Like M$ offered different Versions for Vista ( for the record , 4 … home basic, home premium , business and ultimate ) … new forthcoming OS of M$ … windows 7 too will have same or may be more flavors … on 3rd of Feb. Microsoft officially announced what versions Windows 7 may be available in market.
according to them , there will be two primary versions … Home Premium and Professional … but in one question they have mentioned that … they will have other flavors too ..
PressPass: So that covers most people. What will you offer for customers at the “poles” of your worldwide market?
Ybarra: Within a customer base of over one billion, there are a lot of important customer niches, or segments, and we want to make sure we have an appropriate product for everybody. Again, for a majority of our customers the choice is really simple: Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Professional. We understand some of our customers have different needs, like enthusiasts who want every feature in Windows, for example.
For our biggest enterprise customers, we'll continue to have an Enterprise edition. And we will work to make sure there continues to be strong value in Enterprise edition for our annuity customers with Software Assurance agreements. This edition will not be available at retail or by OEMs for pre-installation on a new PC. Windows 7 Enterprise edition offers advanced data protection, lower cost compliance and IT tools to streamline PC management and help save costs, while enabling access to information from anywhere for business users.
We know emerging markets have unique needs and we will offer Windows 7 Home Basic, only in emerging markets, for customers looking for an entry-point Windows experience on a full-size value PC.
We’ll also continue to offer Windows Starter edition, which will only be offered pre-installed by an OEM. Windows Starter edition will now be available worldwide. This edition is available only in the OEM channel on new PCs limited to specific types of hardware.
And certainly there is also a small set of customers who want everything Windows 7 has to offer. So we will continue to have Windows 7 Ultimate edition to meet that specialized need. Windows 7 Ultimate edition is designed for PC enthusiasts who “want it all” and customers who want the security features such as BitLocker found in Windows 7 Enterprise edition.
I just don’t understand … why they can’t simply offer one basic version for less $$$ and then offer different paid upgrades like aero theme or bit locker for extra $$$ … or just two versions one for home users and another for professionals just like XP ?? … but if they do this , then how they gonna make more $$$ by confusing people and make them buy something that they really don’t want !!!
Njoy …
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