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Windows 7 variants revealed
According to Paul Thurrott, Microsoft is just about to tell all on how many different sorts of Windows 7 it'll ship.
in brief According to Paul Thurrott, Microsoft is just about to tell all on how many different sorts of Windows 7 it'll ship.
There'll be five variants: Starter, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate — one fewer than Vista's array of options. Starter is for emerging markets, Enterprise is volume licences only, Home Premium is the default OEM version for new computers, and Ultimate is the no-holds-barred version for the real fan.
Perhaps most interestingly, you can upgrade from one version to another online - and easily, from Vista. You have to do a clean install from XP, which could put a lot of people off.