Windows Vista Question

[kenexcelon]

I am wanting to build a new desktop and possibly purchase a new laptop. However, I have not been able to determine if one edition of Vista is better for development than the other like with Windows Home and XP. Is there a specific edition that is recommended for .NET development? Thanks

[Rajesh R Subramanian]

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[Mike Dimmick]

I would go with Windows Vista Business. You don't need Media Center (rules out Ultimate and Home Premium), you might need Remote Desktop and domain support (rules out both Home editions), you'd like Aero Glass (rules out Home Basic) and you probably do need full IIS support (rules out Home editions). The only reason I can think of that you might need Ultimate is if you needed to test with Multi-Lingual User Interface (MUI) packs installed. These are only available for Ultimate or Enterprise. Enterprise is only available through Volume Licensing. Oh, and ignore the K and N versions unless for some reason you'd like to pay the same amount for a version of Windows without Media Player or without Messenger or both (KN version). They're only so MS can pay lip service to the anti-trust rulings in Europe (N version) and Korea (K version).

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[Paul Conrad]

Go with Vista Business Edition...

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