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So, I get the Home Premium and the netbook version for my netbook. I don't see a problem with this. If I needed Ultimate, I could get that. I hate paying for features I have absolutely no use for.
So, I get the Home Premium and the netbook version for my netbook. I don't see a problem with this. If I needed Ultimate, I could get that. I hate paying for features I have absolutely no use for.
Are you sure about that?
Engadget said:ZDnet, Mary Jo Foley said:According to that, I'd say Basic is emerging markets only.ars technica said:
But I simply don't get why they consider Starter suitable for netbooks, if it really doesn't even feature ad-hoc wireless networks or the Mobility Center...
The press can sometimes be wrong too...
i want to see the it in the Windows 7 press release or someone in MS say that and that ill know that it is true....
as you can see that zdnet with endgadget and ars saying something different about the availability of starter...
someone has to be incorrect...
what i have seen is the same stance as with Vista...
Vista starter>7 Starter (like you i see no reason why they the removed adhoc and mobility center)
Vista Home Basic>7 Home Basic
Vista Home Premium> 7 home premium
Vista Business> 7 Professional (dont know why WMC is included in this... Mobility Center i can see as i know a few tablets have Vista business...)
Vista Ultimate> 7 Ultimate
Vista Enterprise>7 Enterprise
full article: Windows 7 Lineup Offers Clear Choice for Consumers and BusinessesMicrosoft PressPass said:
First of all, the SKU breakdown does not follow the Vista model, so you can't do the comparison that you have. MS has made it pretty clear that Starter and Basic are for emerging markets only. Starter will also be available on LOW-END netbooks.
There are only 2 consumer versions of Win 7 that will be marketed, Home Premium and Professional, with Home Premium a true sub-set of Professional, so everything in Home Premium is in Professional. This is different from Vista in that Home Premium and Business had different elements in each, so that the only way to get both was Ultimate.
Ultimate is basically Enterprise for the Consumer. Say you are an independent IT consultant, with Ultimate, you could work in almost any enterprise setting and have the necessary tools to connect and work. Ultimate will be a niche product and most likely not available on retail shelves.
So now, when the consumer walks into Best Buy or Office Depot, they see Home Premium or Professional, not the current crop which has Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate.
Sounds like an improvement to me.
PhreePhly
yeah i know....
actually it kinda does make sense....
the should have ripped business right from the start
(to this day i do not know why the have Business (Enterprise is more than enough... im guessing they will lower the amount of pc need to buy before you are eligible to get the enterprise licence)
I think what they are trying to do is market to those xp folks...
i mean professional?...
Absolutely, Home Premium will get shortened to Home when there is no Basic in the picture, so now you have Windows 7 Home or Professional, kinda has a nice ring to it, no?
I'm still curious how they will handle 32 bit/64 bit. Current retail of Ultimate and Home Premium have both disks, I believe, but OEM only has one. Both versions would fit on a DVD9 (dual layer), but apparently enough DVD players cannot handle dual layer, so that probably won't fly.
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