{"id":527,"date":"2009-04-26T15:01:31","date_gmt":"2009-04-26T15:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/news\/archive\/2009\/04\/26\/windows-7-product-editions-a-comparison-update.aspx"},"modified":"2009-04-26T15:01:31","modified_gmt":"2009-04-26T15:01:31","slug":"windows-7-product-editions-a-comparison-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plexuk.co.uk\/?p=527","title":{"rendered":"Windows 7 Product Editions: A Comparison Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in February, I wrote an article, Windows 7 Product Editions, in which I discussed the various SKUs (stock keeping units, or product editions) that Microsoft would provide with its next operating system. Now, with nearly fully-functional versions of each product edition available to the public, I thought I’d provide a series of tables comparing each Windows 7 product editon, similar in scope to the work I did documenting Windows Vista. It’s early yet, and things will no doubt change, so I’ll be updating these tables as needed going forward. But even at this early stage, I believe these tables will help you pick which Windows 7 product edition makes the most sense for you, based on your needs and wants. Let’s dive right in.<\/p>\n

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User interface features<\/h2>\n

<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 <\/td>\nHome Basic<\/b><\/td>\nStarter<\/b><\/td>\nHome Premium<\/b><\/td>\nProfessional<\/b><\/td>\nEnterprise & Ultimate<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows Basic UI<\/b><\/td>\n <\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows Standard UI<\/b><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n <\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows Aero UI (“Glass”)<\/b><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aero Peek<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aero Snaps<\/a><\/b><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aero Shake<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aero Background<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows Flip<\/b><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows Flip 3D<\/b><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Live Taskbar Previews<\/a><\/b><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n <\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Live Preview (Explorer)<\/b><\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jump Lists<\/a><\/b><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Windows Search<\/b><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Full Article – http:\/\/www.winsupersite.com\/win7\/win7_skus_compare.asp<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back in February, I wrote an article, Windows 7 Product Editions, in which I discussed the various SKUs (stock keeping units, or product editions) that Microsoft would provide with its next operating system. Now, with nearly fully-functional versions of each product edition available to the public, I thought I’d provide a series of tables comparing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[338],"class_list":["post-527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plexuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plexuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plexuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plexuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plexuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/plexuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plexuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plexuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plexuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}