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Microsoft Confirms 6 Versions of Vista

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the this-is-getting-complicated-fast dept.

Darthmalt writes "The BBC has a story confirming that there will be 6 versions of Vista. They are Vista Business, Vista Enterprise, Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, Vista Ultimate, Vista Starter. Also included are some of the differences between each version."

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  1. I'm getting Vista Home Basic by ewg · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm getting Vista Home Basic just for the the Basic interpreter.

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  2. Re:Server Platform by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    For servers, Microsoft is recommending Vista Debian Edition. To update to the latest version, simply type "sudo apt-get update" & "sudo apt-get upgrade."

  3. Behind Door Number 6 by Billosaur · · Score: 2, Funny
    Three versions of the software, called Vista, will be for home users, two will be for businesses and one will be for emerging markets.

    Namely the emerging market of people frustrated with the other five versions...

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  4. Microsoft will not fragment like linux by Phillip2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've always argued that windows is far better than linux, because it's not
    going to fragment in the way linux does. It's a huge problem. You write an
    app for linux and you can never tell what their system is going to be like.
    They could be on redhat, or ubuntu, or any of the popular distros.

    With windows, it's nice and clear. Either they are in 2000. Or XP (Home or
    Business). Or Vista. That is Vista home. Or home premium. Or business.
    Or richer business edition.

    Think I'm going to buy a mac.

    Phil

    1. Re:Microsoft will not fragment like linux by jalefkowit · · Score: 3, Funny
      Think I'm going to buy a mac.

      Mac PPC, or Mac Intel? ;-)

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  5. Re:Okay by rbochan · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'll take the Windows Vista "Half Way Decent Security Out of the Box" Edition please....

    We're sorry, that version won't be available until March of 2010^H^HJune of 2012^H^HDecember of 2015.
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  6. Days Since IE Crash by stlhawkeye · · Score: 2, Funny

    Among my roles at work is web development. I keep a whiteboard here that says, "COMMIT TO STABLE SOFTWARE!" and it has two sections: "DAYS SINCE AN IE CRASH" and "LIFETIME RECORD." Sort of like those signs at factories that say, "198 days without an accident." Anyway, the "DAYS SINCE AN IE CRASH" is currently 1. The lifetime record is 2.

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  7. Re:Server Platform by somersault · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's a shame they have such a cut down list of releases, I was wondering Microsoft Windows Vista We Screw You Out Of Your Hard Earned Money For An OS That Wont Have Any Benefits Apart From Having Halo 3 Exclusivity Even Tho Halo 3 Sux0rz Ultra Shiny Professional No Default Deny Edition.

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  8. Re:Server Platform by kimvette · · Score: 4, Funny

    re: "What does Vista do that 2000 doesn't?"

      Notable Windows Vista features:
      - WinFS (oops, nope, scratch that!)
      - the bash-like shell Monad (oops, nope, scratch that!)

    Let's try again!

      Notable Windows Vista features:
      - DRM to deny your Fair Use rights as provisioned by Copyright Law and The Constitution of The united States of America
      - shiny new Aero skin (Oops, don't have an Nvidia 6x00 and Pentium 4 2.8 or higher? Still stuck with an ATI Radeon? Scratch this one!)
      - Red Screen Of Death for the Really, Really Bad Errors

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