Offical Windows Vista versions

Monday, February 27, 2006 by Island Dog | Discussion: Windows Vista

Here is the "official" Vista versions.

Windows Vista Home Basic: For consumers that want to simply use the PC to browse the Internet, correspond with friends and family over email or perform basic document creation and editing tasks, Windows Vista Home Basic will deliver a safer, more reliable and more productive computing environment.

Windows Vista Home Premium: Will help consumers utilize mobile or desktop PC functionality more effectively while enabling the enjoyment of new, exciting digital entertainment experiences – all with the benefit of added security and reliability. Windows Vista Home Premium includes everything in Windows Vista Home Basic, plus the Windows Vista Aero™ and Media Center and Tablet PC capabilities.

Windows Vista Ultimate: Windows Vista Ultimate is the edition of Windows Vista that has it all. It is the first operating system that brings together all of the consumer-oriented features available in Windows Vista Home Premium with all of the business-oriented features available in Windows Vista Business.

Two versions will cater to businesses:

Windows Vista Business: For small to medium size businesses, Windows Vista Business will help keep PCs running smoothly and securely so they are less reliant on dedicated IT support. For larger organizations, Windows Vista Business will provide dramatic new infrastructure improvements that will enable IT staff to spend less time focused on day to day maintenance of PCs and more time adding strategic value to the organization.

Windows Vista Enterprise: To better address the needs of large, global organizations and those with highly complex IT infrastructures, Windows Vista Enterprise is designed to significantly lower IT costs and risk. In addition to all of the features available in Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise is designed to provide higher levels of data protection using hardware-based encryption technology.

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Vailene
Reply #1 Monday, February 27, 2006 3:45 PM
Great Article Island Dog! Thanks for the info.!

thomassen
Reply #2 Monday, February 27, 2006 4:50 PM
I expect they will have an N version of those which doesn't include Windows Media Player for the European Union.

Adamness
Reply #3 Monday, February 27, 2006 6:14 PM
It's funny how people were freaking out about 8 versions of Vista, when it's really just 3 we have to deal with. Last I checked, there are 3 versions of XP too. I'm just wondering about the prices...

I'm a little confused about the N European versions though. Vista will have Defender and Gadgets/Sidebar built in. Does this mean that they can get sued by Spybot, Adaware, etc. developers? Or by widget developers, like Yahoo, or even Stardock?

Island Dog
Reply #4 Monday, February 27, 2006 6:25 PM

Does this mean that they can get sued by Spybot, Adaware, etc. developers? Or by widget developers, like Yahoo, or even Stardock?

Probably when they need something else to do. 


Island Dog
Reply #5 Monday, February 27, 2006 6:26 PM

They have also updated the official Vista site.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/


Videlous
Reply #6 Tuesday, February 28, 2006 4:47 AM
Yes, there will be the N versions for the EU. There are also other editions that will not be released until mid-late 2007.
Darth Videlous
Microsoft (678890)

thomassen
Reply #7 Tuesday, February 28, 2006 4:51 AM
It's funny how people were freaking out about 8 versions of Vista, when it's really just 3 we have to deal with.

Yea, people have been running about like dramaqueen because of this.

The N version is silly, IMO. Of all the bundled software that comes with Vista, it's only WMP that's taken out.
I'm not bothered about the bundeled software. But then again I can see software companies worry about it because the big general userbase will mostly just use what comes with the OS because it's good enough.
And personally I like WMP. It's my main player. I've used various ones, but seem to ahve settles for WMP for quite a whlie now. And I like what I hear about WMP11.
Fortunatly for me, Norway isn't part of EU, so I won't ahve to bother about the N version.

Last I checked, there are 3 versions of XP too.

Lets see, there is:
Windows XP Home
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Professional x64
Windows XP Starter (for development countries)
Windows XP Media Center Edition
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition

...now... why is people shocked about the number of Vista editions?

Cavan1
Reply #8 Tuesday, February 28, 2006 6:02 AM
..now... why is people shocked about the number of Vista editions?


I think those who are shocked mistakenly think Microsoft actually cares about be user friendly.

Adamness
Reply #9 Tuesday, February 28, 2006 9:08 AM
I think this is pretty user friendly. After looking at thomassen's list, there are more versions of XP than Vista. Tablet and Media Center Editions will be included in Ultimate. Not sure about a 64 bit, though. I don't see any problem with having a few different versions. You only get one version with a Mac, and I bet most people don't use a bunch of the crap they give you in there.

thomassen
Reply #10 Tuesday, February 28, 2006 12:04 PM
I think that Vista is 64 bit, but compatible with 32 bit hardware and software.

And I also think the reason Microsoft has survived is because they make userfriendly software. The problem they are facing however is that they are trying to fit everyone's needs. Which is impossible.

Adamness
Reply #11 Tuesday, February 28, 2006 12:39 PM
As I was talking about before, Microsoft keeps putting more and more built-ins in their software. This is good to some extent, but bad for people who actually know what they're doing, and don't like having things forced on them. This is why I don't like buying a computer when it has a whole bunch of preloaded anti-virus, office, imaging, etc. programs. And this is one of the reasons I don't like Macs.

I would have liked to see a Vista with out the media player, or Internet Explorer, or Defender, or Sidebar, or any of the other things which aren't part of the actual OS. Call it Vista Barebones.

On the other hand, people complain that Windows isn't secure because it doesn't come with anti-virus, and didn't have firewall or anti-apyware. People who aren't the most tech savvy people are mostly the ones that keep the viruses and whatnot spreading around. But when these things are resolved by MS, people on the other side jump on them, which is why I like my Barebones idea.

So when people are complaining there are too many versions, I wish there were more.

Island Dog
Reply #12 Tuesday, February 28, 2006 1:29 PM
It's called the N edition. Although there is no reason to have a version like that other than to appease the euros.

thomassen
Reply #13 Tuesday, February 28, 2006 2:22 PM
Yea. The first thing I did with my Dell was to reformat it. I would have done that too my Packard laptop as well if it hadn't been for the fact that I didn't get an XP CD with that. There is an option to create a restore/backup CD, but that would mean everything would be the same when I reinstalled it.

Island Dog
Reply #14 Wednesday, March 1, 2006 4:59 PM
"The biggest change of all? One retail DVD includes all four versions. The product key, which is entered at the beginning of the installation process, determines which version gets installed. That’s potentially very good news for retail customers, who should be able to use any Windows Vista media to reinstall the operating system (provided they haven’t lost the product key). One aspect of this architecture that I haven’t read much discussion about yet is the very easy upgrade scenario. With a single media source, it should be possible for a Windows user to upgrade to a more feature-rich version without a lot of hassle. Buy a new product key from a retailer or direct from Microsoft (the price would depend on the specifics of the upgrade – jumping from Home Basic to Ultimate would incur a bigger price than going from Basic to Home Premium or from Home Premium to Ultimate)." http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=12

Adamness
Reply #15 Wednesday, March 1, 2006 6:16 PM
That would also make piracy a whole lot easier. I'm surprised Microsoft is even considering that. It would be like Adobe putting the whole Creative Suite on a CD when someone buys Photoshop.

thomassen
Reply #16 Friday, March 3, 2006 12:15 PM
That would also make piracy a whole lot easier. I'm surprised Microsoft is even considering that. It would be like Adobe putting the whole Creative Suite on a CD when someone buys Photoshop.

Any harder than it is now? There will allways be people cracking software and making keygens. If people want pirated software they'll get it. So why not make it more convenient for the legal users as oppose to making it harder?

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