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    Vista Business vs. Vista Home Premium ?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by SoundsGood, Apr 3, 2008.

  1. SoundsGood

    SoundsGood Notebook Virtuoso

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    Vista Business vs. Vista Home Premium...

    What's the difference?
     
    SoundsGood, Apr 3, 2008
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    Look at the features at the bottom of THIS page. But really, IMHO, Home has more entertainment features, Business has a nice back-up/restore feature.
     
    bubbatex, Apr 3, 2008
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    SoundsGood Notebook Virtuoso

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    Thanks! :)


    EDIT: Looks like Home Premium is the way to go (for me)... but wow, Vista Ultimate does it all.
     
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    I picked Home Premium over business. Ultimate was too costly for me.
     
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    Glad I could help - I am going with Business b/c I really like the back-up and restore function and the networking extras. Don't really care about media center. As you have noticed, Ultimate is just a combo of Home and Business. I "had" it on a Dell for a few days - but then I sent the Dell back. Decided that Biz was all I needed....
     
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    I agree. Too bad though, Ultimate looks pretty darn good.

    Doesn't look like a big price difference between Business and Ultimate (on a new system, anyway). Seems like it might be worth it -- just in case.
     
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    True - it is typically $60, but I could buy memory or other sw with that too. But on the other hand, I could get Home Premium and Acronis for less!
     
    bubbatex, Apr 3, 2008
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    I Like Ultimate. Its shiny.
     
    Patrick, Apr 3, 2008
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