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Which Windows 7 Edition is wrong for you???

Eidorian said:
I just ordered Home Premium. 😀
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I got mine yesterday. 🙂

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Pre-ordered during the Summer during the early bird special, Windows 7 Professional

Amazon shipped out mine today.
 
Home Premium would be the right version for me, but I have Ultimate anyway. Even trying to sell it here and on another forum, but no one wants it, to my surprise.

🙁
 
ravenvii said:
Home Premium would be the right version for me, but I have Ultimate anyway. Even trying to sell it here and on another forum, but no one wants it, to my surprise.

🙁
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7 64-bit Home Premium and you're trying to sell it? Talk to me. 😀
 
2 copies of Professional and will be installing the 64bit versions. Had been using Vista Premium but don't need the "Premium" content and the Professional early bird specials got me both copies of Pro + release day delivery from Amazon (ground sent earlier) for less than one copy of Premium.

The downside is a full (re)install as opposed to upgrade as I am downgrading versions but I am doing some hardware changes at the same time so I am not worried.
 
Real hilarious.

Home Premium is the best choice for all consumers, unless you're getting a netbook, in which case you aren't even counted as a consumer 'cause you're crazy. So if you fall into the latter category, then 7 Starter will be perfect.

Personally, I'm getting three copies of Home Premium tomorrow. At the special discounted price that was available in the summer, as well.
 
This is overplayed a little. At retail Microsoft have very much simplified their offerings from Vista.
 
Shake 'n' Bake said:
Real hilarious.

Home Premium is the best choice for all consumers, unless you're getting a netbook, in which case you aren't even counted as a consumer 'cause you're crazy. So if you fall into the latter category, then 7 Starter will be perfect.

Personally, I'm getting three copies of Home Premium tomorrow. At the special discounted price that was available in the summer, as well.
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You'll also need Ultimate/Professional if you need to add the PC to a Windows domain. Aside from that, I don't see any major reason to not go with Home Premium.
 
jb60606 said:
You'll also need Ultimate/Professional if you need to add the PC to a Windows domain. Aside from that, I don't see any major reason to not go with Home Premium.
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Actually there is one MAJOR advantage to Professional and Ultimate over Home Premium that few tech articles mention. That is the fact the Home is limited to 16GB RAM while Pro and Ultimate have limits up to 192GB. For people like me that are POWER users that work with high-end 3D software and not typical users, this is a MUST.
 
Are you KIDDING ME? Desktop Wallpaper Changeable: No for Starter version? This means if you buy a netbook with windows 7, you can't change the wallpaper?
Thats just... w t f.
 
dvince2 said:
Are you KIDDING ME? Desktop Wallpaper Changeable: No for Starter version? This means if you buy a netbook with windows 7, you can't change the wallpaper?
Thats just... w t f.
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That's exactly what it means. It also means that you can't change the color or sound schemes, either.

My brother-in-law has been wanting a netbook, so naturally I told him to wait until 7 was released (he's a Mac guy, too, but wants the small thing to take to class, rather than his Macbook). I saw that netbooks come with 7 Starter, and I absolutely couldn't believe the restrictions on it! Reminds me (yet again) why I threw Windows to the curb for good two years ago - now my XP Boot Camp install is relegated to the few occasions that I actually get time to play some of my old Windows games.
 
MacFanJeff said:
Actually there is one MAJOR advantage to Professional and Ultimate over Home Premium that few tech articles mention. That is the fact the Home is limited to 16GB RAM while Pro and Ultimate have limits up to 192GB. For people like me that are POWER users that work with high-end 3D software and not typical users, this is a MUST.
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didn't know that. thanks for the info.
 
dvince2 said:
Are you KIDDING ME? Desktop Wallpaper Changeable: No for Starter version? This means if you buy a netbook with windows 7, you can't change the wallpaper?
Thats just... w t f.
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I would wait and see which versions are really offered on the netbooks, I would be expecting starter but I wouldn't be surprised to see Dell & co offer some with Home Premium.

I'm not sure why the big deal over the background though, I have XP Pro on my work machine and for some time now I have a generic blue color, no images at all. Also, having installed 7 on my laptop yesterday the generic wallpaper image isn't all that bad and I am not rushing to change it.
 
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