Users who follow this blog closely already know that the cheaper, low-end editions of Windows 7 will come with limitations and less features than the medium- and high-end editions. Windows 7 Starter and Windows 7 Home Basic are the two editions that are usually considered low end. They miss features like full Aero support, touch functionality or Windows Media Center. The mid range products Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional all come with their own set of features. The core builds up on the lower editions but Microsoft has decided to add features unique to every edition. This is how the editions build up on each other:
Windows 7 Starter > Windows 7 Home Basic > Windows 7 Home Premium > Windows 7 Professional > Windows 7 Ultimate (Enterprise).
Paul Thurrott mentioned additional restrictions that have not been know before in a recent article on his website:
- Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic will not come with AAC, H.264 or MPEG-2 support. Microsoft seems to have the intention to provide upgrades for those systems to add the support.
- 4 Gigabytes of ram are supported by all Windows 7 editions in 32-bit mode. The differences are in 64-bit mode. Home Basic and Starter support a maximum of 8 Gigabytes, Home Premium 16 Gigabytes and Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise up to 192 Gigabytes of ram.
- Windows Media Player Remote Media Experience (RME) is not available in Windows 7 Home Basic or Starter. However, all versions can share media over a home network.
- All Windows 7 SKUs support 20 simultaneous SMB connections. This works out to 10 users, apparently.
- Only windows 7 Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise support the Virtual XP Mode.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
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