Windows 7 Professional. After a brief name change to Business edition in the Vista era, the preferred upgrade for businesses and enthusiasts returns to its roots, name-wise. The feature set is long and interesting, with the ability to run a Remote Desktop server, encrypt files, make network folders available offline, and join a Windows domain.
Oh, and did I mention a licensed virtual copy of Windows XP for those one or two pesky legacy apps? Two different names for essentially the same product. Enterprise edition is the same product, packaged separately for volume license customers who buy the Software Assurance program; they also get access for an additional license fee to the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack.
Next: Which features are in every edition? The Windows Search components are also shared with all editions. A handful of shell enhancements are found in all editions: Aero Snap move a window to the edge of the screen to resize it automatically , jump lists, and Desktop Gadgets are in every edition. The Aero interface—with its live taskbar previews, glass effects, and Flip3D—are missing from Starter edition. Home Basic uses the weird Windows Standard interface, which contains some Aero features taskbar previews but lacks the glass effects.
Touch support is available only in the premium editions. Included applications: Internet Explorer 8 is, of course, in every Windows 7 edition. Note to the European Union: it can also be removed from every edition. Surprisingly, the Windows Fax and Scan utility, previously available only in business editions, is now a consistent part of Windows 7, as is the high-end PowerShell scripting engine for administrators. The significantly less annoying update to User Account Control works the same in Starter as it does in Ultimate.
Two huge changes in this category show that Microsoft really was listening to its critics: The Backup program provides full functionality in every edition, allowing you to create a system image and do file backups to an external hard drive or rewritable media in Vista, system image backups were possible only in Business edition. In addition, the Previous Versions feature now works in all editions. This feature allows you to recover earlier versions of a file from automatic system restore points Apple has a similar feature, slicker but less powerful, in Time Machine.
Oh, and you can make a System Repair Disc any time with any edition. Networking: There are no apparent differences between editions in terms of the number of permitted SMB network connections; in practical terms, up to 10 PCs or devices can connect simultaneously to a Windows 7 client machine. There are also minor differences in how different editions enable the new HomeGroup feature and major differences in domain connectivity.
Next: Has Starter edition gotten a bad rap? User interface: Windows 7 Starter offers the Windows 7 Basic interface only. Starter edition also offers only the barest menu of personalization features. In the RC builds, for example, there is no user-accessible way to change the desktop background or system sounds.
On my test notebook with 3GB of RAM, after I allowed the system to run for a period of time and chug through any scheduled tasks, it used MB of memory at idle. The noteworthy omission is lack of DVD support. As I noted in the introduction, the biggest change Microsoft has announced since it made the RC publicly available is the removal of the three-application limit for Starter edition.
So killing that restriction is a smart decision. The most striking difference is the lack of personalization options for some UI elements. Windows Vista Home Basic was the entry-level edition in the lineup for customers in the U. Sorry, folks: Windows 7 Home Basic is available only in so-called emerging markets, at prices that make sense in those markets but would be insanely low if converted to US dollars, yen, or euros.
Assuming it follows the Vista Starter edition rules , it will not be available in the U. The user interface takes some explaining.
With a name like Windows 7 Home Basic, you would expect it to use the Windows Basic interface, just like Starter edition. It uses the Windows 7 Standard interface, which is not available in any other edition. It is distinctly more feature-rich than Starter edition, offering Windows Mobility Center and some personalization features, like the option to change the desktop background.
It does permit Fast User Switching, but it specifically lacks many of the signature features of Windows 7 Home Premium, such as support for multitouch and Tablet PC hardware.
Just be sure to set your expectations accordingly. Next: What's new in Home Premium edition? That feature is unavailable in Starter edition. It also allows you to connect to multiple monitors and includes Windows Mobility Center, a central location for managing power, display, network, and other settings on a notebook PC. User interface: You get the full Aero interface, including themes, glass borders, taskbar previews, Aero Peek, Flip 3D, Aero Shake, and desktop slide shows.
Personalization features include a Control Panel for changing desktop backgrounds, window colors, and sound schemes; this same interface allows you to save these settings as a theme for reuse on the same PC or a theme pack which can be shared with other computers.
Digital media: This category is where the premium features really kick in. This is also the first edition in the Windows 7 family that allows you to stream media from Windows Media Player to other PCs or devices over a local network or over the Internet. Interestingly, this edition does include some well-hidden advanced networking features, including a full copy of Internet Information Services and Internet Connection Sharing.
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Starter is designed for lightweight, portable netbooks, though Microsoft claims any of its versions will be able to run on netbooks. Windows Starter 7 will not have the Aero Glass graphical user interface that is included in all other versions of Windows 7 except Windows 7 Home Basic and can only run three applications at a time. It will include the revamped taskbar and jump lists, Windows Media Player , the file-sharing feature Home Group you can participate in a Home Group but cannot create one and other basic features such as Action Center and Backup and Restore.
Home Basic sits somewhere between Starter and Home Premium. It has all the features of Windows 7 Starter and will also only be available through OEM partners in developing countries. Some of the features Home Basic has over Starter: the ability to run more than three applications at once; a bit version; thumbnail previews from the taskbar; and Mobility Center, which allows you to manage the various networks that you connect to with your laptop.
This version will not will not legally be available for sale in the United States. This is the mainstream retail version that nearly all consumers will be using.
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