14 DAY TRIAL // Which Windows Vista is right for you? This is a legitimate question. While navigating through the multitude of Windows Vista editions, end-users can have issues fighting a sentiment of confusion. After having concluded that Windows Vista Starter, Home Basic N, Business N and Enterprise editions are not much of a choice, customers will focus on Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate.
When it comes to Vista, users will want to know on what they are spending their money, even more so as the operating system doesn't come cheap. Home Basic is $199, Home Premium $239, Business $299 and Ultimate comes with a price tag of $399. Underlining the differences between Vista editions is a method of recommending users a certain version over the others.
Well, in this context, Dell strikes again! After claiming that with 512 RAM Windows Vista will only boot but not allow users to run applications or games, and after delivering the most retarded Vista video to date, Dell has performed a "wonderful" comparison of the main four editions of the operating system. Exclusively for your viewing pleasure, I have integrated the actual comparison performed by Dell at the bottom of this article. It is truly a "masterpiece" and it makes you wonder if there's anybody over at one of the world's largest computer manufacturers who has even booted Windows Vista.
Just take a look at the comparison and you will understand, or fail to understand the difference between Vistas. According to Dell, the $399 Vista Ultimate delivers only Windows Aero, Windows Media Center 2, Windows DVD Maker on top of the features available in Vista Home Basic priced at $199. Hmm.... Is Dell implying that Windows Aero, the Media Center and Windows DVD maker are worth $200? The same difference is valid for Vista Business and Vista Ultimate, with the mention that the business version does not come with Windows Movie Maker...
So, in Dell's little universe, or parallel dimension, or fantasy land, not only does the $299 Vista Business have less - let me emphasize this - LESS features than $199 Vista Home Basic, but it actually doesn't have Windows Movie Maker. Now, I'm running Windows Vista Business, and this version of the operating system does indeed feature Windows Movie Maker, but unlike the people over at Dell, I actually booted into my Vista.
Right, and at the end... Dell claims that there is absolutely no difference between Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate. No extra features to justify the gap between $239 and $399; Microsoft just added $160 just because of the Ultimate name...
