Is there ANY reason NOT to run Ultimate?

no your wrong. Ultimate is just Pro with some extra stuff.

 

For those that don't understand this, Vista ultimate was supposed to have all sorts of "extras" online, which ended up being screensavers and crumby games or something, no idea how this "disappointment" affects unlicensed users.

All versions are supersets of the lesser version. So professional has everything from home premium PLUS business components like remote desktop, ability to join a domain, XP mode, etc.

I like the name of Enterprise, plus it has all the features of Ultimate.

 

It's a trick question.

The only reason is price. And since I know Hazar does not pay for Windoze, then there is no valid reason not to run Ultimate.

Simple Logic FTW

 

I found some people prefer 7 Professional because

1) don't want file encyption possible (kids, booze, etc)
2) Windows Update does not show a bunch of language packs etc

 

What is the difference in hard disk space between a typical install of Home Premium, Pro and Ultimate?

 

virtually none

 

There are actually some business programs that run only on Windows professional versions, and won't run on home or ultimate, but those of course are pretty rare for home users.

Besides that, ultimate has little to offer over the professional version. I can't see myself ever wanting bitlocker. It might even screw up a computer if someone accidentally presses it.

 

Pro lacks MUI, which is an absolute requirement for me.

I'm using japanese ultimate with english MUI because the makers of a lot of the japanese apps I use will absolutely flat-out refuse to support you unless you're using a japanese OS. I wouldn't really need anything more than Home Premium except for MUI.

 

Virtual Hard Disk Booting?
Multilingual User Interface Pack?
Subsystem for Unix-based Applications?
BranchCache Distributed Cache?
BitLocker Drive Encryption?

Definitely i do not need any or all of the foregoing; hence windows 7 pro is good enough for me. Ultimate edition is overkill, imo. Lol.

 

M$ shouldn't even think of charging me for frills and stuff I don't need.. like by only offering an ultimate version - at least they have given their customers a choice (maybe too much?) - based on need/cost-effectiveness. IMHO

 

Lets face it M$ wrote one operating system and then the bean counter boys at M$ were let go to devise a strategy to extract the most money from sales.
Certain features are crippled in the install process that some may not want and the rip off price is lowered a bit.
Look at the strategys to sell mobile phones and call plans - All devised so it's impossible to compare providers and prices etc.
It's called 'Marketing' and we're all suckers to it!
In certain non US countries Windows 7 is priced up way over the exchange rate of that countries currency to US$
Why is Snow Leopard selling for about $37 and Ultimate well over $400 !

 

True. How about windows 8 Basic for free - and charge for individual extra's (like media centre etc) ?

 

Thats beacuse Apple earn their money on hardware "only", face i, Apple computers arent very cheap compared to a laptop which you can buy wherever you want to..

You buy laptops and computers for a lower price but windows more expensive..

 

Could go with that ofcourse, sounds like a good idea.

Or like some/all(?) linuxversions, choose the software you feel like installing when installing windows..

There must be and are other ways to work this out in a smoother way.

 

MS should have gone with Starter (for netbooks and cheap PCs), Home Premium (for the bulk of the consumer PCs sold in the market), Pro (for the loaded, techies, enthusiasts) and Enterprise.

 

Marketing, they call it Ultimate and people would want it. Easy way to bump up the profit margin. The same R and D went into Starter as went into Ultimate or enterprise.

 

Question - Is there a way to remove the "Ultimate" label (bottom of logon and logoff screens) without disabling any of the features? I know in XP you could change the boot and logon screens to almost anything.

 

Probably, but it would probably be less time consuming (or at least less frustrating) to do a file and settings backup and install Pro. On the otherhand if you like challenges thats how you learn. Its why most of us here mess with this stuff. I use a bios hack but I have a good pro key (technet from friend) and a good Ultimate Key (thanks house party) that I haven't used. But I learn more doing other activations. Call it a hobbie. BTW the only REAL difference is bitlocker as far as know, aside from a max memory limitation M$ has somehow installed on Pro compared to Ultimate; but the max is outrageous for even PRO.

 

I noticed that home premium consume less memory that Ultimate, about 5% or 10% less (i have 4gb so it's between 400 and 200mb less).