Which version of Vista do you prefer?

Yeah you read it.
Im just curios about which version of Windows Vista do you prefer?
Is it:
1. Vista Home Basic
2. Vista Home Premium
3. Vista Business
4. Vista Enterprise
5. Vista Ultimate

 

I would settle for Premium unless I see something very useful in Ultimate that would encourage me to pay more for it.

Basic is a useless version, why pay close to premium price for alot less?

Business and enterprise are catered to the corporate realm and while they do include useful features, the features can either be purchased seperately or not needed for a personal user.

 

I still dont understand why I'm being provided with Vista Business as my free upgrade.

 

Well isnt that a good thing? doesnt the business version have everything the premium one has?

And u shud be happy, Im in dubai and I bought a HP with XP Home (they didnt offer it with anything better) and the upgrade is for home basic and I have to pay $50US + shipping for it!

btw how much did u buy ur laptop for? was looking for an asus with a decent card for a while

 

Do you happen to have Windows XP Professional?

 

Yup XP prof gets upgraded to vista business

MCE to home premium

XP Home to Home basic

 

Not exactly. For home and personal use i recommend Home Premium. I have Thinkpad with Vista Business and compare with my friend's laptop with Home Premium here is what i found lacking in Business :
a. Games folder empty. You can find many games at Home Premium.
b. I cannot play DVD movie. There is no MPEG-2 codec installed. To get it either to buy (again!) from Microsoft or use free codecs from internet. Home Premium have everything installed and ready.
c. No media center, movie maker, etc (well, i am okay with this but worth to mention).

The only advantages that Business have over Premium is that it have Volume Shadow Copy (like restore point in XP), better networking support, full pc backup and remote desktop. These features are rarely used for average home user, even for some executives that use the laptop at office and home interchangeably.

 

vista also has a restore point, shadow copy is a more advanced version that is used in 2003 server. but yeah ur right about those other things, however remote desktop wouldve been useful.

 

Well, Windows XP Professional didn't have any built-in DVD player or Media Center either. That was Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 that's upgraded to Windows Vista Home Premium.

 

Vista Home Premium OEM because its price is a sweet spot at $119.99.

 

I've only used Ultimate because i didn't want to run into a feature that might come along later (see Dreamscene) that i wanted to have. I figure pony up now for long term satisfaction

 

I bought my laptop for 6200 dehrams from Computer Circles Al Ain Centre.
I got a headset free. I also purchased a Targus backpack and the whole package cost me 6500 bucks

 

Ahh nice I think i got one of my laptops from there cant remember if it was the HP or Dell.

Back when i was looking there werent many C2Ds around though.