http://www.pcworld.com/article/158861/windows_7_to_ship_in_six_different_versions.html The URL says it all.
On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 01:13:50 -0500, "mo lei tau SODDI" <> wrote: >http://www.pcworld.com/article/158861/windows_7_to_ship_in_six_different_versions.html > >The URL says it all. They're just waffling. Every operating system is now presented with bundled extensions and other software. No reason not to have a choice.
mo lei tau SODDI wrote: > http://www.pcworld.com/article/158861/windows_7_to_ship_in_six_different_versions.html > > The URL says it all. And where do you see a big difference to the several versions of Vista? It´s actually simpler, than you might fear from such a "headline"... The major difference to the Vista versions is, that Win7 versions will "build up" featurewise - with every bigger version, you´ll get all the features from smaller versions + additional ones. Realistically seen, the most relevant versions will be "Home Premium" or "Pro" - forget about the rest. So, where´s the problem now? That a little bit of logical thinking is too much? ;- )
"Phil W" <> wrote in message news:gmc0iu$co5$... > mo lei tau SODDI wrote: >> http://www.pcworld.com/article/158861/windows_7_to_ship_in_six_different_versions.html >> >> The URL says it all. > > And where do you see a big difference to the several versions of Vista? > It´s actually simpler, than you might fear from such a "headline"... The > major difference to the Vista versions is, that Win7 versions will "build > up" featurewise - with every bigger version, you´ll get all the features > from smaller versions + additional ones. Realistically seen, the most > relevant versions will be "Home Premium" or "Pro" - forget about the rest. > > So, where´s the problem now? That a little bit of logical thinking is too > much? ;- ) Well, I'm not running Vista, just sad old-fashioned XP Pro (hah). Thanks for sorting out which one I'll maybe, sorta, kinda need when I migrate.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/158861/windows_7_to_ship_in_six_different_versions.html What baffles me is that they will try the Vista trick again, i.e. when Vista failed miserably because I and many with me is happy with XP and don't want to spend months pulling our hairs in frustration and a lot of money to only get a new fancy coat of paint, why would we bother about "Windows 7"? I can only guess MS will get even more desperate now to force people from XP by stop providing service packs and other mafia behaviour.
On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:38:48 GMT, "Goran Ekstrom" <goek!removeantispam!@telia.com> wrote: >What baffles me is that they will try the Vista trick again, i.e. when Vista >failed miserably because I and many with me is happy with XP and don't want >to spend months pulling our hairs in frustration and a lot of money to only >get a new fancy coat of paint, why would we bother about "Windows 7"? I can >only guess MS will get even more desperate now to force people from XP by >stop providing service packs and other mafia behaviour. Vista didn't fail miserably. A generation of computers were sold with it installed. Microsoft sold lots of licences. A few people with specialist needs decided to make individual decisions.
> Vista didn't fail miserably. A generation of computers were sold with > it installed. Microsoft sold lots of licences. A matter of opinion I guess, all the local press here relates to Vista's sales figures as a "dismal failure".
"Goran Ekstrom" <goek!removeantispam!@telia.com> wrote in message news:IC5jl.6332$... > http://www.pcworld.com/article/158861/windows_7_to_ship_in_six_different_versions.html > > What baffles me is that they will try the Vista trick again, i.e. when > Vista failed miserably because I and many with me is happy with XP and > don't want to spend months pulling our hairs in frustration and a lot of > money to only get a new fancy coat of paint, why would we bother about > "Windows 7"? I can only guess MS will get even more desperate now to force > people from XP by stop providing service packs and other mafia behaviour. A new Windows OS would be desirable to me for a lot of reasons (use of more RAM, easier migration to 64-bit processes), but for it to be compelling to non-fanboys like me, the benefits will need to greatly outweigh the negatives involved in the migration.
