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MS Confirms Six Different Versions of Windows 7
darien writes "Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 will be offered in six different editions. In a seeming admission that the numerous versions of Vista were confusing to consumers, the company says that this time its marketing will focus on just two editions — 'Home Premium' and 'Professional.' But the reality is more complex, with different packages offering different subsets of the total range of Windows 7 features."
There's no Windows 7 Core edition for those of us who want to go back to a command line interface? No Windows 7 Ultimate Plus 100 that cost $100 more than Ultimate and includes the very useful feature of being allowed to download any one installation only digital copy of any Microsoft game valued at $25 or less? No Windows 7 Diamond that comes in a box with lots of bling and has a diamond screensaver unique only to that version for only $500 more than the Windows 7 Ultimate Plus 100 edition?
Come on Microsoft - how can I show that I like to spend tons of extra money for promised but never delivered features. Maybe they could try a new tactic - sell Windows 7 Beta for half the cost of Ultimate (but the license is only good for 6 months) and Windows 7 Metered (charges you for every second of time you use the Ultimate version - say 1 cent per minute. That's only $14.40 per 24 hours of use (so remember to shut down).
Why am I hearing The Who's song "Won't Get Fooled Again" all of the sudden...
=Smidge=
Is it just my observation, or is eldavojohn an idiot?
...and I will be buying none of them.
Say what you like, but at least Apple keeps it simple for the consumer. Everybody gets the same version, and they can customize which features get installed. You get to choose if you want to install BSD or Developer tools, language packages, etc. I know there's also Mac OS X server, but the difference in price tag still helps to make it an easy choice for consumers.
Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.
So that would be:
1. Windows 7 Crappy
2. Windows 7 Pathetic
3. Windows 7 Mistake
4. Windows 7 Retarded
5. Windows 7 Total Shit Home
6. Windows 7 Total Shit Premium
Did I get everything?
I have a bad feeling about this...
Which is the version that won't randomly crash?
I mentioned MacOS once, and you call it a "tout?" Your rabid anti-fanboyism is showing.
And regardless of a hardware lock (or not), I really don't think it costs much more than $100 to make any PC OS, considering once they're done, they can just print up as many copies as they want.
It is by my will alone my thoughts acquire motion; it is by the juice of the coffee bean that the thoughts acquire speed
Oh, it gets worse. I don't know if TFA is the same article I read, but apparently if it wasn't confusing enough, they are now going to switch around Vista/7 when it comes to starter VS Basic. What that means is if you get something like an OEM Netbook you'll likely get starter, which is now Basic, and Basic, which will now only be sold to third world countries, will be beyond crippled with the only 3 apps at a time crap.
Are they TRYING to commit suicide? Is that it? Because I am seriously starting to wonder. They take this giant left turn(and a bad one IMHO) with Vista and completely give business customers the finger with this HTPC wannabe OS, then instead of admitting their mistake and cutting their losses, or at least going back to having a separate OS for the businesses VS the home users, they AGAIN try to stuff business users into a multimedia OS and then add insult to injury by this giant clusterfuck of a half a dozen versions.
Mark my words, and mark me as troll if you want, but I have said this before and I'm saying it again: Win7 is going to bomb HARD. It is going down in a giant flaming ball of poo. It is too much of a multimedia bling bling OS for the enterprise markets, the home users HATE change and will be confused with all the versions, and the SOHO and SMB markets will be screwed because they pick up their machines at places like Best Buy and Staples and will end up with Home Premium machines that won't do what they need. There is a good reason why there are so many sites out there showing how to turn Win server 2K3 and 2K8 into a desktop OS: It is because MSFT has been giving the finger to one of their biggest markets since Vista came out, which is of course the business user. They want a plain, boring, low resource using desktop that is easy to lock down with Group Policy-That is all. Instead we get this multimedia nightmare that looks like Windows and a Mac got drunk and had unprotected sex and this is the result, and a bad result at that.
So all you Linux developers be getting your A game together. Be making sure that Linux is as easy to use and easy to manage(Does Linux have something similar to Group Policies?) as you possibly can. Because when Win7 comes out and it bombs hard there are going to be a LOT of SOHO, SMB, and Enterprise customers that are going to be seriously looking into "this Linux thing" simply because they have no choice. They can't afford to wait around until Win8 hoping that MSFT remembers they exist and they sure as hell can't afford to be server license just so they can roll their own OS. I have already started getting inquiries from my SOHO and SMB customers about "this Linux thing" because they already believe that MSFT is going to let them down again. The ones that are holding out hoping Win7 will fix all the problems they had with Vista will be in for a rude awakening when they find it is more of the same. So this is your chance, the ball is in your court, the goal line is dead ahead. Because if you can't score Linux some market share with MSFT practically slitting their own throat you never will.
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
And you were perfectly productive on that, too; why the change?