Is ultimate OTT for a home user?

Blackhorse

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Just been reading the comparrion section on windows http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/editions/default.mspx

Ive been trying to actually work out is there actually any use for

Help protect against hardware failure
with advanced business backup features

Business networking and Remote Desktop
for easier connectivity

Better protect your data
against loss or theft with Windows BitLocker™ Drive Encryption
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At home would any of these features be actually worth the close to double price tag?
Im a sucker for one that has to buy the best of anything but i really cant see myself using any of it.
Sad as it sounds does anyone have any just reasons of there own they would choose ultimate over premium?
(Just trying to create an argument for myself to actually purchase the top spec!!)
 
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Well to tell you the truth, i'm the same when it comes to buying the best, but, i am going for Vista Home Premium as i can't realy see any point in paying all that money for fearures that will never get used.

Help protect against hardware failure with advanced business backup features
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I use Acronis True Image 10 for this.

Business networking and Remote Desktop for easier connectivity
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I have no need for this feature at all.

Better protect your data against loss or theft with Windows BitLocker™ Drive Encryption
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I have no need for this either as i don't have or run a business, i also dont keep sensitive data on my system.
 
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I would go with the Premium, you can use the extra money that you save by not buying the Ultimate edition to buy more ram, better graphics card etc.

I have just brought myself a copy of Home Premium 32-Bit & 64-Bit Edition DVD - Retail. I will use the 64bit O/S, but like to have 32bit to fall back on in case I have drivers problems.

The reason I have no need for the extra features offered by the ultimate edition, I using Acronis True Image 10 for my backup.

If I need the extras features I can upgrade later to ultimate edition using the online system.
 
Note that Home Premium can still connect to other systems hosting RDP/Remote Desktop. But Home Premium can't host it.
 
Simon D said:
I would go with the Premium, you can use the extra money that you save by not buying the Ultimate edition to buy more ram, better graphics card etc.
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Yup your probably right.
I need to buy some anyways to qualify for OEM

I think Ultimate is not for me
 
I know VNC is perfectly good I just find the simplicity of RDP to be what makes it the best. RDP is also faster (it doesn't work by simply capturing the screen like VNC does). RDP also lets you open nested RDP sessions (e.g. you RDP to a server and then RDP out to somewhere else from that server) without significantly impacting performance - at least in full screen mode anyway.

That's just my opinion :)
 
VNC doesn't come close to RDC (especially when you want two simultaneous users on the same server ;)), but it's not worth the £70/50/40 premium :/
 
VNC can do everything RDC can do and more in my experience. Its faster, more secure, more compatible, easier to use, has more features and is free. What more can you ask?
 
dbmzk1 said:
VNC can do everything RDC can do and more in my experience. Its faster, more secure, more compatible, easier to use, has more features and is free. What more can you ask?
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Agreed!!
 
dbmzk1 said:
VNC can do everything RDC can do and more in my experience. Its faster, more secure, more compatible, easier to use, has more features and is free. What more can you ask?
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Will it bring me tea and biccies?


Just askin' :)
 
I will be getting ultimate because I need to be able to RDP into my machine. I have tried various VNC variants but they suck. The performance is poor compared to RDP and I have found some apps which use some sort of theme or transparency simply do not appear on it at all! I would imagine Vista aero would cause it a lot of problems as well, with RDP aero gets disabled automatically.
 
dbmzk1 said:
VNC can do everything RDC can do and more in my experience. Its faster, more secure, more compatible, easier to use, has more features and is free. What more can you ask?
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That's not true though. It's slower. It's less secure (doesn't use a seperate Windows session). It's compatible with Unix etc sure but it still needs to be installed. Easier to use? Don't think there's much in it. I know VNC can be absolutely frustrating when you're watching it redraw the screen line by line or when an application that uses a layered window (transparency usually) doesn't display at all. More features - who cares? Remote desktop is remote desktop. Granted it is free.
 
I perfer VNC much more to RDP. Also VNC doesn't knock you off like RDP does, ie, only one at a time. I know it's different on Windows Server (upto 3) and it's possible to mod XP Pro to do that too.

I only ever use RDP where Java is forbidden eg, liberary, college.

BTW I use REALVNC
 
Surely VNC can't allow multiple sessions as it is just a screen scraper? I guess you could have multiple people looking at the same session but I'm not sure why you would want to do that :confused:
 
"Help protect against hardware failure
with advanced business backup features"

Acronis

"Business networking and Remote Desktop
for easier connectivity"

Vnc

"Better protect your data
against loss or theft with Windows BitLocker™ Drive Encryption"

Doesn't really prevent loss or theft, but great if you want to store illegal material..... but since it encrypts the whole drive it will be obvious to the police there is encrypted material and you will be forced to decrypt it. Whereas truecrypt which is free will create a hidden encrypted parition using 3 ciphers so no one can tell there is encrypted data on it.

So home basic will do all those things with free programs.....
 
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