Windows Vista comes in 6 editions, 4 are available for public retail, 2 are only available to a limited set of people, The enterprise edition is only distributed to companies who buy Volume License agreements, Starter edition is available only in countries with low average income, For the rest of us there are 4 editions.
Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, And Ultimate, with home Basic closest to starter (down the list) and business closest to Enterprise, And ultimate having every feature in every edition and a bit more.
If you are interested in a table comparing all editions, Check out the Vista Edition Comparison Page
Surely you know (from the name) that Home Premium is for the home user and focused around Entertainment, And business is for business and focuses on Security, Reliability, Remote Desktop, Etc... Yet Business does have some applications for the home User, and Home premium can be used for business, So which one
From the comparison i will do here, You should be able to see if you need this, or that, if you need this AND that, you will have to buy the Ultimate edition
When i first tested Beta 2, there was a feature to upgrade between editions, When Vista final came out, I installed the Ultimate edition, so the file WindowsUpgradeAnytime.exe was not there (but i assume this is because i have the ultimate edition)
So, let us start.
If you live in the United states, You can hook up your Cable since it will ship with cablecard support, And if you live in the US or North Korea You can also get it to run High Definition TV !
*Note, i am out for a little break, I will finish the document as soon as i am back*
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From: Ian Banerjee
Subject: Which one |
| Hi
I am looking to go to Vista. I have the following: -
AMD Athlon 64 x 2 Dual Core 4600+ 2.4ghz and 2gb RAM.
Nvidea Gforce 7800 GS graphics card.
NEC multisisync 18" flat screen.
I do allot of photography, use Photoshop CS2 and my lad plays games.
I run the machine as the main one and have a wireless router connecting 4 pc's and a laptop to the Internet with an adsl 8mb connection.
Would you recommend Home Premium or Ultimate? Any advice would be appreciated. Hard to decide from lots of research on the net.
Cheers
Ian Banerjee
banjo@kandv.co.uk |
From: Ushin Vakil
Subject: regrets.. |
| Hi
I am a computers engineering student
I just bought a laptop Turion X2 TL-56,2Gb ram,Ge force go 6150(shared) (HP dv2221us.
I noticed that it has windows vista buisness installed in it I dont have any buisness related tasks and hp recommends 2gb of ram for buisness edn. does the buisness edn. use more resources than a home edn.
I do mostly simple coding and am a casual gamer.But I dont want my laptop to run even a bit slower just because of its buisness edn. vista.. can you help me i am losing sleep over it... plz ushinv@gmail.com |
From: Win98
Subject: Reply to it/answer |
| Re:From: Ushin Vakil
Subject: regrets..
The would be a minimal if any preformance diffrence beteween home permium and buisness but xp is faster than vista on any machine at the moment. |
From: John Warner
Subject: Remote Access |
| This computer has Vista Home Premium factory installed. I need remote access. I'm told I need Vista Business. How much is upgrade? |
From: Morrison
Subject: Question about article |
| I recently purchased windows Home Prem. I had XP business. In short all I really do is access my corporate email and use a jump drive for business files. After that besides having office I really do not do need anything else for business. I would assume home prem is the best for me? Now...the real question is this- AERO- it makes the screen flicker on my PC about 30 seconds in to the desktop up loading and then it stops- can I get thsi to stop- all my other friends have the same problem. Thanks for the help. |
From: morrison
Subject: John Warner |
| John,
There are other software programs that offer remote access rather than buying Vista Business. I will tell you Home Prem. offers the best of both worlds when it comes to business and play. 90% of what you need for business and 100% of what you need for play. For a cheap fee far less than vista business you can download a remote access program. Golle it and see. |
From: Jeff McKinney
Subject: Home premium to business |
| Vista Home Premium does not support Virtual PC 2004 or 2007! I tried to upgrade from home premium to business vista which does support VPC. It will not allow the upgrade. I can scrap the data and reload an OS. How do I do that? I have a copy of XP SP 2 but I don't know how to remove home premium, install XP SP2, and upgrade to Business Vista. Any ideas? The end result is to get to Vista Business. |
From: Svilen
Subject: Vista Comparison |
| Another feature that is in Vista Business but not in Vista Home Premium is the ability to install MUI Language packs. (... thought I'd just mention that... ) |
From: Ken Anderson
Subject: Additional comparisons |
| Hi,
I am very much interested in this. I coordinate & teach Senior citizens at Grapevine, Tx Senior Activities Center. (We have active program with 8 volunteer teachers and 12-15 classes taught four times a year.) I am very interested in the end-user and functional differences between Vista Home Premium and Business. Most of our seniors will buy Home Premium - already have nearly 30% at Vista.
When we migrate to Vista, we would like to migrate to Busines because 1)the City provides a Level 2 tech. support for us and they are most interested in Business, 2) We have a 501 (c)(3) for extra financial support to Senior Center and can only obtain Vista Business edition at significant discount. (We currently have XP Pro for above reasons even though most seniors have XP Home.)
If you are unable to complete this soon, we would appreciate any other sites that would be helpful.
Thank you much,
Ken Anderson
anderson.ken@verizon.net |
From: Haziq
Subject: thanks |
| can u finish this quickly...
thanks |
From: ALacount
Subject: Buisness for games |
| Hi, I'm getting quite good gaming pc some time in the near future, and dont want to shell out 100 for home premium 64bit, so would buisness play all the games? as with xp if you had the media one some games wouldent play. |
From: Sten Pears
Subject: Business vs Home Premium |
| Thanks for the quick review. Its given me food for thought. I am interested in the media centre capabilities and hence my query.Now I have to decide is it better to go for a full upgrade to Ultimate and the cost vs Home premium and cost. |
From: Tim Lyon
Subject: Pro Tools says there software works with business and not home? |
| why would Protools software say it works with vista business and ultimate but not home prem?? (protools is a digital audio workstation for recording music). |
From: M,SAKTHIVEL
Subject: WHAT ARE THE APPLICATION CAN BE RUN IN HOME PREMIUM &BUSINESS |
| PLEASE GIVE ME RESULT FOR THE ABOVE SUBJECT. |
From: Carlos
Subject: migration |
| want to install vista home premium already running vista home basic, do i need to reformat and reinstall |
From: Cris
Subject: Thank you |
| WOW, that's a very nice overview. Exactly what I was looking for, in a concise format. |
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From: Prosper
Subject: change |
| Hey, Thanks for that enlightment, but we have some sets of systems here in my office, they are all Home Premium, is there way we can change it to Business or Ultimate so we can actually make it functional for office uses, even if it cost some money, and how much will it cost us. Thank you, and I would appreciate if you can send me a mail on this issue to prompt2k2@gmail.com
Thank you. |
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Subject: xPFaLWfWTER |
| Kewl you suolhd come up with that. Excellent! |
From: Ian Banerjee
Subject: Which one |
| Hi
I am looking to go to Vista. I have the following: -
AMD Athlon 64 x 2 Dual Core 4600+ 2.4ghz and 2gb RAM.
Nvidea Gforce 7800 GS graphics card.
NEC multisisync 18" flat screen.
I do allot of photography, use Photoshop CS2 and my lad plays games.
I run the machine as the main one and have a wireless router connecting 4 pc's and a laptop to the Internet with an adsl 8mb connection.
Would you recommend Home Premium or Ultimate? Any advice would be appreciated. Hard to decide from lots of research on the net.
Cheers
Ian Banerjee
banjo@kandv.co.uk |
From: Ushin Vakil
Subject: regrets.. |
| Hi
I am a computers engineering student
I just bought a laptop Turion X2 TL-56,2Gb ram,Ge force go 6150(shared) (HP dv2221us.
I noticed that it has windows vista buisness installed in it I dont have any buisness related tasks and hp recommends 2gb of ram for buisness edn. does the buisness edn. use more resources than a home edn.
I do mostly simple coding and am a casual gamer.But I dont want my laptop to run even a bit slower just because of its buisness edn. vista.. can you help me i am losing sleep over it... plz ushinv@gmail.com |
From: Win98
Subject: Reply to it/answer |
| Re:From: Ushin Vakil
Subject: regrets..
The would be a minimal if any preformance diffrence beteween home permium and buisness but xp is faster than vista on any machine at the moment. |
From: John Warner
Subject: Remote Access |
| This computer has Vista Home Premium factory installed. I need remote access. I'm told I need Vista Business. How much is upgrade? |
From: Morrison
Subject: Question about article |
| I recently purchased windows Home Prem. I had XP business. In short all I really do is access my corporate email and use a jump drive for business files. After that besides having office I really do not do need anything else for business. I would assume home prem is the best for me? Now...the real question is this- AERO- it makes the screen flicker on my PC about 30 seconds in to the desktop up loading and then it stops- can I get thsi to stop- all my other friends have the same problem. Thanks for the help. |
From: morrison
Subject: John Warner |
| John,
There are other software programs that offer remote access rather than buying Vista Business. I will tell you Home Prem. offers the best of both worlds when it comes to business and play. 90% of what you need for business and 100% of what you need for play. For a cheap fee far less than vista business you can download a remote access program. Golle it and see. |
From: Jeff McKinney
Subject: Home premium to business |
| Vista Home Premium does not support Virtual PC 2004 or 2007! I tried to upgrade from home premium to business vista which does support VPC. It will not allow the upgrade. I can scrap the data and reload an OS. How do I do that? I have a copy of XP SP 2 but I don't know how to remove home premium, install XP SP2, and upgrade to Business Vista. Any ideas? The end result is to get to Vista Business. |
From: Svilen
Subject: Vista Comparison |
| Another feature that is in Vista Business but not in Vista Home Premium is the ability to install MUI Language packs. (... thought I'd just mention that... ) |
From: Ken Anderson
Subject: Additional comparisons |
| Hi,
I am very much interested in this. I coordinate & teach Senior citizens at Grapevine, Tx Senior Activities Center. (We have active program with 8 volunteer teachers and 12-15 classes taught four times a year.) I am very interested in the end-user and functional differences between Vista Home Premium and Business. Most of our seniors will buy Home Premium - already have nearly 30% at Vista.
When we migrate to Vista, we would like to migrate to Busines because 1)the City provides a Level 2 tech. support for us and they are most interested in Business, 2) We have a 501 (c)(3) for extra financial support to Senior Center and can only obtain Vista Business edition at significant discount. (We currently have XP Pro for above reasons even though most seniors have XP Home.)
If you are unable to complete this soon, we would appreciate any other sites that would be helpful.
Thank you much,
Ken Anderson
anderson.ken@verizon.net |
From: Haziq
Subject: thanks |
| can u finish this quickly...
thanks |
From: ALacount
Subject: Buisness for games |
| Hi, I'm getting quite good gaming pc some time in the near future, and dont want to shell out 100 for home premium 64bit, so would buisness play all the games? as with xp if you had the media one some games wouldent play. |
From: Sten Pears
Subject: Business vs Home Premium |
| Thanks for the quick review. Its given me food for thought. I am interested in the media centre capabilities and hence my query.Now I have to decide is it better to go for a full upgrade to Ultimate and the cost vs Home premium and cost. |
From: Tim Lyon
Subject: Pro Tools says there software works with business and not home? |
| why would Protools software say it works with vista business and ultimate but not home prem?? (protools is a digital audio workstation for recording music). |
From: M,SAKTHIVEL
Subject: WHAT ARE THE APPLICATION CAN BE RUN IN HOME PREMIUM &BUSINESS |
| PLEASE GIVE ME RESULT FOR THE ABOVE SUBJECT. |
From: Carlos
Subject: migration |
| want to install vista home premium already running vista home basic, do i need to reformat and reinstall |
From: Cris
Subject: Thank you |
| WOW, that's a very nice overview. Exactly what I was looking for, in a concise format. |
From: Pharmd101
Subject: Cheap viagra |
| Very nice site! |
From: Pharme72
Subject: Good info |
| Hello! aecdkcd interesting aecdkcd site! |
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Subject: Good info |
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Subject: Good info |
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Subject: Good info |
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Subject: Good info |
| Hello! addbcga interesting addbcga site! |
From: Pharmb761
Subject: Good info |
| Very nice site! |
From: Prosper
Subject: change |
| Hey, Thanks for that enlightment, but we have some sets of systems here in my office, they are all Home Premium, is there way we can change it to Business or Ultimate so we can actually make it functional for office uses, even if it cost some money, and how much will it cost us. Thank you, and I would appreciate if you can send me a mail on this issue to prompt2k2@gmail.com
Thank you. |
From: Pharme41
Subject: Good info |
| Hello! aedadag interesting aedadag site! |
From: Pharmc736
Subject: Good info |
| Very nice site! |
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Subject: Good info |
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Subject: Good info |
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Subject: Good info |
| Hello! bkkcdbd interesting bkkcdbd site! |
From: Pharma996
Subject: Good info |
| Very nice site! |
From: Honney
Subject: xPFaLWfWTER |
| Kewl you suolhd come up with that. Excellent! |
From: Ian Banerjee
Subject: Which one |
| Hi
I am looking to go to Vista. I have the following: -
AMD Athlon 64 x 2 Dual Core 4600+ 2.4ghz and 2gb RAM.
Nvidea Gforce 7800 GS graphics card.
NEC multisisync 18" flat screen.
I do allot of photography, use Photoshop CS2 and my lad plays games.
I run the machine as the main one and have a wireless router connecting 4 pc's and a laptop to the Internet with an adsl 8mb connection.
Would you recommend Home Premium or Ultimate? Any advice would be appreciated. Hard to decide from lots of research on the net.
Cheers
Ian Banerjee
banjo@kandv.co.uk |
From: Ushin Vakil
Subject: regrets.. |
| Hi
I am a computers engineering student
I just bought a laptop Turion X2 TL-56,2Gb ram,Ge force go 6150(shared) (HP dv2221us.
I noticed that it has windows vista buisness installed in it I dont have any buisness related tasks and hp recommends 2gb of ram for buisness edn. does the buisness edn. use more resources than a home edn.
I do mostly simple coding and am a casual gamer.But I dont want my laptop to run even a bit slower just because of its buisness edn. vista.. can you help me i am losing sleep over it... plz ushinv@gmail.com |
From: Win98
Subject: Reply to it/answer |
| Re:From: Ushin Vakil
Subject: regrets..
The would be a minimal if any preformance diffrence beteween home permium and buisness but xp is faster than vista on any machine at the moment. |
From: John Warner
Subject: Remote Access |
| This computer has Vista Home Premium factory installed. I need remote access. I'm told I need Vista Business. How much is upgrade? |
From: Morrison
Subject: Question about article |
| I recently purchased windows Home Prem. I had XP business. In short all I really do is access my corporate email and use a jump drive for business files. After that besides having office I really do not do need anything else for business. I would assume home prem is the best for me? Now...the real question is this- AERO- it makes the screen flicker on my PC about 30 seconds in to the desktop up loading and then it stops- can I get thsi to stop- all my other friends have the same problem. Thanks for the help. |
From: morrison
Subject: John Warner |
| John,
There are other software programs that offer remote access rather than buying Vista Business. I will tell you Home Prem. offers the best of both worlds when it comes to business and play. 90% of what you need for business and 100% of what you need for play. For a cheap fee far less than vista business you can download a remote access program. Golle it and see. |
From: Jeff McKinney
Subject: Home premium to business |
| Vista Home Premium does not support Virtual PC 2004 or 2007! I tried to upgrade from home premium to business vista which does support VPC. It will not allow the upgrade. I can scrap the data and reload an OS. How do I do that? I have a copy of XP SP 2 but I don't know how to remove home premium, install XP SP2, and upgrade to Business Vista. Any ideas? The end result is to get to Vista Business. |
From: Svilen
Subject: Vista Comparison |
| Another feature that is in Vista Business but not in Vista Home Premium is the ability to install MUI Language packs. (... thought I'd just mention that... ) |
From: Ken Anderson
Subject: Additional comparisons |
| Hi,
I am very much interested in this. I coordinate & teach Senior citizens at Grapevine, Tx Senior Activities Center. (We have active program with 8 volunteer teachers and 12-15 classes taught four times a year.) I am very interested in the end-user and functional differences between Vista Home Premium and Business. Most of our seniors will buy Home Premium - already have nearly 30% at Vista.
When we migrate to Vista, we would like to migrate to Busines because 1)the City provides a Level 2 tech. support for us and they are most interested in Business, 2) We have a 501 (c)(3) for extra financial support to Senior Center and can only obtain Vista Business edition at significant discount. (We currently have XP Pro for above reasons even though most seniors have XP Home.)
If you are unable to complete this soon, we would appreciate any other sites that would be helpful.
Thank you much,
Ken Anderson
anderson.ken@verizon.net |
From: Haziq
Subject: thanks |
| can u finish this quickly...
thanks |
From: ALacount
Subject: Buisness for games |
| Hi, I'm getting quite good gaming pc some time in the near future, and dont want to shell out 100 for home premium 64bit, so would buisness play all the games? as with xp if you had the media one some games wouldent play. |
From: Sten Pears
Subject: Business vs Home Premium |
| Thanks for the quick review. Its given me food for thought. I am interested in the media centre capabilities and hence my query.Now I have to decide is it better to go for a full upgrade to Ultimate and the cost vs Home premium and cost. |
From: Tim Lyon
Subject: Pro Tools says there software works with business and not home? |
| why would Protools software say it works with vista business and ultimate but not home prem?? (protools is a digital audio workstation for recording music). |
From: M,SAKTHIVEL
Subject: WHAT ARE THE APPLICATION CAN BE RUN IN HOME PREMIUM &BUSINESS |
| PLEASE GIVE ME RESULT FOR THE ABOVE SUBJECT. |
From: Carlos
Subject: migration |
| want to install vista home premium already running vista home basic, do i need to reformat and reinstall |
From: Cris
Subject: Thank you |
| WOW, that's a very nice overview. Exactly what I was looking for, in a concise format. |
From: Pharmd101
Subject: Cheap viagra |
| Very nice site! |
From: Pharme72
Subject: Good info |
| Hello! aecdkcd interesting aecdkcd site! |
From: Pharmd454
Subject: Good info |
| Very nice site! |
From: Pharmg473
Subject: Good info |
| Hello! aefdeea interesting aefdeea site! |
From: Pharme376
Subject: Good info |
| Very nice site! |
From: Pharme246
Subject: Good info |
| Hello! addbcga interesting addbcga site! |
From: Pharmb761
Subject: Good info |
| Very nice site! |
From: Prosper
Subject: change |
| Hey, Thanks for that enlightment, but we have some sets of systems here in my office, they are all Home Premium, is there way we can change it to Business or Ultimate so we can actually make it functional for office uses, even if it cost some money, and how much will it cost us. Thank you, and I would appreciate if you can send me a mail on this issue to prompt2k2@gmail.com
Thank you. |
From: Pharme41
Subject: Good info |
| Hello! aedadag interesting aedadag site! |
From: Pharmc736
Subject: Good info |
| Very nice site! |
From: Pharmd621
Subject: Good info |
| Hello! gcdeddb interesting gcdeddb site! |
From: Pharmc609
Subject: Good info |
| Very nice site! |
From: Pharma635
Subject: Good info |
| Hello! bkkcdbd interesting bkkcdbd site! |
From: Pharma996
Subject: Good info |
| Very nice site! |
From: Honney
Subject: xPFaLWfWTER |
| Kewl you suolhd come up with that. Excellent! |
