Windows 7 Product Editions: A Comparison

[ronjor]

by Paul Thurrott (http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7_skus_compare.asp)

[Trespasser]

Anyone else having trouble loading this link? I've been hoping to find a Windows 7 edition comparison.

[The Hammer]

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Working fine for me.

[Kerodo]

I don't see hardly any differences between the Home Premium, Pro and Ultimate. Wonder what gives with that? There must be something different.....

[prius04]

Yeah, certainly not 100 bucks worth (full version diff), IMHO. Unless, of course, you want/need some stuff like backup to network, EFS, and the like.

[BlueZannetti]

-{ Quote: "I don't see hardly any differences between the Home Premium, Pro and Ultimate. Wonder what gives with that? There must be something different....." }-This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions) might be somewhat more transparent.

Blue

[Kerodo]

-{ Quote: "This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions) might be somewhat more transparent.

Blue" }-
That's a nice chart, thanks. And interesting. From the looks of that, I am thinking all I'd really need is the Home Premium edition.

[arran]

Home Premium 64-bit with 16 GB Max Ram and 2 processor support looks like a good option.

[Trespasser]

Finally got thru. The link provided by Blue showed that Home Premium will not include AppLocker (which is part of Local Security Policy). From that I would assume that just like previous versions Local Security Policy will not be a part of the Home Premium edition. Too bad....$49.00 is a steal for an upgrade to Windows 7 but I use Local Security Policy all the time. I'll have to mull this one over...but I'll probably pay the extra $50.00 and get the Professional.

Later...