Originally Posted by chrisowe (Post 6615804)

You can bet its twice as expensive than what you can get it for in the States.

Originally Posted by Nimbus (Post 6618188)

Are the Starter and Home Basic the only ones without the Aero interface?

Originally Posted by SwissTony (Post 6615786)

Just in case anyone was a bit baffled by all the different versions of the new , oh so bloaty and badly put together bit of software coming from Redmond, here is a quick summary for you lot. :)

Here’s a quick rundown of the 8 product editions:

Windows Starter 2007 - This edition does not include the Aero graphical user interface, hence it’s not Vista-branded. And there’s no 64-bit edition, no networking, no Fast User Switching, no DVD Authoring, no gaming common controller support, and no image editing with enhanced touchup, and only three applications/windows are allowed to run simultaneously. Good only for really basic users with low budgets.

Windows Vista Home Basic - This is the true baseline version of Windows Vista; think Windows XP Home Edition. You can expect to find features such as Windows Firewall, Windows Search, Photo Library and etc. And every other edition below will be based on this edition. Good for general consumers or even the kids.

Windows Vista Home Basic N - Same as the Home Basic Edition, but minus the Windows Media Player. This edition is for the Europeans as they have antitrust rulings against Microsoft which does not allow the player to be bundled.

Windows Vista Home Premium - This edition includes features such as Media Center Extender support, Cable Card support, DVD authoring and Tablet PC functionality. This edition is best suited for notebooks and networked home desktops, but it’s probably insufficient for the geeks.

Windows Vista Business - Analogous to the Windows XP Professional, this will probably be the most widely used edition in corporate environments. This edition allows joining of domains, non-Microsoft networking (Netware, etc), Remote Desktop and Microsoft Windows Web Server. Most geeks and IT professionals will want to go for this edition.

Windows Vista Business N - Just like Home Basic N Edition, this one is meant for the Europeans and comes with no media player.

Windows Vista Enterprise - This edition will come with several new features such as Virtual PC, multi-language user interface (MUI) and Secure Startup (BitLocker Drive Encryption).

Windows Vista Ultimate - This one is going to be the most expensive, most feature-packed, and perhaps the most pirated edition of Vista. It’ll include new and unique features such as Game Performance Tweaker, Podcast creation utility, online “Club” services and privileged product support. This edition will be perfect for Windows fanboys.

OS X 10.5 Leopard - Includes all the above but will crash 99% less, run faster on given hardware and will be at least half the cost

Dont you just love the "european" versions :D

Originally Posted by ScoobyDoo555 (Post 6619557)

lol @ jowl :D

Dan

Originally Posted by lightning101 (Post 6620088)

Macs run on smugness not watts :lol1:

Originally Posted by Iain Young (Post 6620023)

Yep, typical Mac owner response :D

Completely inaccurate of course...

Originally Posted by jowl (Post 6620923)

You're just upset because you can't (don't need to) install AVG Anti-virus on Macs :D

Originally Posted by monkeysan (Post 6620944)

dumb question - but whats the difference/limitation of buying the OEM (system builder) version?