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Windows Vista Sku's official

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13Gigatons

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http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Window...2-bb5f-4a9c-9480-b16ab3eeb8f51033.mspx


Pricing not official:

Windows Starter 2007 - $99
Windows Vista Home Basic - $199
Windows Vista Home Basic N - $199
Windows Vista Home Premium - $299
Windows Vista Business - $399 (or under Software Assurance contract)
Windows Vista Business N - $399 (or under Software Assurance contract)
Windows Vista Ultimate - $499
Windows Vista Enterprise - $999 (or under Software Assurance contract)


Home Basic will be the most sold on computers with Home Premium being the obvious upgrade. The ultimate version will be high price edition balmer always wanted.


more speculation: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_editions.asp
 
The Starter version limits resolution? Oh come on, that's just neutering, lol. Home P looks like the minimum choice for most enthusiasts here.
 
If you read carefully, there aren't that many versions. The N versions will only be for Europe (thanks EU!), and the starter edition will likely only be for smaller countries. I don't think it will be sold in the US.

That leaves Home Basic, Home Premium and Ultimate for consumers, and Business and Enterprise for businesses.
 
Originally posted by: stash
If you read carefully, there aren't that many versions. The N versions will only be for Europe (thanks EU!), and the starter edition will likely only be for smaller countries. I don't think it will be sold in the US.

That leaves Home Basic, Home Premium and Ultimate for consumers, and Business and Enterprise for businesses.
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Ok, that simplifies things a bit. Hopefully there will be a nice "home vs. pro" style feature FAQ coming out in the near future (so we can compare features side by side). I'm interested in getting a copy, but I don't want to limit myself or spend too much. 😉
 
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: stash
If you read carefully, there aren't that many versions. The N versions will only be for Europe (thanks EU!), and the starter edition will likely only be for smaller countries. I don't think it will be sold in the US.

That leaves Home Basic, Home Premium and Ultimate for consumers, and Business and Enterprise for businesses.
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Ok, that simplifies things a bit. Hopefully there will be a nice "home vs. pro" style feature FAQ coming out in the near future (so we can compare features side by side). I'm interested in getting a copy, but I don't want to limit myself or spend too much. 😉
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his second link (winsupersite) has a table about halfway down that lays out the proposed differences, although this site is by no means official
 
The documentation for Vista at least seems to be more user-centric (e.g. how to resize an image) than Windows XP's.
 
Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
his second link (winsupersite) has a table about halfway down that lays out the proposed differences, although this site is by no means official
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Thanks, I didn't look at it because it wasn't official. But that'll help a lot after all. Although it seems I'll need ultimate to get everything. 🙁
 
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
his second link (winsupersite) has a table about halfway down that lays out the proposed differences, although this site is by no means official
Click to expand...

Thanks, I didn't look at it because it wasn't official. But that'll help a lot after all. Although it seems I'll need ultimate to get everything. 🙁
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Sub-system for UNIX-based applications? 😉
 
Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
his second link (winsupersite) has a table about halfway down that lays out the proposed differences, although this site is by no means official
Click to expand...

Thanks, I didn't look at it because it wasn't official. But that'll help a lot after all. Although it seems I'll need ultimate to get everything. 🙁
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Sub-system for UNIX-based applications? 😉
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If I want something like that (or what I imagine that is) I'll get Windows SFU or cygwin. 😉

I was mostly referring to the dvd authoring stuff, Remote desktop, domain join support, and multiple processors. Pro seems to have some of them, but not all. Home doesn't give me the rest. I'd probably end up with pro though, since it has more of the important features.
 
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
his second link (winsupersite) has a table about halfway down that lays out the proposed differences, although this site is by no means official
Click to expand...

Thanks, I didn't look at it because it wasn't official. But that'll help a lot after all. Although it seems I'll need ultimate to get everything. 🙁
Click to expand...

Sub-system for UNIX-based applications? 😉
Click to expand...

If I want something like that (or what I imagine that is) I'll get Windows SFU or cygwin. 😉

I was mostly referring to the dvd authoring stuff, Remote desktop, domain join support, and multiple processors. Pro seems to have some of them, but not all. Home doesn't give me the rest. I'd probably end up with pro though, since it has more of the important features.
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People are gonna have to get used to calling it "Business" instead of Professional 🙂
 
i read two processors as the max. this sure better be speculation, seeing as we could be seeing four-cores as soon as next year
 
Originally posted by: ndruw
i read two processors as the max. this sure better be speculation, seeing as we could be seeing four-cores as soon as next year
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Unless things have changed, that's per-socket licensing, not per-core licensing. This means that you could have a dual quad-core Opteron system with all eight "CPUs" supported. However, I'm surprised that they didn't enable four-socket support in at least the Enterprise version, given that there are now motherboards like the Tyan K8QW which I could see some folks wanting for ultra-high-end workstations.
 
Damn they want 500 dollars for windows. I just paid 5 dollars for Xp pro. I hope they have get vista out before I graduate college and lose the academic discount.
 
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
his second link (winsupersite) has a table about halfway down that lays out the proposed differences, although this site is by no means official
Click to expand...

Thanks, I didn't look at it because it wasn't official. But that'll help a lot after all. Although it seems I'll need ultimate to get everything. 🙁
Click to expand...

Sub-system for UNIX-based applications? 😉
Click to expand...

If I want something like that (or what I imagine that is) I'll get Windows SFU or cygwin. 😉

I was mostly referring to the dvd authoring stuff, Remote desktop, domain join support, and multiple processors. Pro seems to have some of them, but not all. Home doesn't give me the rest. I'd probably end up with pro though, since it has more of the important features.
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I thought SFU wasn't going to continue into the future. No idea where I heard that though.
 
None of this is final. Names, prices and even SKUs are all subject to change.

Wait until there is a *real* official price/version and than make your decisions.
 
Originally posted by: xtknight
The Starter version limits resolution? Oh come on, that's just neutering, lol. Home P looks like the minimum choice for most enthusiasts here.
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Yes folks, the marketing folks in charge of Windows, have just learned about the tricks that video-card mfgs have been using for some time now. Expect more different XYZ versions of Windows' in the near future. 😛
 
Originally posted by: stash
That leaves Home Basic, Home Premium and Ultimate for consumers, and Business and Enterprise for businesses.
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Where's the Criterion Collection special Ultrabit Edition of Windows???
 
Am I to understand that Ultimate, positioned for power users, is more powerful than any business offering of Vista? Or is the datacenter market for Windows (what an oxymoron that is, lol 😛) covered still by Server 2003?
 
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