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Part I: Surviving Setup
Windows Vista Ultimate—which was originally available only with select new PCs from
Dell and, eventually, at retail—and you’ve got 18. Or something. Here’s the list:
Dell and, eventually, at retail—and you’ve got 18. Or something. Here’s the list:
Windows Vista Starter
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Home Basic (x64)
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Home Premium N (European Union only)
Windows Vista Home Premium (x64)
Windows Vista Home Premium N (x64) (European Union only)
Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Business K (South Korea only)
Windows Vista Business N (European Union only)
Windows Vista Business (x64)
Windows Vista Business K (x64) (South Korea only)
Windows Vista Business N (x64) (European Union only)
Windows Vista Enterprise
Windows Vista Enterprise (x64)
Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows Vista Ultimate (x64)
Windows Vista Ultimate Product (RED) Edition
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Home Basic (x64)
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Home Premium N (European Union only)
Windows Vista Home Premium (x64)
Windows Vista Home Premium N (x64) (European Union only)
Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Business K (South Korea only)
Windows Vista Business N (European Union only)
Windows Vista Business (x64)
Windows Vista Business K (x64) (South Korea only)
Windows Vista Business N (x64) (European Union only)
Windows Vista Enterprise
Windows Vista Enterprise (x64)
Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows Vista Ultimate (x64)
Windows Vista Ultimate Product (RED) Edition
In addition to spamming the market with an unbelievable number of product editions,
Microsoft also increased the number of ways in which customers could acquire Windows
Vista. As always, most individuals simply got Vista with a new PC, and some continued
to purchase retail boxed copies of Windows Vista. Then there were the not-quite-retail
versions of the software, called OEM versions, which were technically supposed to be sold
only to PC makers, but were widely available online; and a new option called Windows
Anytime Upgrade that enabled you to upgrade from one version of Vista to another. It was
confusing. And it’s still that confusing, because these purchase options are all available
with Windows 7 as well. But then that’s why you’re reading this chapter, right?
Here’s our advice: don’t get bogged down in semantics or complicated counting exercises.
With a little bit of knowledge about how these product editions break down and are sold,
you can whittle the list down quite a bit very quickly and easily. Then, you can evaluate
Microsoft also increased the number of ways in which customers could acquire Windows
Vista. As always, most individuals simply got Vista with a new PC, and some continued
to purchase retail boxed copies of Windows Vista. Then there were the not-quite-retail
versions of the software, called OEM versions, which were technically supposed to be sold
only to PC makers, but were widely available online; and a new option called Windows
Anytime Upgrade that enabled you to upgrade from one version of Vista to another. It was
confusing. And it’s still that confusing, because these purchase options are all available
with Windows 7 as well. But then that’s why you’re reading this chapter, right?
Here’s our advice: don’t get bogged down in semantics or complicated counting exercises.
With a little bit of knowledge about how these product editions break down and are sold,
you can whittle the list down quite a bit very quickly and easily. Then, you can evaluate
Microsoft originally planned an Itanium version of Windows Vista, which would
have run on high-end workstations, but the company cancelled this project dur-
ing the beta process due to a lack of customer interest. Thus, the mainstream
PC platform of the future is now secure: it will be 64-bit, and it will be x64, not
Itanium.