Windows 7 Ultimate !
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You're right MGD, Ultimate doesn't have anything to offer that most people have a use for. My school laptop runs Windows 7 Enterprise (32-bit) and my Desktop runs Windows 7 Pro (64-bit). Unless you can get a school/some other discount on Ultimate, Pro is more than likely the way to go.
As for the OP, you work on computers on a daily basis and you just got into the 7 world?
As for the OP, you work on computers on a daily basis and you just got into the 7 world?
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If you're strictly overclocking and going for the top spot on the leaderboard's then, yes, you are probably right.
I have been working on computers for many years now. My theory has always been use your self what you work on the most. This way you will stay fresh with repairs.
Anyway, I got a bug to try out Windows 7. I installed the Ultimate 64 bit version this morning. I have been messing around on it all day. I love it. The 64 bit defiantly is a huge improvement over 32 bit XP Pro. There are so many things that this OS does better and faster. I am very impressed with it.
I have been working on quite a few Vista computers, but haven't worked on a Windows 7 yet.
Anyway, I got a bug to try out Windows 7. I installed the Ultimate 64 bit version this morning. I have been messing around on it all day. I love it. The 64 bit defiantly is a huge improvement over 32 bit XP Pro. There are so many things that this OS does better and faster. I am very impressed with it.
I have been working on quite a few Vista computers, but haven't worked on a Windows 7 yet.
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Just curious, Mr. Frog, but you need:
- Bitlocker & Bitlocker To Go
- 35-Language support
- Drive encryption
- Native XP Mode
- Domain Join
- Location-Aware Printing
- (and a couple other corporate-centric frills)
... On a pc at home... why???
Ultimate is zero% faster than any other Win 7 version. In addition, if the bulk of yer apps are 32-bit, it's actually slower running those than the native 32-bit versions. This is well-documented.
Just fer bragging rights? That dawg don't hunt. Anyone can drop too much coin on an O/S flavour they really don't need. Whoo-pee.
As for running a version used corporately - that would be Enterprise (or Pro).
MGD
- Bitlocker & Bitlocker To Go
- 35-Language support
- Drive encryption
- Native XP Mode
- Domain Join
- Location-Aware Printing
- (and a couple other corporate-centric frills)
... On a pc at home... why???
Ultimate is zero% faster than any other Win 7 version. In addition, if the bulk of yer apps are 32-bit, it's actually slower running those than the native 32-bit versions. This is well-documented.
Just fer bragging rights? That dawg don't hunt. Anyone can drop too much coin on an O/S flavour they really don't need. Whoo-pee.
As for running a version used corporately - that would be Enterprise (or Pro).
MGD
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ya, I haven't had an Windows 7 customers yet. That might tell me something... The majority of my business is XP, then Vista.
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64 bit has plenty of uses. Lets say you want a media center. If you are building a media center you want alot of hard drive space. To have more than 2TB of HD space on one partition, you need a 64 bit version of Windows.
Also, if you don't need the corporate features of ultimate, pro is more than sufficient. If you don't need Windows XP mode (for those damn legacy COM apps) or the ability to remote desktop into your pc, get home.
Also, if you don't need the corporate features of ultimate, pro is more than sufficient. If you don't need Windows XP mode (for those damn legacy COM apps) or the ability to remote desktop into your pc, get home.
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Running Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit for over a year now on my work laptop. Need 64-bit to actually utilize all 4GB of RAM. A 32-bit system can't address the full 4GB.
Ran Vista for a year prior to installing Windows 7. It was alright but it was a lot slower than Windows 7. After installing Windows 7 my login time (from startup to actually being able to do anything on the desktop) at work went from 4-5 minutes down to 1 minute.
I work for a computer networking company. We have around 100 clients and none of them use Vista. The majority use XP Pro with a few Windows 7 machines here and there. Our clients will go from XP to Windows 7.
Ran Vista for a year prior to installing Windows 7. It was alright but it was a lot slower than Windows 7. After installing Windows 7 my login time (from startup to actually being able to do anything on the desktop) at work went from 4-5 minutes down to 1 minute.
I work for a computer networking company. We have around 100 clients and none of them use Vista. The majority use XP Pro with a few Windows 7 machines here and there. Our clients will go from XP to Windows 7.