Windows 7 to Ship in Multiple Versions?

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[citation][nom]Sicundercover[/nom] There is a High demand for a GREAT MS alternitive, if you think you have what it takes to make a great OS by all means do so. However with the 2 other options out there, one expects you to buy overpriced mid grade hardware and the other just isnt up to par on the compatibility list.When asked about the compatibility, your treated as if your a lower class citizan because you expect your software to work without trolling forums for 3 weeks, getting talked down to and spending more time tinkering with your OS then using your programs.[/citation]

Unfortunate, but well said. I do still find linux to be worth the time and the occasional noob bashing that it takes to learn. Fortunately you only have to learn it once. I could definitely do without all of that though.
 
[citation][nom]hixbot[/nom]We need directx compliance in linux. If linux can get proper gaming support, i think MS would really have to think hard.[/citation]

You can't have directx compliance in the same way you can comply with and use standards like HTML or TCP or etc. Directx is a closed source MS product so there are no published standards or specs to comply with. It will probably never come to linux unless it is reverse engineered, much like what the samba team does with SMB/CIFS.
 
Regardless of greed, i'll take it over Apple's BS anyday.
To be truthful, for the price of even the top end W7, its worth it.
I've wasted money on far less useful things that were far more expensive.
I know i'm not the only one.
 
I talked to Bill this morning, and apparently these WILL BE a Diamond edition. It is only $300 dollars more and has a time limitation, but you can extend the time by getting your friends to buy Windows 7 releases: 4 Months for Diamond, 3 months for Ultimate and Business, and 2 months for Home Premium. The Starter and Basic version do not grant extensions. Once the time limitation expires, it reverts to Home Premium, and for every edition you sold, you get tiered prizes! The low tier, at three subscriptions, is an "I Love Windows" bumper sticker, all the way up to 30 subscriptions, which is dinner with Bill at Outback Steakhouse! Included with all Diamond editions is a shiny diamond in a tin box. -->jhansonxi :) Bill would not elaborate on the quality of the Diamond, but he did say it would be compatible with Microsoft Live.
 
Windows 7 Extreme Gamer Edition. It is 64 bit only. It has less features than basic. Direct X 11. All services disabled at startup. Costs more than Ultimate.
 
My programming skills are rusty. Why don't some of you young genius's build a video game Live CD market. Where the game loads its own OS and runs on almost anything. Than your main OS wouldn't even matter for gaming. But RAM would matter greatly.
 
How about one version, one price, with various different operating "profiles" available? You pick whatever you want at first install and if your needs change, you can add or subtract features or just change profiles as you need without having to reinstall OS or buy a new product key.
 
[citation][nom]captaincharisma[/nom]i'm guessing windows 7 starter may be for the netbooks[/citation]
So you're against excellent, full-featured operating systems that come in only one edition that gives everyone what they need and that have a full license for the price of a low-end MS OS upgrade? Actually it has two editions--normal and server--but the distinction between which class of user needs what system is obvious.
 
I really think they would be smart to emulate Mac and just release one OS. They pretty much copied everything other idea Mac had with interface design from XP to Vista.

Maybe this is a smoke screen to keep PC users fixed upon the greatness that Windows really is. It is such an "amazing" operating system that it has to be broken up into different versions. I admit I bought "Ultimate" 64 just because I had the hardware to run it...but another reason was the nagging sensation that I might actually be missing something because I really didn't want to have to sift through pages and pages of features or that comparison chart to try to figure out what might be the version for me.

What they should have done with Windows 7 is a ground up 64bit version. Now THAT would be the "Ultimate". But then again...would they call it something like Windows Liquid Nitro? (snow theme) 😛
 
I don't have a problem with Microsoft. I don't have a problm with multiple versions. I do think they're going a little overboard with versions creep these days.

Initially, for Microsoft XP a business version and a home version made sense.

But now I think the majority of people need the more advanced networking features of the xp professional at home and often find themselves having to buy XP Pro because XP Home came preinstalled on their retail PC's.

XP Media Center was ridiculous. Media center should have been a windows update.

Vista Home has the advanced networking features that XP home lacked which is good.
The way they stripped it of the areo desktop and HD video support seems petty and simply a way to squeeze an extra 60 out of people. I'm a Microsoft supporter. I'm just being honest.

Vista Home Premium is just Vista Media Center Edition but no one would pay more for if they called it that. That's why they also stripped Areo Desktop and HD video support out of Home Basic. Have you ever purchased a sound card, a dvd drive, a video card, or a tv tuner without getting a media center with it for free?

Vista Business seems to be the one worth buying. A Decent BlueRay drive with have a better Media Center than Vista Premium.

Vista Ultimate might be worth the extra $20 If they finally get the extra features working. Remember it used to be $100 more than Business at launch?

I'm running Vista Business 64. I had fewer driver issues with it than XP 64. It has been very stable any has never crashed.

Oddly, Internet Explorer 7 seems to crash alot and recover.

When I build my next Computer, I will buy the Windows 7 64 bit Business version.
 
"Screen shot doesn't look all that legit to be perfectly honest. You don't get to select which version of Windows you run... you did that before you made it home."

Wrong, this is the exact same behavior you see in the Vista volume license version. You get a single installation media and the ability to choose which version to install. You still need a license key, but you do get a choice. This is also the same thing you saw on those Windows Anytime Upgrade discs that were getting distributed for a while.
 
Oh, please. This is obviously a hold over from Vista, some MS programmer just globally changed the 'Windows Vista' to 'Windows 7'. These editions are exactly how Vista was marketed ('Starter' was sold in specific overseas markets, never in the US or EU). There's no way MS will market Windows 7 using the exact nomenclature they used for Vista. So ridiculous...
 
Errr... I downloaded the public beta on Monday from Microsoft. I got the same choices with the public build. I specifically remember wondering, "why would anyone choose to install the crippled home version?" as I clicked on "ultimate".

Anyway, no real news here...
 
Windows 7 with wings, Windows 7 for Lite Days, Windows 7 Maxi... Where will it end?
 
Heh. Who cares? I gave up on Windows a while back, and I'm happier running a mix of OSX, Ubuntu, Mandriva, and Fedora. Microsoft pushed me into doing this, by producing XP (Win2K worked well, XP was a step backward in my opinion).

Of course if you like Windows, stick with it, I'll stick with anything but.
 
Bullcrap, that note simply says that you should only test the Ultimate edition so your experience with the beta will be the best possible. It's marketing, praise the best product, sell the middle and low-end. Just look at nVidia GPUs(ATi would do the same if they had the chance 😀)

What is wrong with you? What's so bad about a Starter edition? You don't have to buy it! And maybe it's more than XP Starter, a version for netbooks (they could realy use one!) like captaincharisma says.
 
Direct X11, is that Microsofts slightly incompatible version of X.orgs (http://www.x.org) version ?
 
[citation][nom]Chipi[/nom]Bullcrap, that note simply says that you should only test the Ultimate edition so your experience with the beta will be the best possible. It's marketing, praise the best product, sell the middle and low-end. Just look at nVidia GPUs(ATi would do the same if they had the chance )What is wrong with you? What's so bad about a Starter edition? You don't have to buy it! And maybe it's more than XP Starter, a version for netbooks (they could realy use one!) like captaincharisma says.[/citation]
In that case, it makes sense to have a version called Windows 7 Netbook. Not Windows 7 Basic, and then sell that same version in PCs because they can't handle the Aero desktop. That's what they've done with Vista and that's why their stuck in court again.
 
[citation][nom]Chipi[/nom]Bullcrap, that note simply says that you should only test the Ultimate edition so your experience with the beta will be the best possible. It's marketing, praise the best product, sell the middle and low-end.[/citation]You may be right. I may be reading too much into the note on MSDN. It's possible that Windows 7 will be released in exactly the same editions as Windows Vista.

The point, however, is that at this time we simply don't know what editions Windows 7 will come in. All we have is a screen listing different editions, which Microsoft has said not to pay attention to as the other editions are remnants of the Windows Vista product. That doesn't mean those editions won't also be available in Windows 7. But it doesn't mean that they will be either.

The only thing we know for sure at this point, is that there will be some sort of "Ultimate" edition. Anything beyond that is just pointless speculation until we hear from Microsoft which editions will actually be available.
 
As long as they charge $300 for the Ultimate version MS will only guarantee that I will continue to pirate Windows until Ubuntu is fully up to speed.

Apple had it right with OS X. $129 for OS upgrades. Flat price. One product.
 
[citation][nom]johndoe776[/nom]W7Starter for the $400-500 laptops. Maybe we will see them in future netbooks? Don't know what the minimum requirements for W7 is yet so I'm just throwing that last one out as a possibility.[/citation]
Im running Ultimate on my MSI Wind(1.6ghz 1gb ram) its faster, better and more stable than xp... And its running Aero. I hope Starter either awesomely streamlined for smaller machines or some esoteric school house OS edition.

Ive been so excited about 7. I'm a Mac tech professionally, xp/linux user at home, and Windows 7 combines my favorite UI elements of all 3. And honestly I'm super disappointed in this. I thought we were past all this crap.
 
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