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    Windows vista home premium vs business

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by thunderhouse, Nov 30, 2008.

  1. thunderhouse

    thunderhouse Notebook Guru

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    Hy all,

    Here I want to see ur opinion about windows vista home premium and windows vista business. Which one is better?? as we know, the LENOVO recommend windows vista home premium. but TOSHIBA recommend windows vista business. So, what is your opinion abut this??
     
    thunderhouse, Nov 30, 2008
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  2. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    stewie, Nov 30, 2008
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  3. thunderhouse

    thunderhouse Notebook Guru

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    yap, that's right br0... I have a question in my heart, Why Lenovo and Toshiba have a different recommendation on it?
     
    thunderhouse, Nov 30, 2008
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  4. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    Need to join a domain? Business.

    Otherwise, Home Premium
     
    gerryf19, Nov 30, 2008
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  5. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Well Business gets rid of some (personal opinion) "junk" like the Windows Media Player and games aren't pre isntalled.

    The connectivity "stuff" may come in handy if you use your laptop at different places and at work.

    I'd always go with a "professional edition" - but that's also me and the image I want to send out...
    (By the way - I wouldn't swap my Vista Business for Ultimate)

    And you're not at university by any chance?
     
    DetlevCM, Nov 30, 2008
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  6. booboo12

    booboo12 Notebook Prophet

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    Sometimes that "recoommendation" varies depending on the sections of each vendor's website. For the most part, they recommend the version of windows aimed at the same market segment as the laptop series they make.

    On the Dell.com site, for example, switching to the business section shows this sentence on the upper left "Dell recommends Windows Vista Business" while choosing the home section, shows this sentence "Dell recommends Windows Vista Home Premium"
     
    booboo12, Nov 30, 2008
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  7. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    What are you using it for? They are each "best" in their own ways. Depends on what you are using it for.
     
    nizzy1115, Nov 30, 2008
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  8. swarmer

    swarmer beep beep

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    Actually, Windows Media Player is preinstalled on Vista Business. (And it's not junk either... but I guess that's my personal opinion.)

    The games are not preinstalled though... if you want them, you can install them through the Control Panel... Add/Remove Windows features or something like that.
     
    swarmer, Dec 1, 2008
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  9. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Ups - sorry.
    I didn't mean the Media Player - you're right than can be useful.

    But I call the Media Centre (!) junk. (my opinion)
     
    DetlevCM, Dec 1, 2008
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  10. Nankuru

    Nankuru Notebook Evangelist

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    The version with the features you want is the best version. Home Premium has features that consumers are supposed to want like Media Center ie: toys. Business has more practical stuff like previous version restore and encryption etc etc.
     
    Nankuru, Dec 1, 2008
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  11. frazell

    frazell Notebook Deity

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    On a laptop I agree Media Center is junk. Never understood why it has been a major pusher by OEMs since Windows XP Media Center Edition...

    I love Media Center, but that is only on my desktop where I have a TV Tuner card (which makes Media Center worthwhile)...
     
    frazell, Dec 1, 2008
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