Since PDC happened I've been going through and watching all of the presentations. If you want a quick synopsis of what is coming out for 7
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Nope, it is entirely based on top of Vista. All of the nice features and speed ups you are seeing come directly from the Vista componentization.
As for flavors, there are going to be more than one and, as always, the home edition will come out at $300. They haven't announced the editions yet, but sadly ,they are still in there.
To be fair, it isn't like Microsoft releases new versions every year. xp came out in late 2001, Vista arrived at retail stores in early 2007, and Windows 7 isn't expected until mid-to-late 2009. Assuming the projections are as off as they were with Vista (one year out, tops!), we'll probably see it in retail around early 2010.
So just over five years between xp and Vista, then what looks like nearly three for 7.
In the same time period, Apple's OS has undergone several revisions with each one selling for $130 for a single license. Over time, the upgrade pricing is pretty equivalent, Apple just releases more frequently.
I don't see a huge number of slightly different editions helping anyone, though. They really need to simplify the lineup. Home, Business, and Ultimate should be the only ones end users need to see or care about.
I'm not a big fan of 20 different versions, but I'm not in marketing. Presumably they have a reason. Although it might be 'confuse the customer until they give up and buy Ultimate' or something. >:)
It's pretty universally agreed that -that- many versions are stupid. I can see Home, Business and Ultimate versions, but anything more than that is excessive.
Though xp had a ton of versions on its own. The ones I can name offhand are Starter, Home, Media Center, Media Center 2005, Tablet, Pro, Pro 64, VLK, and Windows xp 64-Bit Edition (for Itanium processors). That's without going into the server versions. Vista has what? Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate, right?
Neither list counts the duplicate versions for the EU that remove Windows Media Player.
Roll the Home Basic and Home Premium together. Give that the media center features and basic tablet functionality. Business and Enterprise go together and get more advanced tablet features, but basic media handling. Ultimate gets everything.
Yup. I agree that Home needs to be combined into a single version. The only differences between Home and Business editions other than processor/memory bull is: Home: Media Center, Windows DVD Maker (now Windows Live DVD) Business: Bitlocker, Volume Shadow Copy, Previous Versions, RDP (remote desktop), Windows Backup and Restore Center, Group Policy
Ultimate has it all. I got ultimate because I use Media Center and want VSC and Previous Versions working.
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As for flavors, there are going to be more than one and, as always, the home edition will come out at $300. They haven't announced the editions yet, but sadly ,they are still in there.
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I'm one of them.
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So just over five years between xp and Vista, then what looks like nearly three for 7.
In the same time period, Apple's OS has undergone several revisions with each one selling for $130 for a single license. Over time, the upgrade pricing is pretty equivalent, Apple just releases more frequently.
I don't see a huge number of slightly different editions helping anyone, though. They really need to simplify the lineup. Home, Business, and Ultimate should be the only ones end users need to see or care about.
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Neither list counts the duplicate versions for the EU that remove Windows Media Player.
Roll the Home Basic and Home Premium together. Give that the media center features and basic tablet functionality. Business and Enterprise go together and get more advanced tablet features, but basic media handling. Ultimate gets everything.
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Home: Media Center, Windows DVD Maker (now Windows Live DVD)
Business: Bitlocker, Volume Shadow Copy, Previous Versions, RDP (remote desktop), Windows Backup and Restore Center, Group Policy
Ultimate has it all. I got ultimate because I use Media Center and want VSC and Previous Versions working.
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