Also available worldwide, to OEMs and in retail, Windows 7 Professional has the features of Home Premium, but with added networking and data protection features for small businesses and those who frequently work at home. Windows 7 Professional will not include the more buzzed-about business features such as DirectAccess and BranchCache.
They show up in the next version up the food chain, Windows 7 Enterprise. Windows 7 Enterprise is only available to businesses through volume licensing. It includes all the features of Windows 7 Professional plus more security and networking features. Features that differentiate Enterprise from Professional are: BitLocker encrypts data on internal and external drives ; DirectAccess connectivity to a corporate network without VPN ; AppLocker prevents unauthorized software from running ; and BranchCache speeds up the accessing of large remote files at branch offices.
Because it's an older installation it has many more automatic restore points saved. The newer Home Premium install has about MB of volume shadow restore point space in use. The Ultimate install has 3. The difference between those two values, 2. And no, I'm not going to reshoot this screen again! Disk space was a constant. For bit editions, the disk footprint is around 11 GB; for bit editions, disk space used is about 13 GB.
Actual usage for you will depend on the amount of RAM installed which dictates swap file size and whether you've hibernated the machine and thus created a hibernation file, which will be the size of available RAM.
The fact that all editions install all bits is what makes the Anytime Upgrade feature work so well. Hope that clarifies. When I did this exercise for Windows Vista more than three years ago, I created tables to highlight the differences between editions. This time around, I decided that producing a monster feature table is the wrong way to present this information. I start with a master list of features common to all editions, followed by high-level feature lists that describe the unique features added with each upgrade level.
With Windows 7, Microsoft has actually put together a basic feature set that makes sense across the board with a consistent upgrade strategy to move between versions based on your requirements and your budget.
Every edition of Windows 7 contains all features of the previous edition, eliminating artificial divisions between consumer and business features. That makes the Anytime Upgrade strategy very clean and easy. One caution in reading this post: Microsoft has already made at least one major change from the Windows 7 RC, dropping the three-app limit from Windows Starter. Windows 7 offers a fairly broad set of features across the board, with a lineup that is far more consistent than in Windows Vista or Windows XP.
This page contains a list of features you can count on being able to use in every edition. Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic. Windows 7 Home Premium. This is the entry-level edition for most consumers.
It has the full Aero interface, Windows Media Center, and a few interesting surprises depending on your hardware. Windows 7 Professional. After a brief name change to Business edition in the Vista era, the preferred upgrade for businesses and enthusiasts returns to its roots, name-wise. The feature set is long and interesting, with the ability to run a Remote Desktop server, encrypt files, make network folders available offline, and join a Windows domain.
Oh, and did I mention a licensed virtual copy of Windows XP for those one or two pesky legacy apps? Two different names for essentially the same product. Enterprise edition is the same product, packaged separately for volume license customers who buy the Software Assurance program; they also get access for an additional license fee to the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack. Next: Which features are in every edition? The Windows Search components are also shared with all editions.
A handful of shell enhancements are found in all editions: Aero Snap move a window to the edge of the screen to resize it automatically , jump lists, and Desktop Gadgets are in every edition.
The Aero interface—with its live taskbar previews, glass effects, and Flip3D—are missing from Starter edition. Home Basic uses the weird Windows Standard interface, which contains some Aero features taskbar previews but lacks the glass effects. Touch support is available only in the premium editions. Included applications: Internet Explorer 8 is, of course, in every Windows 7 edition. See this page to try or buy one of the Visio subscription plans. Key: Included Partially included.
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Networking : Basic network diagram. Maps, floor plans : office layout, directional map. In Windows 7 operating system, higher version more expensive of Windows 7 OS automatically includes all features of lower edition cheaper version. Refer to the Windows 7 — Compare Editions chart below for a list of features for each editions of Windows 7.
Windows 7 Editions Comparison. Note that Windows 7 Ultimate includes all Windows 7 Enterprise, including multi-language packs MUI , and is available for upgrade or retain channel. Also the Windows 7 comparison chart above lists functions that relate to a preliminary version of a software product, and thus is subject to change prior to the commercial release. Accordingly, the description and information may vary from the final retail version of the software product.
Windows 7 Editions Features Comparison.
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