Filed under: OS Updates, Windows, Microsoft, Commercial
by Jordan Running Feb 27th 2006 at 11:15AM
First they
were, and then they
weren't, but now BBC News is reporting that, Microsoft has really, officially confirmed that it will be shipping
Windows Vista, to quote our own Victor Agreda, Jr., in "a rainbow of flavors." Ready? Start counting:
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Randy said 1:57PM on 2-27-2006
According to the press release, Enterprise will have options that won't be available to the rest of the editions (and will not be available on retail shelves).
The only other thing I picked up on is the description of Ultimate: it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the Business edition - instead it sounds like it takes the Home Premium version and adds Media Center/Tablet support to it... Business does have Tablet support but it doesn't get MCE support, so it's more like "Home Ultimate".
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Franklin said 3:09PM on 2-27-2006
I have a colleague who did contract work for Msoft out in Redmond, and he doesn't think any of these versions will include the Media Center Edition components. He says that MCE is developed by a division that's separate from the rest of the Windows development division. And because of the peculiar way the company sets up its divisions, there is very little cross-over in packaging and marketing. Weird, I know, but he claims that each person in charge of their division is extremely territorial.
Basically, if my friend is correct, then none of the Vista versions will include MCE. You will still have to buy a pre-built desktop which has MCE pre-installed. Or an OEM version of Vista + MCE through back channel distributors/means.
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Randy said 4:54PM on 2-27-2006
Not to put your friend down, but s/he should know that in a company as big as Micrsoft, it's very hard to know what every group is doing... it's OK, because I was getting this from information from the official press release: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/feb06/02-26WinVistaProductsPR.mspx
Windows Vista Home Premium.
[...] Windows Media Center capabilities turn the PC into an all-in-one home entertainment center. Consumers can use Media Center to record and watch TV shows (even high-definition TV) and access new kinds of online entertainment content. It also provides the ability to connect Windows Vista Home Premium to Xbox 360, extending the Media Center experience to multiple rooms in the home.
[...]
Windows Vista Ultimate.
Windows Vista Ultimate is the edition of Windows Vista that has it all. It is the first operating system that brings together all the entertainment features, mobility features and business-oriented features available in Windows Vista.
Both will have it of those will have MCE; these two, as well as Business, will also have Tablet support, from what I'm reading here.
FWIW, I've also seen screenshots of the Feb CTP with an Ultimate product key: Media Center is already there. I just didn't know it would also be in other Home versions.
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