Windows 7 Professional $99.99 and Home Premium $49.99 Discounts Now Live
On the same day that it announced officially the pricing of Windows 7, Microsoft also revealed that customers would have the opportunity to buy the two main editions of the next iteration of Windows at discounted prices.
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26.6.2009 Benchmarks: Windows 7 RTM versus Vista, XP
Now that the final version of Windows 7 has been released to manufacturing, it’s time to find out how much of an improvement or not it will make over its predecessors, Windows XP and Windows Vista. Kai Schmerer of ZDNet Germany put all three operating systems under the microscope and here’s what he discovered.
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3.8.2009 Microsoft, Adobe, and rich versus reach
With the alpha release of Apollo, all the pieces are on the table and developers can start to experiment with the platforms from Adobe and Microsoft, arguably the two biggest players in the RIA-technology space (as opposed to RIA-solutions themselves). And now that we've seen what everyone has to offer, things are going to get interesting.
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19.3.2007 OS X versus Vista, RAM division
As I noted earlier this week, I’ve begun using a MacBook (the basic white model) and keeping a log of my experiences.
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26.10.2008 Do you need more than Windows 7 Home Premium?
One of the most frequent questions I get these days comes from people who’ve been running the Windows 7 beta and RC and are planning to upgrade to the final version when it’s available on October 22. “Which edition of Windows 7 do I need?”
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1.7.2009 Windows Vista Premium Ready PCs….Really???
Thanks to thepodest who wrote this article for
his blog. These are the specs requirements for Premium Vista PCs according to Microsoft.
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16.6.2007 Windows 7 Home Premium beta released to testers
A trusted source has indicated that Microsoft has released Windows 7 Home Premium beta to a select group of 1000 users to get a firsthand look at the next major release of Windows.
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8.1.2009 Windows 7 Home Premium full edition for £45 [UK]
If you're a brit and in need of a cheap copy of Windows 7 then its bargain day for the UK today.
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14.9.2009 Hardening Windows XP Professional
Windows XP has considerably more functionality than Windows 2000. With this functionality come more services and more potential security holes. Some of the measures undertaken by IST to reduce the risk are outlined in the extracts below. These are the security-related sections IST follows when building a Windows XP image for distribution within Academic Support.
NOTE: Most of these changes require you to sign on as an administrator.
The first and most important change to be applied is to set a password on all user accounts. Next it is very strongly advised that you do not log on with an administrative account but rather a ?User? or ?Power User? account.
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Windows Update versus Ubuntu Update
A few months ago, Steve Ballmer publicly noted that Windows Vista was “a work in progress.” That inspired a predictable outpouring of Vista-bashing.
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15.7.2008 MSN Premium releases 9.5 version, not dead yet
Much to our surprise, MSN released version 9.5 of MSN Explorer/MSN Internet Access to subscribers as an update on Friday. The release appears to fix a number of issues surrounding upgrades to Windows Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Live Messenger.
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21.11.2006 Premium Vista PCs fare well in first week
Microsoft's wish that consumers purchase the premium versions of Windows Vista rather than the most basic version of the OS may be coming true, according to the findings of a research report released Thursday.
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10.2.2007 Microsoft to Kill Pirated Windows XP Professional
Having dealt with the SoftMod Windows Vista activation crack, Microsoft will start hunting down and “killing” pirated copies of Windows XP Professional, the flavor of the operating system labeled by the company as most popular with pirates.
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25.3.2009 Windows 7 RTM Professional 110-Screenshot Gallery
With Windows 7, Microsoft is no longer referring to the business edition of the platform as, well, Business.
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13.9.2009 Hybrid Drives to Become Vista Premium Logo Requirement
At a discussion of flash memory technologies to be included in Windows Vista and "Longhorn" here at TechEd 2006 this morning, Microsoft's program manager for Windows Client Performance Matt Ayres confirmed that inclusion of hybrid hard drives will be a requirement for mobile systems that carry the Vista Premium logo, beginning in June 2007.
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14.6.2006 Dell to Sell Windows XP Professional with PCs Through 2009
In a letter to some of Dells customers, they said that "XP Professional is available for OEM installation on your Dell PC purchases through at least 2009 and likely longer."
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9.6.2008 Windows 7 Professional Build 7055 - winmain.090303-2130
Microsoft’s “translucent” and mum communication strategy on the actual development milestones of Windows 7 as the operating system advances in the development process should in no way be considered a mark of inactivity.
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17.3.2009 Cup of IT professional
IT professional in gallery
MS pushes premium versions of Vista, download options
Microsoft wants to make sure consumers and small businesses know there are myriad ways they can acquire Windows Vista -- particularly in premium versions -- when it becomes generally available on Jan. 30.
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18.1.2007 Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2c Release
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2c has released to manufacturing and will be available to system builders in September 2007.
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10.8.2007 Advanced Installer Professional 4.9
Advanced Installer Professional is a Windows Installer authoring tool which enables developers and system administrators to easily build reliable MSI packages.
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5.4.2007 EASEUS Partition Master Professional 3.5
EASEUS Partition Master is a comprehensive partition software, which not only provides a comfortable user-interface to simplify your tasks but also enables you to configure and manage partitions of hard disk(s).
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12.5.2009 Differences between the XP Home and Professional Edition !
Windows XP is based on Windows NT4 and Windows 2000 technology. Microsoft is positioning the Windows XP Professional Edition to replace Windows NT4 and Windows 2000 Professional. In addition, the Windows XP Home edition will be replacing Windows 95/98/ME.
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Windows Vista Home Basic vs. Home Premium vs. Business vs. Ultimate
Microsoft applauded shipping in excess of 60 million Windows Vista licenses in the operating system's first six months of general availability. However, the Redmond company is right on track to correct this little slip up.
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20.8.2007 Feature Comparison: XP SP3 Professional vs. Vista SP1
Call it a sign of desperation, a new attempt to blow some wind in the sails of its latest platform, or a reaction to the proverbial last drop, but Microsoft is delivering its own perspective in terms of the comparison between its two Windows clients sharing the vast majority of the operating system market. Just ahead of the availability cut-off date for Windows XP through the OEM and retail channels, the Redmond company has “come out gunning” in a move designed to settle once and for good the XP vs. Vista face-off.
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22.5.2008 How to Downgrade from Windows Vista Business or Ultimate OEM Edition and Install Windows XP Professional
A lot of users still don’t getting used to Windows Vista. A lot of reviews have been labeling Windows Vista as bloated, hard to use, tons of compatibility issues, inconvenient, not user friendly, not stable and etc.
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22.8.2008 Buy Windows 7 Ultimate for Just $99.99, Home Premium for Just $49.99
While the Windows 7 SKU official pricing is nothing short of being on par with that of Windows Vista's editions, with the exception of Home Premium, Microsoft does have something special in stores for consumers.
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25.6.2009 Hack windows home edition cd into professional edition
Easy way how to spare some money. Raymond found this hack from Technipages and think it's pretty cool. It enables the features found in Windows XP Professional on your Windows XP Home Edition installation with this hack. It will allow you to turn your Windows XP Home CD into a Windows XP Professional CD.
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27.12.2006 AMD versus Intel, bye bye Intel
You may recall a few months back when AMD took out full-page newspaper ads to challenge Intel to a dual-core server duel. Intel declined to take up AMD on its offer, but the challenge got us thinking: what would the results of a dual-core desktop CPU fight look like? Many people equate Windows PCs with Intel Pentium processors (and soon will likely be doing the same with Macs), but we've seen dual-core CPU AMD systems power ahead of dual-core Intel-based PCs on more than one occasion.
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27.11.2005Windows 7 pre-order sales remain strong
After Microsoft started selling Windows 7 Home Premium and Professional upgrades at a discount, consumers were flocking to take advantage of these
discounts resulting in strong sales, and according to Information Week, those pre-order sales continue to remain strong. Windows 7 Home Premium
Upgrade continues to remain number one in Amazon's software category, while the Professional version remains at number two. This is good news for
Microsoft, which saw Windows sales fall 16% in the most recent quarter. Currently, Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade is being sold for $49, while
Windows 7 Professional upgrade is being sold for $99 until July 11th or "while supplies last".
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08.07.2009Adobe: Pros Like Lightroom Better
Professional photographers are about four times as likely to use Lightroom versus Apple's competing application Aperture, Adobe's Photoshop product
manager said Tuesday...
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17.10.2007Windows 7 Home Premium beta released to testers
A trusted source has indicated that Microsoft has released Windows 7 Home Premium beta to a select group of 1000 users to get a firsthand look at the
next major release of Windows. The Home Premium beta comes listed with an assortment of features, few less than the public release of Windows 7 due
on Friday to everybody, mentioned in tonight's annual CES keynote. The Home Premium is a perfect suit for home users, with a cheaper price tag,
compared with Vista Home Premium, to Vista Ultimate, and a few less built in programs, that are only available to the full version.
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08.01.2009HP netbooks will likely run 3 versions of Windows 7
Hewlett-Packard said it will likely offer at least 3 different editions of Windows 7 - The Starter, Professional and the Home Premium editions on
future models of its Mini netbooks. Kyle Thornton, category manager for Business Notebook PCs at HP, said in an interview that Windows 7 Beta
testing is going on in the Mini netbook line and it runs very well on the Minis, even with Aero turned on. Besides the three editions of Windows 7
that HP plans to support, Thornton also hopes to continue to pre-install both Windows XP Professional and Vista Business on its business-oriented
netbooks.
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10.02.2009Adobe CS3 European Prices Revealed
Adobe Systems Inc. will
announce Tuesday that its
highly-anticipated Creative
Suite 3.0 software suite will
be available in six distinct
bundles with European pricing
ranging from €999 to €2799,
AppleInsider has learned. Most
applications in the six-bundle
release will be both Mac- and
Windows-native, including all
major components and their
companion tools (Acrobat
Connect, Bridge, Device
Central, Dynamic Link, Stock
Photos, and Version Cue). Only
the Production Premium and
Master Collection suites'
video companion programs
(OnLocation and Ultra) are
limited to Windows systems.
Adobe plans to officially
celebrate the global launch of
Creative Suite 3.0 at a
special event in New York City
on Tuesday, March 27th.
However, the software will not
ship until sometime later this
Spring.
- Adobe Creative
Suite Design Standard and
Premium: A suite targeted
towards media professionals
will be called "Adobe
Creative Suite 3.0 Design."
It will be offered in both
"Standard" and "Premium"
bundles that fetch €1269 and
€1999,
respectively.
- Adobe
Creative Suite Web Standard
and Premium: The "Standard,"
and most affordable of all six
Creative Suite 3.0 bundles,
will cost €999 and include
Flash CS3 Professional,
Dreamweaver CS3, Fireworks
CS3, and Contribute CS3. A
€1699 "Premium" package will
also cater to web
"designers," adding
Photoshop CS3 Extended,
Illustrator CS3, and Acrobat 8
Professional.
- Adobe
Creative Suite Production
Premium: With film and video
production professionals
within its cross-hairs, Adobe
also plans to roll out a €1999
suite called "Adobe Creative
Suite 3.0 Production
Premium." In addition to
Photoshop CS3 Extended,
Illustrator CS3, and Flash CS3
Professional, the package will
include After Effects CS3
Professional, Premier Pro CS3,
Soundbooth CS3, and Encore
CS3.
- Adobe Creative
Suite Master Collection: For
those pro users and
institutions that want all
Adobe has to offer, a €2799
"Adobe Creative Suite 3.0
Master Collection" will
provide just that. It'll
include InDesign CS3,
Photoshop CS3 Extended,
Illustrator CS3, Acrobat 8
Professional, Flash CS3
Professional, Dreamweaver CS3,
Fireworks CS3, Contribute CS3,
After Effects CS3
Professional, Premier Pro CS3,
Soundbooth CS3, and Encore
CS3.
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25.03.2007Exploring the World of
Professional Computer Gaming
Joel Durham Jr. is content as
a writer, but he dreams of
being a professional gamer.
It's a possibility, and you
might even be qualified!
Here's a look at two options:
the World Cyber Games and the
Cyberathlete Professional
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10.01.2006Adobe Trials CS3 Subscription Service in Australia
Adobe has launched a new
Creative Suite 3 Design
Premium Subscription Edition, exclusively for Australian customers.
An extension of the Creative Suite 3 family, the
Subscription Edition provides an affordable, alternative way to purchase the Creative Suite 3 Design Premium while providing the same features and
functionality. Available as a month-by-month subscription, or as a 12-month contract, Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium Subscription Edition
integrates the full versions of Adobe InDesign CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended, Adobe Illustrator CS3, Adobe Flash CS3 Professional, Adobe
Dreamweaver CS3 software and Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional software.
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01.05.2008Windows 7 Editions Revealed
Windows Blogger
Paul Thurrott has released a list of the various versions in which
Windows 7 will be shipped. There are quite a few versions, but contrary to the Vista confusion, there will only be two highly-marketed versions:
Windows 7 Home Premium, and Windows 7 Professional. That's right, we're back to the good ol' XP days!
One of the largest criticisms of
Windows Vista was the overwhelming amount of product editions to choose from. You either had to sacrifice some features or pay the
Ultimate
price (ha).
In total, six versions of 7 will be shipped. Most of them however, will be offered only for small niches or emerging
markets. Here's a short breakdown of the versions we can expect:
Windows 7 Starter - Expected to be installed on many
netbooks; it can only run 3 apps simultaneously, cannot create HomeGroups, and does not feature the Aero Glass UI. It does however, feature the
enhanced taskbar.
Windows 7 Home Premium - Will be broadly marketed in new computers, and as a retail product; features
the most widely-used features such as HomeGroups, Aero Glass, the new taskbar, and multi-touch.
Windows 7 Professional -
Will be broadly marketed in new computers, and as a retail product; this version builds on the Home Premium version by adding features such as
location-aware printing, advanced backups, and offline folders.
Windows 7 Enterprise - This version will only be
available as a VLK (Volume Licence); this buils upon the Professional version, adding sought-after features such as Direct Access, Branch Cache, and
BitLocker (and BitLocker To-Go).
Windows 7 Ultimate - This version will only be marketed at a very low scale, such as
during special promotions, or with very high-end computers; it features all the same features as the Enterprise version, but without the VLK
capability.
The 6th version is the "Home Basic" version, but it will only be offered to emerging markets; it will not be available
as a retail product and thus it will mostly be ignored by the general public. Unlike Vista, Windows 7's editions will all be true
supersets of each other. This means that Home Premium will include all of Home Basic's features, and Professional will include all of Home Premium's
features (so on, so forth). It is a clear and straightforward upgrade from edition to edition. No more confusing sets of overlapping features to
choose between.
Although the product line hasn't shrunk at all, the the bulk of consumer knowledge and interest will be with the two
most prominent versions. It should be a lot easier for people to decide between the versions now. It seems Microsoft has thought long and hard about
it, and come up with a decent plan.
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04.02.2009Windows 7 Home Premium and Server betas available to public
Microsoft released the Windows 7 betas to the public last week. The software company also sent out a hardware newsletter to its ecosystem partners on
Friday January 9th detailing the Windows 7 beta. In the newsletter the spokesperson mentions "If you are a hardware partner but do not have a
Winqual account, you can access the Windows 7 Beta by entering invitation ID Win7-3HQW-RF74 on the Microsoft Connect homepage." By using this ID on
the Connect site you can gain access to Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Server betas. Last week We revealed that Microsoft is currently only
offering the Home Premium bits only to 1000 testers for Windows Any Time Upgrade testing.
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15.01.2009Bargain: Windows 7 Home Premium full edition for £45 [UK]
If you're a brit and in need of a cheap copy of Windows 7 then its bargain day for the UK today. Tesco is currently offering Windows 7 Home
Premium for £49.97, coupled with a discount code from the folks at HotUKdeals, you can get the full edition of Windows 7 Home Premium for
£44.97 delivered. Here's how:Visit the Tesco listingadd to basketcheckoutuse voucher code TDX-SFFT If you're not sure whether Home
Premium is good enough for you then checkout our feature comparison chart to see the difference between the editions. Obviously the copy won't
arrive until October 22 when Microsoft's latest OS is released. Enjoy.
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13.09.2009Discover Windows Vista Home Premium
Columnist S.E. Slack shares
her favorite features of
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23.11.2006Windows Live Mail: Account
Expiration Extended
Hotmail users have a 30 day
expiration limit if they
don't have the premium
service. No worries with
Windows Live Mail now! The
expiration date will soon be
changed to 120 days. This
change will now rival
Yahoo!'s free e-mail
expiration date, which is also
120 days, but is still far
away from Gmail's expiration
date, which is 9 months.
Though this is a
great change for people using
free accounts, it jeopardizes
the benefits of being a
Windows Live Premium member.
So far, premium Live Mail
members get no ads and no
expiration date. However, this
new change endangers the
latter benefit.
New features for premium
members are coming soon, and
hopefully, it will give more
reason to become a premium
member.
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09.04.2006Exploring Windows XP
Professional x64 Edition
In this overview of Windows XP
Professional x64 Edition,
Columnist Charlie Russel
explains what hardware and
software it supports...
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04.01.2006Windows 7 now available on Technet and MSDN
Microsoft has officially released Windows 7 RTM (Release to Manufacturing) available for download via Technet and MSDN, however, users must have a
valid subscription to either web site. Today's release is only available in English, and other languages will be released on October 1st. Users
can now download an ISO image of Windows 7 directly from Microsoft with a unique serial key. The ISO images of Windows comes bundled with Home,
Premium, Professional, and Ultimate edition in either 32bit or 64bit.
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07.08.2009Frequently asked questions
about Windows XP Professional
x64 Edition
Columnist Charlie Russel
answers questions about
Windows XP Professional x64
Edition that have appeared
frequently in the new (and
very active) Microsoft Windows
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04.01.2006Leaked Best Buy memo reveals Windows 7 Upgrade pricing?
Earlier this week Microsoft finally confirmed to the world that Windows 7 will RTM October 22nd, a date in which we've all been waiting for. Now
that we know the date, our next question is what will Windows 7 cost consumers? Apparently Best Buy has the answer to that question, as Engadget is
reporting that a leaked memo has revealed the upgrade plans for Windows 7. According to the image above, Best Buy will offer customers to order a
Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade for $49.99 and Windows 7 Professional Upgrade for $99.99.
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05.06.2009Windows 7 already in stores in Israel - still not priced
Windows 7 has already been delivered to stores in Israel, as were advertisement packs supplied by Microsoft Israel. However, to prevent retailers from
selling Windows 7 before the scheduled release date, no prices or retail EAN codes have been supplied. The versions delivered to stores are Home
Premium and Professional, both in Hebrew localization and English (which also sports a Hebrew cover). Also, to promote Windows 7, Microsoft Israel is
holding a decoration contest between different branches of retail stores in Israel, promising the winning branch a meal at a fancy restaurant and a
show by any Israeli artist of their choosing.
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20.10.2009Microsoft: We Are Not Ripping Off Users With MSN Premium
Microsoft reacted to reports comparing MSN Premium with Windows Live Hotmail, defending its subscription web-based service centered around email. The
reaction from the Redmond company came to criticism that the features, functionality and capabilities it is offering via MSN Premium for approximately
$10 per month have equivalents that are available free of charge to all Windows Live Hotmail users running either Windows XP or Windows Vista. Of
course, Microsoft has rejected the criticism claiming that there are multiple reasons why MSN Premium users are charged for the service. As a
consequence, the company has explained the subtle differences between what MSN Premium has to offer and what Windows Live Mail brings to the table.
"MSN Premium was designed to appeal to a different audience than the free Windows Live services and we continue to support this
service and our subscribers. MSN Premium
offers customers a single integrated client experience that simplifies web access, multiple accounts,
service integration, and access to information via the 'Dashboard'. While Windows Live includes many comparable services, MSN Premium includes
software as part of the subscription, including Encarta Premium, and offers additional functionality such as download manager and SpySweeper. Many
customers are also attracted to MSN Premium's advertisement-free experience, while Windows Live services are ad-funded", Microsoft replied as cited
by
SeattlePI.
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04.01.2008More Windows 7 Release Candidate details revealed
Just a day after Paul Thurrott revealed 'Windows XP Mode' for Windows 7, he has come out and posted a few more interesting details about the
upcoming release. Here are the following pieces of information he revealed, which he's "pretty sure this is all new info." "AAC/H.264/MPEG-2
support will not be provided to Windows 7 Home Basic and Starter customers. That functionality will only go out to Home Premium, Professional, and
Enterprise/Ultimate users. But it looks like there will be add-ons made available (free or paid, it's not clear) to users of low-end Windows 7
versions. Maximum RAM. All 32-bit versions of Windows 7 "support" 4 GB of RAM, of course.
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26.04.2009Microsoft: Windows 7 UK pre-orders 'strong'
Microsoft began its limited Windows 7 pre-order offer in the early hours this morning. A Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed to Neowin that early
indications show orders have been "strong". Microsoft has partnered with several retailers in the UK to offer both Windows 7 Home Premium E
(£49.99) and Windows 7 Professional E (£99.99) for early adopters. Microsoft will only be offering Windows 7 E in Europe, without
Internet Explorer. Company officials confirmed that no upgrade versions are available so customers who purchase Windows 7 E using the pre-order offer
will get full versions of Windows 7.
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