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WIN 7 RC & Retail any Differences ?
I'm trying out with the RC version.. That's 9 + months since release.
It says its 'Ultimate' Will I find much difference in a full retail of Win 7 Professional ? (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") mouse |
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WIN 7 RC & Retail any Differences ?
"Trimble Bracegirdle" wrote in message ... I'm trying out with the RC version.. That's 9 + months since release. It says its 'Ultimate' Will I find much difference in a full retail of Win 7 Professional ? (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") mouse Bugfixes and InternetTV. -- Andrew |
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WIN 7 RC & Retail any Differences ?
Why not try out the Windows 7 Enterprise trial edition? It's identical to
the Ultimate version except for the licensing. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/e.../cc442495.aspx "Trimble Bracegirdle" wrote in message ... I'm trying out with the RC version.. That's 9 + months since release. It says its 'Ultimate' Will I find much difference in a full retail of Win 7 Professional ? (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") mouse |
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WIN 7 RC & Retail any Differences ?
Hi, Trimble.
The main difference is that the retail package will not die anytime soon. To quote from KB 971767: "Effective June 1, 2010, Windows 7 RC will expire. "To continue using your computer, you should prepare to install the retail release version of Windows 7 or install an earlier version of Windows before the June 1, 2010 expiration date. You will be unable to upgrade from Windows 7 RC to the retail release version of Windows 7. However, you can back up or transfer your data to your next or previous operating system." There are several phases in the expiration process, including: "Effective March 1, 2010, Windows 7 RC enters the next phase of expiration: "Expiration notifications in the task bar continue. "Computers that are running Windows 7 RC restart every two hours. "Important When the computer restarts, your work will not be saved." For details, read the KB: Description of Windows 7 Beta and Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) expiration dates and functionality http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971767 Your Subject asks about differences between RC and Retail, but your text asks about differences between Professional and Ultimate. The same expiration phases apply to all RC versions. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX Microsoft Windows MVP Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64 "Trimble Bracegirdle" wrote in message ... I'm trying out with the RC version.. That's 9 + months since release. It says its 'Ultimate' Will I find much difference in a full retail of Win 7 Professional ? (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") mouse |
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WIN 7 RC & Retail any Differences ?
P.S.
To answer your question more directly. There is not a lot of difference. The retail version is polished up and ready for sale and is made up of the bits that Microsoft 'officially' supports. In terms of features, for the Home / Small & Medium Business user, 7 Professional has everything you would want. It does lack some corporate oriented features: AppLocker BitLocker Boot from VHD BranchCache DirectAccess Federated Search (Enterprise Search Scopes) Multilingual User Interface (MUI) Language Packs Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications Have a look at this feature comparison: [Windows 7 Product Editions: A Comparison - Paul Thurrott] http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7_skus_compare.asp Basically, the only feature of Ultimate / Enterprise that a non-corporate user might make use of is BitLocker to ultra-secure a laptop. Otherwise, Windows 7 Professional already supports file and folder encryption which most users would find sufficient. "Trimble Bracegirdle" wrote in message ... I'm trying out with the RC version.. That's 9 + months since release. It says its 'Ultimate' Will I find much difference in a full retail of Win 7 Professional ? (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") mouse |
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