vista ultimate, vista home premium; whats the difference?

thepcwizard · 11-05-2007, 17:44

I recently got vista home premium. Few days/weeks later i upgraded it to vista ultimate and I just can't tell the difference between the 2 operating systems.

What are the advantages of ultimate compared to the other vista operating systems?

Phil

11-05-2007, 17:46

few back up and admin tools http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...g_id=10033VHb3

nffc · 11-05-2007, 18:05

You get Bitlocker, Remote Desktop and Dreamscene and a few other things you'll never use.

I use VNC anyway so, really, it's not worth it...

Morden · 12-05-2007, 17:21

If you are a normal home use then home premium will probably be all you will need.

This link details ultimates features :-

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...e/default.mspx

This one details more techy stuff, but has guides and other resources :-

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../aa905059.aspx

12noon · 13-05-2007, 07:06

At the moment i've on a laptop that came with Vista home basic. Is it worth upgrading that just for the odd fancy bit or what ?

13-05-2007, 08:12

Basic really has none of the features that make Vista Vista even if you ignore Aero your still missing loads of features look at my link up the page

Xaccers · 13-05-2007, 09:19

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Originally Posted by nffc

You get Bitlocker, Remote Desktop and Dreamscene and a few other things you'll never use.

I use VNC anyway so, really, it's not worth it...

Does Home Premium still have the old XP type remote desktop?

Mr_love_monkey · 13-05-2007, 09:47

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Originally Posted by Xaccers

Does Home Premium still have the old XP type remote desktop?

You have the client software, just not the server stuff - I think

Xaccers · 13-05-2007, 10:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey

You have the client software, just not the server stuff - I think

So if I had two home premium computers, I could remote desktop onto the other and control it still?

Mr_love_monkey · 13-05-2007, 10:11

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Originally Posted by Xaccers

So if I had two home premium computers, I could remote desktop onto the other and control it still?

I thought you could remote onto other machines, but not into them - but I could be wrong - i would check, but the missus has taken the laptop out with her.