Windows 7: Compare Windows 7 Editions

Could you include virtualisation as well please.

Since this is in progress I'm not sure if you're looking for additions but here's one that seems to have changed over the past several months (or at least not as clear as it was)....
Full Image Backup capability
(in other words, which versions allow Full Image Backups)

Great list Brink, well done

Perfect!

Brink,
Great post and perfect timing. Clarify this please. Will we be able to use Wau to upgrade all the way up to and including Ultimate? This chart is confusing to me. Is it a empty space because you can't upgrade to it or beyond it?

Hello Larry,

If there is not a YES there, then it means it is not supported in the specific edition of Windows 7.

You can't use WAU in the Ultimate and Enterprise editions of Windows 7 though.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Really the only difference between Home Premium and Pro is .... Domain Join (and therefore Location Aware Printing and Remote Desktop Host) and XP Mode.

Makes the decision pretty easy for me.

Thanks for the excellent table Brink.

You're welcome Charles. Premium doesn't have EFS or Offline Files either though.

Great work! Shawn And very timely as well! I think a good number of people will want to look this over carefully in the next few months in order to make the decisions on which edition they will go with.

The WAU or Windows Anytime deals are generally limited to the prebuilds with Vista presently installed with the offer of the free 7 upgrade being offered from July 1st forward. Most of the systems sold in retail outlets tend to be the less featured editions sold for general home user/consumer user where these are intended for promotional deals.

Even while you will likely be expanding on this a bit further it makes a great reference since MS has been a little slow on this. It's still a great solid reference!

(especially from what MS has on their own page. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...mpare-editions)