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Home Basic vs Home Premium vs Professional?
I'm looking at
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...-editions.html and am getting a little boggled. - I don't care about cosmetics - I use 3rd-party utilities for backup and imaging - I use TeamViewer instead of RDP - If/when I want an FTP server I use ServU I'm guessing that anything with "Aero" in the name is moot to me. Sounds like with basic, I have to download the 64-bit installer. That being said, is there any reason I would regret going for Basic rather that Premium? Any reason to look at Professional? Finally, I notice a rather large price break between "OEM" and other versions - like $100+. Is there something not quite right with somebody offering an OEM version without selling a PC with it? Or is it just that once it is registered, the user is locked into the box it is registered to? If #2, how is the box identified? i.e. Mobo SN? or maybe some hash total whee changing one component makes it look like a different PC? -- Pete Cresswell |
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On 24/07/2012 01:44, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
I'm looking at http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...-editions.html and am getting a little boggled. - I don't care about cosmetics - I use 3rd-party utilities for backup and imaging - I use TeamViewer instead of RDP - If/when I want an FTP server I use ServU I'm guessing that anything with "Aero" in the name is moot to me. Sounds like with basic, I have to download the 64-bit installer. That being said, is there any reason I would regret going for Basic rather that Premium? Any reason to look at Professional? Finally, I notice a rather large price break between "OEM" and other versions - like $100+. Is there something not quite right with somebody offering an OEM version without selling a PC with it? Or is it just that once it is registered, the user is locked into the box it is registered to? If #2, how is the box identified? i.e. Mobo SN? or maybe some hash total whee changing one component makes it look like a different PC? I am using Professional because of higher-security; I just upgraded from XP Professional and installed the SP1 and patches since SP1. You can download Windows from DigitalRiver servers (as used by Microsoft to distribute its products) and use any serial number with them and they should work including OEM serial numbers. • Windows 7 Home Premium (x86) - X17-58996 http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-58996.iso • Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) - X17-58997 http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-58997.iso • Windows 7 Professional (x86) - X17-59183 http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59183.iso • Windows 7 Professional (x64) - X17-59186 http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59186.iso • Windows 7 Ultimate (x86)* - X17-59463 http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59463.iso • Windows 7 Ultimate (x64)* - X17-59465 http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59465.iso You can also download Microsoft's Tool to create bootable USB flash drive from he http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool -- Good Guy Website: http://mytaxsite.co.uk Website: http://html-css.co.uk Forums: http://mytaxsite.boardhost.com Email: http://mytaxsite.co.uk/contact-us |
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"(PeteCresswell)" wrote in message
news I'm looking at http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...-editions.html and am getting a little boggled. - I don't care about cosmetics - I use 3rd-party utilities for backup and imaging - I use TeamViewer instead of RDP - If/when I want an FTP server I use ServU I'm guessing that anything with "Aero" in the name is moot to me. Sounds like with basic, I have to download the 64-bit installer. That being said, is there any reason I would regret going for Basic rather that Premium? Any reason to look at Professional? Finally, I notice a rather large price break between "OEM" and other versions - like $100+. Is there something not quite right with somebody offering an OEM version without selling a PC with it? Or is it just that once it is registered, the user is locked into the box it is registered to? If #2, how is the box identified? i.e. Mobo SN? or maybe some hash total whee changing one component makes it look like a different PC? -- Pete Cresswell You may never need it, but with Pro or higher, you can use XP Mode. It has come in handy for me. Download Windows XP Mode with Virtual PC http://www.microsoft.com/windows/vir.../download.aspx -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Oct. 1, 2004 ~ Sept. 30, 2010 Imperial Beach, CA |
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On 7/23/2012 6:44 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
I'm looking at http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...-editions.html and am getting a little boggled. - I don't care about cosmetics - I use 3rd-party utilities for backup and imaging - I use TeamViewer instead of RDP - If/when I want an FTP server I use ServU I'm guessing that anything with "Aero" in the name is moot to me. Sounds like with basic, I have to download the 64-bit installer. That being said, is there any reason I would regret going for Basic rather that Premium? Any reason to look at Professional? Finally, I notice a rather large price break between "OEM" and other versions - like $100+. Is there something not quite right with somebody offering an OEM version without selling a PC with it? Or is it just that once it is registered, the user is locked into the box it is registered to? If #2, how is the box identified? i.e. Mobo SN? or maybe some hash total whee changing one component makes it look like a different PC? The URL you provided leads to a table that describes which Win 7 versions provide what capabilities. There is a capability labeled "Branche (sic) Cache Distributed Cache" in that table. What is it? -- Jeff Barnett |
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Jeff Barnett wrote:
There is a capability labeled "Branche (sic) Cache Distributed Cache" in that table. What is it? -- Jeff Barnett http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...(v=WS.10).aspx "BranchCache Overview BranchCache is designed to reduce WAN link utilization and improve application responsiveness for branch office workers who access content from servers in remote locations. Branch office client computers use a locally maintained cache of data to reduce traffic over a WAN link. The cache can be distributed across client computers (Distributed Cache mode) or can be housed on a server in the branch (Hosted Cache mode)." Exciting stuff, if you work in the IT department. Paul |
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"Paul" wrote in message ... Jeff Barnett wrote: There is a capability labeled "Branche (sic) Cache Distributed Cache" in that table. What is it? -- Jeff Barnett http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...(v=WS.10).aspx "BranchCache Overview BranchCache is designed to reduce WAN link utilization and improve application responsiveness for branch office workers who access content from servers in remote locations. Branch office client computers use a locally maintained cache of data to reduce traffic over a WAN link. The cache can be distributed across client computers (Distributed Cache mode) or can be housed on a server in the branch (Hosted Cache mode)." Exciting stuff, if you work in the IT department. Yeah, it's basically a managed\corporate version of a torrent like file distribution system. Looking to implement on 180,000 seats globally next year. Have to upgrade the servers first as well to take full advantage. |
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On 7/23/2012 9:32 PM, Paul wrote:
Jeff Barnett wrote: There is a capability labeled "Branche (sic) Cache Distributed Cache" in that table. What is it? -- Jeff Barnett http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...(v=WS.10).aspx "BranchCache Overview BranchCache is designed to reduce WAN link utilization and improve application responsiveness for branch office workers who access content from servers in remote locations. Branch office client computers use a locally maintained cache of data to reduce traffic over a WAN link. The cache can be distributed across client computers (Distributed Cache mode) or can be housed on a server in the branch (Hosted Cache mode)." Exciting stuff, if you work in the IT department. I don't. Just getting ready to move a two-computer home from XP to 7 in the near future. I couldn't parse the name in isolation and thought it might have something to do with cache management on multi-core chips. Since I'm a Photo Shop user that would have been exciting stuff and might influence whether I installed 7 Pro or the next step up. Thank you for the useful (and money-saving) information. -- Jeff Barnett |
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Jeff Barnett wrote:
On 7/23/2012 9:32 PM, Paul wrote: Jeff Barnett wrote: There is a capability labeled "Branche (sic) Cache Distributed Cache" in that table. What is it? -- Jeff Barnett http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...(v=WS.10).aspx "BranchCache Overview BranchCache is designed to reduce WAN link utilization and improve application responsiveness for branch office workers who access content from servers in remote locations. Branch office client computers use a locally maintained cache of data to reduce traffic over a WAN link. The cache can be distributed across client computers (Distributed Cache mode) or can be housed on a server in the branch (Hosted Cache mode)." Exciting stuff, if you work in the IT department. I don't. Just getting ready to move a two-computer home from XP to 7 in the near future. I couldn't parse the name in isolation and thought it might have something to do with cache management on multi-core chips. Since I'm a Photo Shop user that would have been exciting stuff and might influence whether I installed 7 Pro or the next step up. Thank you for the useful (and money-saving) information. I found the name kinda deceiving myself, which is why I had to look it up to find out :-) I couldn't imagine them doing something at that level, for product differentiation (like screwing around with CPU performance). Paul |
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Per Bruce Hagen:
You may never need it, but with Pro or higher, you can use XP Mode. It has come in handy for me. Which begs the question that's been in the back of my mind since first seeing "XP Mode".... Is "XP Mode" something global - i.e. where one boots up the system in "XP Mode"? Or is it on an application-by-application basis where an application can be started in "XP Mode" while the rest of the sys is running normally? -- Pete Cresswell |
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:22:22 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote in article ... Per Bruce Hagen: You may never need it, but with Pro or higher, you can use XP Mode. It has come in handy for me. Which begs the question that's been in the back of my mind since first seeing "XP Mode".... Is "XP Mode" something global - i.e. where one boots up the system in "XP Mode"? Or is it on an application-by-application basis where an application can be started in "XP Mode" while the rest of the sys is running normally? It is a VM (virtual machine) that you run inside of Windows 7 that looks and works almost exactly like running XP natively. Video isn't as good (no 3d as far as I know), performance is a little lacking, and hardware is virtualized but otherwise it is just like running XP. From what I understand, you can also run it on an application-by- application basis as you describe, but I've not run it that way so I can't really comment or offer advice. -- Zaphod Vell, Zaphod's just zis guy, ya know? - Gag Halfrunt |
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:24:59 -0400, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:22:22 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote in article ... Per Bruce Hagen: You may never need it, but with Pro or higher, you can use XP Mode. It has come in handy for me. Which begs the question that's been in the back of my mind since first seeing "XP Mode".... Is "XP Mode" something global - i.e. where one boots up the system in "XP Mode"? Or is it on an application-by-application basis where an application can be started in "XP Mode" while the rest of the sys is running normally? It is a VM (virtual machine) that you run inside of Windows 7 that looks and works almost exactly like running XP natively. Video isn't as good (no 3d as far as I know), performance is a little lacking, and hardware is virtualized but otherwise it is just like running XP. From what I understand, you can also run it on an application-by- application basis as you describe, but I've not run it that way so I can't really comment or offer advice. My understanding is that the application-by-application basis is a matter of configuring the VM to be invisible except for the application you are running. As anecdotal evidence(?), when I tried to run an application that way, the program took nearly as long to start as if I had booted the VM first and then started the program :-) I didn't use XP Mode for very long, since it was not a match to my apps, so I didn't learn very much, sorry. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:38:30 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
My understanding is that the application-by-application basis is a matter of configuring the VM to be invisible except for the application you are running. That seems a bit unclearly written. What I mean is that if you tell XP Mode to run a program that way, XP Mode automatically hides the VM and just shows the application's window(s), which makes it look like it's running on the host machine. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:38:30 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote: My understanding is that the application-by-application basis is a matter of configuring the VM to be invisible except for the application you are running. That seems a bit unclearly written. What I mean is that if you tell XP Mode to run a program that way, XP Mode automatically hides the VM and just shows the application's window(s), which makes it look like it's running on the host machine. There are various technical terms for that, which might not please everyone. A "rooted" virtual machine, presents an image of the entire guest OS desktop. A "rootless" application window, renders the program window in the host OS desktop, as if the program had been launched from the host itself. When using a "rootless" setup for a WinXP Mode program, the WinXP desktop should not be evident. WinXP Mode VM is still running, just not drawing and taking up space for the entire desktop. As I understand it though, you still have the option of seeing and accessing the WinXP Mode desktop if you want to. There should still be a way to do that, as a means to interact with that OS (like, use a control panel). The rootless WinXP Mode running program, uses Terminal Services RDP protocol, to ask Windows 7 to display the window of the program. And that's how the window gets to draw into the Windows 7 desktop, without any WinXP Mode desktop showing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Desktop_Services Paul |
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Per ...winston:
Basic has much less capability. Basic is for minimal/under-powered hardware. Is that to say that it is less resource-intensive? If so, it seems like that might be an argument for using it over "higher" versions if the missing capabilities are not something the user needs or wants (e.g. maybe the variable transparency of windows...) Can anybody expand on "easier" networking? All I want is tb able to - Create shares into a NAS box (as in NET USE ...) - Designate certain folders on one PC as visible to other PCs -- Pete Cresswell |
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"(PeteCresswell)" wrote in message
... Wolf K wrote: Basic has much less capability. Basic is for minimal/under-powered hardware. Is that to say that it is less resource-intensive? If so, it seems like that might be an argument for using it over "higher" versions if the missing capabilities are not something the user needs or wants (e.g. maybe the variable transparency of windows...) Can anybody expand on "easier" networking? All I want is tb able to - Create shares into a NAS box (as in NET USE ...) - Designate certain folders on one PC as visible to other PCs -- Pete Cresswell Basic is primarily intended for emerging market countries and correspondingly has less geographical availability which also means geographical restrictions on activation. Home Basic is only capable of joining a network. Home Premium is able to create and join a network. Imo. Home Premium based on the info you've provided would probably be sufficient (if those are your only needs) and possibly a better choice. Personally I prefer the Pro version. -- ....winston msft mvp mail |
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