Side by side comparison of Vista versions

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• Friday, July 28, 2006 11:52 AMRichardWuMVP

   
  

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  Hi, Here you are:

  http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/editions/default.mspx

   
• Friday, July 28, 2006 12:02 PMmocharaspberrygrande

   
  

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  Hi, Thanks much for responding.  I did see this but I was looking for something more graphical in nature versus text.  Something in the way of a table with the versions/editions across the top and the features/functions down the side margin.
   
• Saturday, July 29, 2006 2:46 AMRichardWuMVP

   
  

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  Fundamentals
  Feature	Str	Home N	Home B	Home P	Bus N	Bus	Sm Bus	Ent	Ult
  SafeDocs backup and restore	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Backup (scheduled)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Backup (network-based)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Shadow copy client	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Encrypted File System (EFS)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Supports migration from XP	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Productivity
  Feature	Str	Home N	Home B	Home P	Bus N	Bus	Sm Bus	Ent	Ult
  Desktop Window Manager (DWM)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Aero glass, animations, visual effects	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Productivity features (rolodex, tab previews, task bar previews)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Unlimited screen resolution support	No  1024x768	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Fast User Switching (FUS)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Communications
  Feature	Str	Home N	Home B	Home P	Bus N	Bus	Sm Bus	Ent	Ult
  RDP/Remote Desktop	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  P2P Meeting Place (ad-hoc meetings, people discovery, presentation broadcast)	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Windows Web Server (optional)	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Windows Fax client	No	No	No	No	Yes (opt)	Yes (opt)	Yes	Yes (opt)	Yes (opt)
  Digital Media & Entertainment
  Feature	Str	Home N	Home B	Home P	Bus N	Bus	Sm Bus	Ent	Ult
  DVD Video Authoring	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
  Direct Media Mode	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Media Center (including Extender and games)	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
  Number of remote Media Center sessions supported	n/a	n/a	n/a	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
  Movie Maker HD Publishing	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
  Advanced Photography features	No	No	No	Yes	Yes (opt)	Yes (opt)	Yes (opt)	Yes (opt)	Yes (opt)
  Premium Games (3D Chess, Shanghai Solitaire)	No	No	No	Yes (Opt)	Yes (Opt)	Yes (Opt)	Yes (Opt)	Yes (Opt)	Yes (Opt)
  Windows Media Player 11 and related components	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Networking
  Feature	Str	Home N	Home B	Home P	Bus N	Bus	Sm Bus	Ent	Ult
  Number of supported network connections	0	5	5	10	10	10	10	10	10
  Domain join support	No	No	No	Quattro only	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  1:1 Network projection	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  SNMP support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (Opt)	Yes (Opt)	Yes (Opt)	Yes (Opt)	Yes (Opt)
  Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (Opt)	Yes	Yes (Opt)	Yes (Opt)	Yes
  Mobility
  Feature	Str	Home N	Home B	Home P	Bus N	Bus	Sm Bus	Ent	Ult
  PC-to-PC Sync	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Mobility Center	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Tablet PC functionality	No	No	No	Yes (Opt)	Yes (Opt)	Yes (Opt)	Yes (Opt)	Yes (Opt)	Yes (Opt)
  Auxiliary Display support	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Offline folders with client-side caching	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
  PC management
  Feature	Str	Home N	Home B	Home P	Bus N	Bus	Sm Bus	Ent	Ult
  Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA)	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes (Opt)	Yes (Opt)
  Secure Startup (Cornerstone)	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes (Opt)
  Single Session Virtual PC	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes (Opt)	Yes (Opt)
  Multi-Language User Interface (MUI)	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes (Opt)
  Licensing
  Feature	Str	Home N	Home B	Home P	Bus N	Bus	Sm Bus	Ent	Ult
  Windows Activation Services	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No

   

  Key to the table:
  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

  Please note! The above table for reference only. NOT RELEASE from MS! MS have right to change any features in Vista without notice.

   
• Monday, July 31, 2006 12:24 AMmocharaspberrygrande

   
  

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  Thank you.  This is what I was looking for.
   
• Monday, July 31, 2006 3:16 AMRichardWuMVP

   
  

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  welcome!
   
• Thursday, November 30, 2006 12:49 PMEric Bauersachs

   
  

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  Is there an updated official list for the released version? And what about parental controls - in what version are these included?
   
• Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:15 PMmhergh

   
  

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  Hi Richard,

  I was looking for a comparison between Vista Business and Vista Business N. It's the first time that I heard about this N thing, I remarked that this is "for Europe only".

  Thanks,

  Marius

   
• Thursday, November 30, 2006 11:49 PMRobin Bredin

   
  

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  Version N is a European version, which does not have windows media player in it. This came after a ruling by the European Courts. Apart from that, the business versions are the same, and so is the price.
   
• Friday, December 01, 2006 6:04 AMmhergh

   
  

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  Thanks a lot, that helps.
   
• Friday, December 01, 2006 10:12 AMRichardWuMVP

   
  

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  it's time to close this thread now.