Microsoft Windows Vista Editions

  • Windows Vista Starter Edition: (Only available in emerging markets) Much like the Windows XP Starter Edition, this edition will be limited to emerging markets mainly to offer a legal alternative to piracy. It will be severely limited, for example only allowing a user to launch at most three applications at once. This is the only edition that will not support 64-bit processors.
  • Windows Vista Home Basic Edition: Similar to Windows XP Home Edition for budget users not requiring advanced media support for home use.
  • Windows Vista Home Basic Edition N: (Only available in Europe) Identical to Windows Vista Home Basic Edition except Windows Media Player is not included. This edition is mandated by European law, to allow more competitiveness among media applications available for Windows.
  • Windows Vista Home Premium Edition: Based on the Windows Vista Home Basic Edition, this edition will additionally support more advanced features aimed for the home market segment, such as HDTV support and DVD authoring. This edition will be comparable to a Windows XP Home edition combined with features from the Windows XP Media Center Edition and some additional features.
  • Windows Vista Professional Edition: Comparable to Windows XP Professional, and aimed at the business market. Adding support for Windows Server domains, which all Home editions will lack. This edition will also come with the Internet Information Services web server in a new version.
  • Windows Vista Professional Edition N: (Only available in Europe) Identical to Windows Vista Professional Edition except Windows Media Player is not included, for the same reason as with Home Basic Edition N.
  • Windows Vista Small Business Edition: This edition is aimed for small businesses lacking an IT staff, and therefore comes with a number of integrated system maintenance features, although not necessarily enough to be comparable to a full fledged server. It will support backup and shadow copies, and also come with fax and scanning utilities, and a special version of Microsoft's upcoming antivirus tool Windows OneCare. It may also come with a pre-paid Microsoft Office Live! subscription.
  • Windows Vista Enterprise Edition: (Only available through enterprise agreements) Aimed for the enterprise segment, and functionally like a superset of the Professional Edition, this edition will among other things ship with Microsoft's Virtual PC system virtualization software, and a multilingual user interface. This edition will not be available through retail or OEM's.
  • Windows Vista Ultimate Edition: This edition will work as a superset of the Home and Professional editions and additionally come with podcasting support, a game performance tweaker, and possibly supporting special online services for e.g. downloadable media. The Ultimate Edition is aimed to be the most impressive edition of Vista, aimed for high-end PC users.
Posted by Hunt3rke, Wednesday, September 21, 2005 8:29 AM
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