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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. In other news.... by dracken · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Bill G. was seen hanging out with George Lucas.

  2. Podcast creation utility in win... bye bye apple! by nazsco · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    now, 90% of the users will have the ability to create podcasts in windows with a default instaled apple. An app that probably will only work with windows media player content control enabled systems.

    I think that will take apple back to a cult thingy. Of course, only after some appeal on court that will only get effective by the time apple is already dead and M$ can remove the app exactly when it would be expensive to suport.

  3. Who's mod'ing that? by khasim · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Moderation +2
        50% Insightful
        20% Interesting
        20% Overrated

    Okay, I can see the "Overrated" mod ... but giving it the other mod's just doesn't make sense from a technical viewpoint.

    Windows boxes STILL have BSOD's. So why would an anonymous post questioning someone who made a joke about such BSOD's be mod'ed "Insightful"?