Which Vista edition should I buy ?
Well there are a few Vista editions out there. If you are on a low budget, then it is worth comparing the different editions!
A glance at the following table might help you to make a better decision!
Source: Extremetech
| Vista Edition | Vista Home Basic | Vista Home Premium | Vista Business | Vista Ultimate |
| Full Price | $199 | $239 | $299 | $399 |
| Upgrade Price | $99 | $159 | $199 | $259 |
| Fancy Aero “Glass” UI | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| User Account Control (UAC) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Firewall/Defender | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IE7 with phishing filter, protected mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Instant Search | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Maximum supported RAM (32-bit version) | 4GB | 4GB | 4GB | 4GB |
| Maximum supported RAM (64-bit version) | 8GB | 16GB | 128GB | 128GB |
| Number of logical CPUs (cores) supported | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Number of physical CPUs supported | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Backup and recover | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scheduled backup | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Volume Shadow Copy | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| BitLocker (drive encryption) | No | No | No | Yes |
| SuperFetch | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| “Premium” Games | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Media Player 11 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Photo Gallery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Media Center (with HDTV/cablecard support) | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Windows Movie Maker (with HD support) | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Windows DVD Maker | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Remote Desktop | Limited | Limited | Yes | Yes |
| Offline Files/Folders | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| IIS Web Server | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Meeting Space Interaction | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rights Management Services | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Tablet PC Functionality | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SideShow | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Speech Recognition | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fax and Scan | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Ultimate Extras | No | No | No | Yes |
Oh, you are still undecided? You might think Vista is simply not worth it? Then there might be a post later this week that will convince you!
For those of you who have wisely decided to get Vista and want to compare prices I have compiled a short list with the current prices (09/09/08) at Amazon. The first price always refers to the price of the Upgrade edition and the latter one refers to the standard edition including SP1.
In cooperation with Amazon we have also launched a Vista Store, which you can visit here!
Posted by sOliver
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