Home Premium or Professional?

[poin2]

Okay, I give up. I thought I had bookmarked a detailed list of the differences between the several flavors of Win.7; however, I can't seem to find it.

Anyone have a clue?

There's a graphic of how the versions differ at the following, but it's a little on the small side:

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/4261/skuinfo.jpg

Also here, bigger but a little fuzzier:

http://windows7news.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/windows_7_editions_features_sku.jpg

 

[ahriman]

Just pre-ordered Home Premium.I've had XP and Vista Professional, but
really don't see the added features are worth the added cost.

 

[pestbest]

Home Premium for me. It's just that Pro doesn't have much more than Home Premium. What for waste so much more money on nothing worth the price?

 

[DarkXeno]

Well Im ordering one Home and one Pro, since my one laptop need to connect to a domain for work and the home for my wife's machine.
As for the ultimate version adding bit-locker I've never used it cause if you really want my data your going to find a way to get it.

 

[myzr7]

Just pre ordered Home Premium cost $54 including tax. Both x64 and x86 included in the package is what it said. I have one 64 bit and two 32 bit machines. Lets see load it three times. Thats 54 divided by 3 = 18. I can live with that if it works for me.

 

[Orbital Shark]

Home Premium or Professional? No thanks, Ultimate all the way here

 

[FTBoomer]

I want the 64-bit version but don't see it listed on Amazon. Does the box contain both versions? Where can I pre-order x64?

 

[saiarcot895]

I want the 64-bit version but don't see it listed on Amazon. Does the box contain both versions? Where can I pre-order x64?

x32 and x64 are in the DVD. No separate purchase necessary.

Oh, and I bought Home Premium.

 

[saiarcot895]

Just pre ordered Home Premium cost $54 including tax. Both x64 and x86 included in the package is what it said. I have one 64 bit and two 32 bit machines. Lets see load it three times. Thats 54 divided by 3 = 18. I can live with that if it works for me.

Are we allowed to load it three times?

 

[weh]

While I'd like Ultimate, it would mostly be a vanity thing. And were I buying Professional at retail, the small additional charge for Ultimate would be a no-brainer. However, with Professional at half price against Ultimate at full price, that, too, is a no brainer.

Currently, I remote into several family members' PCs using Remote Desktop (they all have XP Pro). It appears that Home Premium does not have that ability.

Ergo, I'll be buying 3 copies of Professional instead of 2 Home Premiums and 1 Professional. At least it's only $300 instead of $600 . . . .

 

[FTBoomer]

x32 and x64 are in the DVD. No separate purchase necessary.

Oh, and I bought Home Premium.

Great Thanks.

 

[zigzag3143]

home premium

While I'd like Ultimate, it would mostly be a vanity thing. And were I buying Professional at retail, the small additional charge for Ultimate would be a no-brainer. However, with Professional at half price against Ultimate at full price, that, too, is a no brainer.

Currently, I remote into several family members' PCs using Remote Desktop (they all have XP Pro). It appears that Home Premium does not have that ability.

Ergo, I'll be buying 3 copies of Professional instead of 2 Home Premiums and 1 Professional. At least it's only $300 instead of $600 . . . .

First a question then the answer.
I wonder if there will be different levels of support for home vs pro versions. Not that support has ever been M$ strong suite.

If I had to buy it Pro or ultimate would be my choice.

Ken

 

[smarteyeball]

If I didn't have a technet sub and the offer was available in Australia, I'd go for Home Premium.

 

[tw33k]

If I didn't have a technet sub and the offer was available in Australia, I'd go for Home Premium.

yeah i'm glad i have a technet sub. i just gotta have ultimate.

 

[smarteyeball]

yeah i'm glad i have a technet sub. i just gotta have ultimate.

lol, yep

 

[leelord]

I did pro. I'm not sure how many of my XP programs would run on Premium. For example Norton Save and Restore 2.0, Norton 9 Anti-Virus are most important to me. I'd rather be safe than sorry.

 

[nate42nd]

I'm doing a clean install on a new build and want to create system images to network drives. I have to buy Pro for image on network drives. I can find $15 more in change under my couch cushions. I don't see why someone would buy Pro unless it's an upgrade.

It's my understanding I could not use an upgrade version on a new machine because you need a previous install disk to make it work. Someone told me I could but I don't see how.

 

[DocBrown]

After testing Ultimate for over 8 months, I could not go with anything less.

" Doc "

 

[Razzen]

I choose Home Premium. Pro didn't convince me at all.

 

[SIW2]

Just pre ordered Home Premium cost $54 including tax. Both x64 and x86 included in the package is what it said. I have one 64 bit and two 32 bit machines. Lets see load it three times. Thats 54 divided by 3 = 18. I can live with that if it works for me.

Are we allowed to load it three times?

No.

You need a separate license for each machine.

The forthcoming Family license allows 3 machines - it's more expensive, obviously - unless they do a special launch deal on that - you might be better getting 3 upgrades on the pre order deal.