Unlike the up to 30 “versions” of Windows Vista that was rumoured a long time ago, it looks like there will only be around 6, and even two of those are versions made for countries like the UK that does not allow the packaging of certain Microsoft software in the mix.
Windows Vista Enterprise
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Home Basic N
Windows Vista Business N
This all isn’t finalized yet, but each version will be for different things, and have different abilities, and the differences will be much more noticable than the differences between Windows XP Home and Pro.
What software is not going to be allowed in the UK version?
So very lame, Microsoft. So very.
what about “Windows Vista Bloatware Edition” and “Windows Vista ‘Seriously, we aren’t ripping off KDE, we swear’ Edition”?
Let me guess before-hand what the Ultimate Version will include. Drum-roll please…
It will incluuuuuuuuuuude….
A new theme!
Serious, Ultimate is just another name for Windows Plus. Perhaps they want to charge even more than Plus so they named it that way.
Jedeye – it the stuff that won’t make it in the UK edition will probably be the media player, which because of the EU anti-trust rulings. MS has been waging that battle forever and ever in the EU and in the end had no choice but to unbundle MP from the OS. You can download it for free however (I think).
Silly Griffith, it’ll include a bit more than a new theme. From all the rumor sites, it looks to be a combination of Enterprise and Home edition premium.
Pretty slick move to not only make money, but to limit piracy. I mean even if coporate keys were leaked out, it won’t be as attractive to pirates since home enthusists will not have much use for the OS since it can’t do fancy media center stuff.
While the segmentation has it’s plusses, I can’t help but feel that the consumer is going to be one confused SOB, trying to figure out what version is right for him/her.
When would we be able to get them (and use them properly)?
Probably after SP10.
Err… having trouble counting are we? That’s seven… as announced long ago.
well looks like i wont be affording vista anytime soon! i would get it if it were affordable but
Not only is ultimate edition around 400$us, but youll have to buy 430$ worth of ram just run games on it! it needs 1 gig just to run! thats pretty nuts! even lindows only needs 128MB to tun smooth! Anyways word is youll definately need 2 gigs of ram to play games on it! 2 gigs ram is a whopping 400$ or more! makes upgrading to vista bloat edition extremely dam hard heh.
story cheks out
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=30503
Software that needs 10 times the resources to do the SAME JOB is not an upgrade to me
id move to linux if i could
vista runs fat sticky and slow
(terrible code writting) in beta, but maybe it will be ok later on (cough cough)
your cost: 400$ of ram plus 400$ for the good version of vista!
having to get all this new hardware for overpriced bloated code writting and gouging game lovers like this is retarded, some marketing ppl just
dont give a f**
in 94 windows 3.1 ran blazing fast on a intel 166mhz pc with 128 mgs of ram, in 2006 we got 3ghz chips and our pcs still arent faster today because microsoft operating systems and software get needlessly overloaded and become resource hogs to do the same job they did more efficiently yesteryear.
what we should have is operating system speed and software application benchmarks and reviews rather than hardware at some point
thats not the end of it! all video cards from ati and nvidia become obsolete and incompatible with vista because directX 9 is not supported in vista, so migrating to vista is totaly frustrating and financialy impossible for the average everyday pc user.
one solution is for ddr2 ram companies to slash prices on ram 60%, and video card companies slashing their new directX10 top rated cards 50% also, No common pc user can afford 400$ for 2 gigs ram a 500$ video card, plus another 400$ for vista!
Microsft is really being an ass and kicking people off of the net with this monopolistic fascist and biased attitude. Microsoft seems to put a gun to the head of almost all other company ppl to do its biding and forces pc users into frustrating and incapacitating situations at the same time.
vista is also puting a huge stall on
the pc market where no one wants to buy a piece of hardware anymore because vista will make it obsolete even faster than usual even if they all somewhat become obsolete after 6 months its just not helping.
As for hardware and software marketing scams i think most popular pc companies are in it together but theyre all paying for their scams together also, pc sales are down in a huge way!
ppl are tired of bein taken for suckers!
Anti virus makers actualy makes viruses
for you to buy antivirus software!
Microfsot helps software companies cuz its
open to viruses so that you pay for antivirus software.
screw them all!
Only go to reliable porn sites
and app sites!!
A better and easier solution for the average pc user is dont move to vista at all and keep XP
and surf with firefox.
Actualy linux is a speed demon and virus proof with a sweet price to boot and sure is looking better and better as an option to me, the only thing thats sucks about linux is hardware compatibility issues, since their os dosent require fast hardware , hardware makers dont make as many drivers for linux often for their new high end models, but this is also because harware makers keep to much of their old crap
on the market and their prices to high.
if i was in charge i would discontinue all
pentium 4s under the 950 and all celeron chips and older althlons under the 4800 and fx 53 models i would discontinue all hard disks under 250 gigs, nvidia cards under the 7000 series would be gone,
Ati cards under the x1800 would be gone
id cut ram prices 50%, video cards over
350$ would not exist!
cpus over 500$ would not exist either!!
the friken things put out microwave
frequencies! for 1000$ they would have
to put out virtual whores on all fours
and make meals for me to spend that kinda money on them! this gauging of the gamer has to stop!
i would also cut flash ram in a huge way
down to 10$ per gig
the hole pc hardware industry needs
a major price slash..
A larger OS may simply be the result
of poorly optimized programming,
i wonder how much physical compartments
and features more vista has over xp to take
10 gigs of space and 1.5 gigs of ram just
to run, i mean does aero glass require
9 more gigs hd and 2 gigs ram more than XP?
vista can work on even 128mg of ram frankly
but it will drain in virtual memory
and work real slow
dosnt more ram and HardDisk space only encourage more sloppy programing? id say yes
DONT BUY A PC THIS YEAR!
VISTA IS COMING OUT Q1 2007
DIRECTX10 VIDEO CARDS ARE COMING OUT Q1 ALSO
SED MONITORS ARE COMING OUT IN Q1 2007
AND INTEL ANOUNCES A 3.2 GHZ EXTREME EDITION DUO AND KENTSFIELD QUAD THAT WILL MAKE OTHER CORE DUO PRICES DROP! YOUD BE STUPID TO NOT WAIT AT LEAST 6 MONTHS TO UPGRADE
Windows == bullshit!
XGL and Compiz, Vista aero and Linsta2 theme.
50000000 times better than windows vista, and more spectacular.
Runs incredible well, on a PIV 512Mb RAM, and maybe (more or less) 5 mb HD space
Hi people! Great job!
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