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Windows Vista To Come In 7 Flavors

Posted by Zonk on from the almost-like-baskin-robbins dept.

Dionne writes "Microsoft is really milking it with this one: According to an Ars Technica report, there will be 7 versions of Windows Vista: Starter Edition, Home Basic Edition, Home Premium Edition, Professional Edition, Small Business Edition, Enterprise Edition, and Ultimate Edition." From the article: "Windows Vista Ultimate Edition is a superset of both Vista Home Premium and Vista Pro Edition, so it includes all of the features of both of those product versions, plus adds Game Performance Tweaker with integrated gaming experiences, a Podcast creation utility (under consideration, may be cut from product), and online "Club" services (exclusive access to music, movies, services and preferred customer care) and other offerings (also under consideration, may be cut from product)."

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  1. Re:This is going to confuse the hell out of people by mkro · · Score: 5, Informative
    Home users probably won't know what version they have, and that will complicate tech support calls of all types.

    Been there, done that.
    - "So do you have service pack 2 installed?"
    - "Uhm, maybe you should speak to my son, I am not much into this..."
    - "Hold the little flag button on the bottom left of your keyboard, then push the Pause/Break button faaar up on the right at the same time"
    - "Oh, something happened."
    - "Can you read what is says under System?"
    - "Uh, yes, Windows... copyright, oh, Service pack 2"

    Usually this does not take longer than 30 secs, and will most likely work on Vista too.
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  2. Re:Windows Vista Forum by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    You didn't "find" the website. You own the website. You've already said you own iconnectzone.com. A Whois on winvistasecrets.com and a whois on iconnectzone.com gives the same owner: Linlay Lee Kien On. Most of your comments spam these links. The Slashdot community doesn't give a shit about some Micro$oft-promoting website. So get lost.

  3. Re:Flavours? by generic-man · · Score: 5, Informative

    And why can't I just buy Word and Excel and none of the other ass programs?

    Microsoft Office Word 2003 (the upgrade version is about half the price)

    Microsoft Office Excel 2003 (the upgrade version is about half the price)

    If "too many options confuse people and make them pissed off," then Linux is absolutely fucked.

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