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    Vista Ultimate or Home Premium?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by darkness12, Jan 13, 2009.

  1. darkness12

    darkness12 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm going to be purchasing a Sager 860TU and have the option of either going with the standard Windows Vista Home Premium (64 bit) or spending a little extra for Ultimate...

    I checked out Microsofts site to see the differences ( http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/compare-editions/default.aspx) and the only real "additions" Ultimate interests me in is the "beest choice for laptops" and the "protection from hardware failure" as well as "better protecting data."

    Are these features (or others not mentioned) worth the extra money for ultimate?
     
    darkness12, Jan 13, 2009
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  2. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    Generally... no.
    Ultimate better for laptops?
    Yes, because it has "better protecting data" - BitLocker, a feature no one uses because of the performance hit you take using it (it encrypts your entire hard drive).
    Protection from hardware failure?
    Uhm. I don't really consider a lame backup tool built into Windows "protection from hardware failure"
    Especially considering SyncToy is free, better, and pretty sure it will work in Vista (though I admit that last detail is pretty important!).

    Home Premium is fine for 99% of users, the primary reason people tend to Buy ultimate is "just to have it"
     
    Hep!, Jan 13, 2009
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  3. Isend2C

    Isend2C Notebook Deity

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    I've had 3 Vista Home Premium computers and have never thought "oh if only I had ultimate...". I constantly think "oh good it's not basic", but that's it. There's very few advantages to Vista Ultimate in my mind... Go with H.P.
     
    Isend2C, Jan 13, 2009
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  4. sublime313

    sublime313 Notebook Evangelist

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    i got mine for free. i like the 'dreamscene' wallpapers. totally novel.
     
    sublime313, Jan 13, 2009
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  5. Guntraitor Sagara

    Guntraitor Sagara Notebook Evangelist

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    dreamscene is nothing but a +CPU workload for me. They say it takes its toll on the GPU but its really the CPU who suffers the obvious workload
     
    Guntraitor Sagara, Jan 14, 2009
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  6. darkness12

    darkness12 Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks for the responses, I will just go with HP.
     
    darkness12, Jan 14, 2009
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  7. swarmer

    swarmer beep beep

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    Biz/Ult editions add a few potentially useful things such as Previous Versions (automatic in-place backups of data files), image-based disk backup tool, and Remote Desktop server. However, I could live without it.
     
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  8. PhoenixFx

    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    If you have the option to buy Vista Business that would be better (costs less than Ultimate but has all the *important* features of Ultimate). Here is a detailed comparison from one of my previous posts:


    Str - Windows Starter 2007
    Home N - Windows Vista Home N (Europe only)
    Home B - Windows Vista Home Basic
    Home P - Windows Vista Home Premium
    Bus N - Windows Vista Business N (Europe only)
    Bus - Windows Vista Business
    Sm Bus - Windows Vista Small Business
    Ent -Windows Vista Enterprise
    Ult - Windows Vista Ultimate

    [​IMG]

    ( source)
     
    PhoenixFx, Jan 14, 2009
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