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Windows Vista Editions
(Longhorn)
Windows Vista (Longhorn)
is Microsoft's
major OS release in 4 years and will feature
significant improvements over the current Windows XP.
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, gamers, and multimedia professionals.
Source:
Wikipedia.org
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