Multiple Versions - Again

realJSOP

Well, it looks like windows 7 is going to be released in different versions - again. Starter Home Basic Home Premium Business Ultimate

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hairy_hats

So will "Windows 7 Compatible" PCs all run Ultimate I wonder?

realJSOP

I would guess that "Windows 7 Compatible" means it will run Starter... They need to shorten the name to Weven.

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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

Pete OHanlon

How intuitive. Of course, you've completely missed out: Windows 7 Server Windows 7 Enterprise Windows 7 Data Center Windows 7 Really big office block Windows 7 Holy Smoke - how much disk space does this beast consume and Windows 7 I've just figured out that they are all the same OS, and I can reenable features just by tweaking the registry R1 SP2.

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Gary R Wheeler

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Dario Solera

I wonder who uses Starter and Home Basic. I think they should just release Home, Business and Ultimate. Those would make sense in my opinion.

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Chris Maunder

Hands up who can explain the difference to their parents/friends/mother-in-law/neighbour when you get that call from the computer store and they need advice on which version they should buy.

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peterchen

Starter is the CIA version (China, India, Africa - sorry, guys), and Home Basic is the "My laptop can't Aero, and I only surf anyway" edition.

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jgrogan

How long before they get sued for "Windows 7 capable" stickers on PC's?

realJSOP

It looks like they didn't learn ANYTHING from our Vista experience or Apple's single-version marketing... I thought the complaints were loud and numerous enough to be noticed by Microsoft, but I guess not...

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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

As funny as that was Gary, I can't help but think of the amount of time you spent typing all that out. :)

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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

mum's the word ;)

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Gary R Wheeler

John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

loud and numerous enough to be noticed by Microsoft

C'mon John, surely you know better than that. Multiple, confusing versions is simply a sales tactic used by the unscrupulous against the ignorant. Car companies have been doing it for decades. Your average moron will pay $$$$ for that fine Corinthian leather that actually came off some steer headed for the slaughter house in Kansas. This is simply the software version of that. Dad goes into the computer store. Is he going to buy Windows 7 Home Basic because all he does is e-mail and surf pr0n? Hell no! He's going to buy the big tricked-out version.

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Chris Losinger

Windows 7 Nimbostratus Virga ? is that the one where you can see it working on something, but it somehow never manages to finish ? that's why i'm going to use Windows 7 Hot tower . it's hard to beat a Hot Tower.

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blackjack2150

John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

Well, it looks like windows 7 is going to be released in different versions - again.

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Nagy Vilmos

John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

They need to shorten the name to Weven.

weven[^] it is Sire!

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Henry Minute

:thumbsup: Sorry, that's the most I can manage.

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Chris Losinger wrote:

it's hard to beat a Hot Tower.

Try changing hands...

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