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Windows Vista To Come in Seven Versions

It's bad enough that there are several versions of Windows XP (Home, Professional, Media Center, Tablet, 64-bit, etc...), but it looks like Windows Vista, the next version of Windows, is going to come out of the gate in seven versions: Vista Starter Edition, Vista Home Basic Edition, Vista Home Premium Edition, Vista Ultimate Edition, Vista Small Business Edition, Vista Professional Edition, and Vista Enterprise Edition.

Does anybody else find that a touch confusing? Reading the article just makes it worse. More discussion here.

Posted by Jake on 09/15/05 @ 04:58 PM
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Barney said on 09/15/05 @ 08:39 PM:
Dvorak has a great column on this over at PC Mag.com, suggesting such things as "Windows Vista Desperate Housewives Edition," etc.;-)

J. J. said on 09/15/05 @ 09:14 PM:
I second daedal's comment.

cyber_rigger said on 09/16/05 @ 09:46 AM:


V.I.S.T.A.

Viruses
Insecurities
Spyware
Trojans
Adware

KurtP said on 09/18/05 @ 04:31 PM:
Ok, so you buy a computer and you get the 'Home Basic" package unless you pay for the premium- which includes an e-mail program.

BRILLIANT!

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