which win 7 do i need

[F17ZY]

hey guys am building a media center for my room and i was hopiong to use windows 7 but witch one would be best for the job ? and the specs of the system is 12gb of ddr3 ram intel core i7 bloomfield and 3 1tb hdds plus tv card and sound card and hd tv output card all in 1 card reader 2 sata dvd burners 850w psu and everest water cooling

 

[Ex_Brit]

A Google search should tell you which ones are suitable for Media Center...


Home Premium
Ultimate
Enterprise

 

[BugMeister]

- nice set-up, dude..
- with that rig, I'd go for Ultimate 64-bit
- you'll be sure to get the max experience..

 

[mickey megabyte]

why pay extra for stuff you don't need?

for a more informed choice, check out this thread.

 

[F17ZY]

thanks guys i'll end up with enterprise or Ultimate as it will also be used as a everyday pc

 

[harpua]

Just out of curiosity, what features in Ultimate or Enterprise (same thing except for activation methods) that are not available in Home Premium or Pro, are you planning to utilize?

 

[mickey megabyte]

Just out of curiosity, what features in Ultimate or Enterprise (same thing except for activation methods) that are not available in Home Premium or Pro, are you planning to utilize?

..it may save you some money!

 

[F17ZY]

and with the looks of that list a few posts up ther is a big diffarenc in all copys but it is all upto you what 1 you want but i think am going with Ultimate for my media center 64bit os with everything i need

 

[chuckr]

..it may save you some money!

Not to mention saving a few Megabytes from clogging up that limited 3 terabyte storage area...

 

[masterB]

Just out of curiosity, what features in Ultimate or Enterprise (same thing except for activation methods) that are not available in Home Premium or Pro, are you planning to utilize?

I have the same curiosity!

If you don't do backups over the network and the BitLocker thing, you don't need Ultimate only to use Media Center.

and with the looks of that list a few posts up ther is a big diffarenc in all copys but it is all upto you what 1 you want but i think am going with Ultimate for my media center 64bit os with everything i need

Good luck with Ultimate, but I suggest to wait for Christmas sale or something like that.

 

[greenmatter]

Not to mention saving a few Megabytes from clogging up that limited 3 terabyte storage area...

yea, thats what i was thinking about

 

[BugMeister]

..if you can afford it - get Ultimate

- you'll never look back..

 

[Database]

I think you'd get by just fine with Home Premium.