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Windows Vista Editions Overview

No matter how you use your PC - from home entertainment to business productivity - there's an edition of Windows Vista that's right for you.

Windows Vista Home Basic

Windows Vista Home Basic is ideal for homes with basic computing needs like e-mail, browsing the Internet, and viewing photos. Easy to set up and maintain, it enables you to quickly find what you're looking for on your PC and the Internet, while providing a more secure environment to help protect you from an unpredictable world.

Windows Vista Home Premium

Windows Vista Home Premium is the preferred edition for home desktop and mobile PCs. It provides a breakthrough design that brings your world into sharper focus while delivering the productivity, entertainment, and security you need from your PC at home or on the go.

Windows Vista Ultimate

Windows Vista Ultimate is the choice for those who want to have it all. Easily shift between the worlds of productivity and play with the most complete edition of Windows Vista. Ultimate provides the power, security, and mobility features needed for work, and all the entertainment features that you want for fun.

Windows Vista Business

Windows Vista Business is the first edition of Windows designed specifically to meet the needs of small businesses. You'll spend less time on technology support-related issues - so you can spend more time making your business successful. Windows Vista Business is the definitive choice for your business todayandtomorrow.

Windows Vista Enterprise

Designed to significantly lower IT costs and risks, Windows Vista Enterprise meets the needs of large, global organisations with complex IT infrastructures.

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