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Windows 7 Editions Comparison

Windows 7 was available in six editions: Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate. The editions ranged from Starter, which had the fewest features and was limited to 2GB RAM, to Ultimate, which had all features and was available for individual purchase. Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate were widely available at retailers and included features like Windows Aero, Media Center, and support for up to 192GB RAM in Professional. Enterprise targeted businesses and included management features, while Starter was limited to basic functionality and pre-installed on low-cost PCs.

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Windows 7 Editions Comparison

Windows 7 was available in six editions: Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate. The editions ranged from Starter, which had the fewest features and was limited to 2GB RAM, to Ultimate, which had all features and was available for individual purchase. Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate were widely available at retailers and included features like Windows Aero, Media Center, and support for up to 192GB RAM in Professional. Enterprise targeted businesses and included management features, while Starter was limited to basic functionality and pre-installed on low-cost PCs.

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WINDOWS 7

EDITIONS
COMPARISION
Windows 7, a major release of the
Microsoft Windows operating system,
was available in six different editions:
Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium,
Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate.
Only Home Premium, Professional, and
Ultimate were widely available at retailers
All editions support 32-bit IA-32 CPUs and
all editions except Starter support 64-bit
x64 CPUs
Windows 7 Starter is the edition of Windows 7 that contains the fewest features. It is only available in a 32-bit
version and does not include the Windows Aero theme. The desktop wallpaper and visual styles (Windows 7 Basic)
are not user-changeable. In the release candidate versions of Windows 7, Microsoft intended to restrict users of
this edition to running three simultaneous programs, but this limitation was dropped in the final release. Does not
support more than 2GB of RAM.
This edition was available pre-installed on computers, especially netbooks or Windows Tablets, through system
integrators or computer manufacturers using OEM licenses
Windows 7 Home Basic was available in
"emerging markets", in 141 different countries.
Some Windows Aero options are excluded
along with several new features. This edition is
available in a 64-bit version and supports up to
8GB of RAM. Home Basic, along with other
editions sold in emerging markets, include
geographical activation restriction, which
requires users to activate Windows within a
certain region or country
This edition contains features aimed at the
home market segment, such as Windows
Media Center, Windows Aero and multi-
touch support. It was available in both 32-
bit and 64-bit versions.
This edition is targeted towards enthusiasts, small-business users, and schools. It includes all the features of Windows 7 Home
Premium, and adds the ability to participate in a Windows Server domain.Additional features include support for up to 192 GB
of random-access memory (increased from 16 GB), operating as a Remote Desktop server, location aware printing, backup to a
network location, Encrypting File System, Presentation Mode, Software Restriction Policies (but not the extra management
features of AppLocker) and Windows XP Mode. It, too, was available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions
This edition targeted the enterprise segment of the market and was sold through volume licensing to companies which have a
Software Assurance contract with Microsoft. Additional features include support for Multilingual User Interface (MUI) packages,
BitLocker Drive Encryption, and UNIX application support. Not available through retail or OEM channels, this edition is
distributed through Microsoft Software Assurance (SA).As a result it includes several SA-only benefits, including a license
allowing the operating of diskless nodes (diskless PCs) and activation via Volume License Key
Windows 7 Ultimate contains the same features as Windows 7 Enterprise, but unlike the Enterprise edition, it was
available to home users on an individual license basis. Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional users
are able to upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate for a fee using Windows Anytime Upgrade if they wish to do so. Unlike
Windows Vista Ultimate, the Windows 7 Ultimate edition does not include the Windows Ultimate Extras feature or any
exclusive features as Microsoft had stated.
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