BBC NEWS Technology Microsoft unveils Vista editions: “Microsoft is planning six versions of the next incarnation of its Windows operating system.
Microsoft said the six versions were designed to match the demands different users have for its software. No details have been given about the pricing of the separate versions.
The six versions are:
Vista Business
Vista Enterprise
Vista Home Basic
Vista Home Premium
Vista Ultimate
Vista Starter “
Well, it looks like if you want a version of Vista Home that does anything of any use, you’ll want the Home Premium to get the functionality of XP Home. To get the full functionality of XP Professional, you’ll need Vista Ultimate; Their most expensive version of course. XP Professional cost about £200 but no figures have been released for Vista pricing.
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One of the guys here at work went to a MS Conference last week which discussed Vista.
He said that MS were quite keen to get businesses to start using Beta versions.
Not to debug (which I initially cynically said their intent was), but to raise Market Awareness.
Get Companies exposed to early beta released versions so they’d be more willing to pay out for a full suite sooner.
Also gives the in-house developers of any companies a heads up of what might be in the pipe (& I suppose ultimately, promotes MS Training courses/materials for the new applications/development tools).
Dunno.
Given how slow this place is in adopting new s/w, I wouldn’t be holding any breaths.
But interesting to see Vista starting to filter into the business consciousness (even if it hasn’t come along with all the bells & whistles it was supposed to have had).