Vista Versions

Willbo · 31 Aug 2008 at 22:28

I know its been out for a while now, but what do people this is the best version of Vista? I've got Ultimate on my home PC and Home Premium on the laptop and cant really notice much difference....to be honest Home Premium seems to do just as good a job.

What does everyone else think?

Aod · 31 Aug 2008 at 22:36

they're all the same really.

Burnsy2023 · 31 Aug 2008 at 22:36

Willbo said:
What does everyone else think?

You've come to the same conclusion pretty much everyone here has.

Burnsy

Burnsy2023 · 31 Aug 2008 at 22:37

Aod said:
they're all the same really.

Not at all. I could only use Business or Ultimate as I am on a domain.

Burnsy

Willbo · 31 Aug 2008 at 22:52

I've got Vista on my PC, and to be honest...I dont use half the stuff that it installs. Just the usual apps, Media Player, IE, etc. The rest I ignore or install myself.

Do you think running Home Premium would be any quicker than Ultimate? The laptops not as good a spec as my PC yet seems to boot up just as quick.

On another note, I might be setting up a Wireless network in the future and sharing a printer, can I do all that on Home Premium?

PhillyDee · 31 Aug 2008 at 22:54

I doubt there would be any speed difference assuming they were both 32-bit or both 64-bit. And yes, Home premium can do all of that. It cannot join a Domain but workgroups are fine.

Berserker · 31 Aug 2008 at 23:32

For home users, Home Premium is fine. The extra features provided by Ultimate are only really worth it if you want to use the PC in a business environment. Remote desktop is one possible exception but there are free alternatives if you need them.

~J~ · 1 Sep 2008 at 11:35

Berserker said:
For home users, Home Premium is fine. The extra features provided by Ultimate are only really worth it if you want to use the PC in a business environment. Remote desktop is one possible exception but there are free alternatives if you need them.

Does Home Premium not come with Remote Desktop then? :confused:

Berserker · 1 Sep 2008 at 11:58

I believe it comes with the client only. I don't have a copy of Home Premium to check (mine are Business and Ultimate).

Burnsy2023 · 1 Sep 2008 at 12:10

Berserker said:
I believe it comes with the client only. I don't have a copy of Home Premium to check (mine are Business and Ultimate).

I'll confirm what Berserker has said. You can connect to another machine but you can connect via RDP to a Vista HP machine.

Burnsy

bledd · 1 Sep 2008 at 12:17

yup^

basically its....

basic. no remote desktop, no media centre
home premium. no remote desktop, has media centre
business. has remote desktop, no media centre
ultimate. has remote desktop, has media centre, has tons of other bloated crap that's useless

Masterdog · 1 Sep 2008 at 12:39

Previous Versions can come in handy on occasion, tho it's nothing a competent user couldn't do with a decent file recovery tool.