Wow... I know that the Starter version is intended for poorer countries, but it almost seems Mircosoft went out of their way to cripple it. Setting a max resolution at 1024x768 and a maximum RAM of 256mb makes it seem like they just want this version to fail.

 

[tatteredpotato]

The idea for starter i think is to put into machines for poor countries, so they can't afford the better hardware anyways.... although the 256mb memory i believe is a little excessive, 512 would be acceptable in my opinion.

 

[stash]

Originally posted by: BlameCanada
So does that mean an AMD 4x4 will require either a business OS, or Ultimate?

Yep, you need an OS licensed for two sockets, which are Business, Enterprise or Ultimate.

 

[stash]

Note that a quad-core CPU like the Intel Kentsfield will work with any of the SKUs, since it is a single socket.