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« on: September 11, 2005, 08:07:19 PM »
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If you've been wondering why Windows Vista has taken a long time to reach Beta 1, we can now tell you why: there are seven separate editions of Vista headed your way. OK, that's not the reason for the delay, but how else do you introduce that many OS versions, without invoking Snow White & friends? Join me know as I romp through the various editions, many of which you'll see are just barely differentiated.

Interesting..
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« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2005, 08:26:16 PM »
7 versions..  :whaa: .. Home, Professional, Corporate, School, Work, Work-related, and some other stuff probably Very Happy
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« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2005, 08:32:25 PM »
heres my idea on the versions.. in no particular order

home edition: theft edition: robbery edition: grand theft edition: larceny edition: fraud edition:
crackhead brick threw window carjacking edition:

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« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2005, 08:51:27 PM »
here they are: Starter Edition, Home Basic Edition, Home Premium Edition, Professional Edition, Small Business Edition, Enterprise Edition, and Ultimate Edition
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« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2005, 09:12:48 PM »
are those the real ones?
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« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2005, 10:25:19 PM »
Quote from: Elite.Pete on September 11, 2005, 09:12:48 PM
are those the real ones?
The final SKU's are not final until MSFT announces them.  Ultimate is rumored to replace Media Center Edition.  I'm betting there will be home, corp and media center editions.  I don't know why the feature set in corp wouldn't work in a small biz network.
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« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2005, 08:39:28 AM »
anybody knows what the minimum requirements gonna be to computer to handle vista?
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« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2005, 08:41:07 AM »
RAM: 2GB is the ideal configuration for 64-bit Vista, we're told. Vista 32-bit will work ideally at 1GB, and minimum 512. However, since 64-bit is handling data chunks that are double the size, you'll need double the memory, hence the 2GB. Nigel mentions DDR3 - which is a little odd, since the roadmap for DDR3, on Intel gear at least, doesn't really kick in until 2007.

HDD: SATA is definitely the way forward for Vista, due, Microsoft tells us, to Native Command Queueing. NCQ allows for out of order completions - that is, if Vista needs tasks 1,2,3,4 and 5 done, it can do them in the order 2,5,3,4,1 if that's a more efficient route for the hard drive head to take over the disk. This leads to far faster completion times.


thats all i could find...  cry and im too sick to look hard
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« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2005, 08:44:16 AM »
not to mention some good power in the graphics dept if you exect to use all of the new visual stuff included.. they are talking about 9600 or better i believe is what i saw..
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« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2005, 08:45:13 AM »
im running a p4 3.0GHz /w ht 1gig ram and a 256mb pci-e radeon x700 pro so hopefully i will be able to run it nicely
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« Reply #10 on: September 12, 2005, 08:48:23 AM »
yeah i think you should be good.. wouldnt expect graphics drivers to be that great for some time until vista has been out for a while.. I doubt that the gamers will move over to vista for quite a while until all of the driver issues are resolved..
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« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2005, 09:45:58 AM »
That will nevery fly, just like the thing with them wating a HDCP monitor to play HD DVD's and BLU-Ray, on both withdows and mac. They are driving them selfs into the ground. I want the Google OS.
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« Reply #12 on: September 12, 2005, 10:28:34 AM »
The best operating system ever offered for a personal PC, optimized for the individual. 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). Microsoft is still investigating how to position its most impressive Windows release yet, and is looking into offering Ultimate Edition owners such services as extended A1 subscriptions, free music downloads, free movie downloads, Online Spotlight and entertainment software, preferred product support, and custom themes. There is nothing like Vista Ultimate Edition today. This version is aimed at high-end PC users and technology influencers, gamers, digital media enthusiasts, and students.

Check this out: Windows Vista product editions revealed
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« Reply #13 on: September 12, 2005, 11:58:01 AM »
yeah forgot the link.. that is the original article..
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« Reply #14 on: September 12, 2005, 12:37:26 PM »
Im using Windows Vista Beta 1 right now on a 3.2 GHz with HT and 512 megs of ram and a 128 meg DDR Radeon X300 Card and it is working nice and smooth... so far.
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