1.
Windows 7 Edition
Comparison Chart
Nathan Forant
SOBXTech

2.
Comparison Chart
Features Starter Home
Basic
Home
Premium
Professional Entereprise Ultimate
Licensing
Sceme
2GB Retail and
OEM
licensing
Retail and
OEM
licensing
Retail, OEM
And volume
licensing
Volume
licensing
Retail and
OEM
Licensing
Max RAM
32bit
2 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Max RAM
64bit
N/A 8 GB 16 GB 192 GB 192 GB 192 GB
Max CPUs
supporte
d
1 1 1 2 2 2
Built in
AVCHD
support
NO YES YES YES YES YES
Multiple
Monitors
NO YES YES YES YES YES

3.
Fast user
Switching
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NO YES YES YES YES YES
Desktop
Windows
Manager
NO YES YES YES YES YES
Windows
Mobility
Center
NO YES YES YES YES YES
Printing
via the
Internet
NO YES YES YES YES YES
Windows
Parental
Controls
NO YES YES YES YES YES
64-bit
edition
available
NO YES, but
not in
retail
SKU’s
YES YES YES YES

4.
Internet
Connection
Sharing
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NO NO YES YES YES YES
Built in DVD
decoder
NO NO YES YES YES YES
Multi-touch NO NO YES YES YES YES
Windows
Media
Center
NO NO YES YES YES YES
Windows
Media Player
NO NO YES YES YES YES
Premium
Games
Included
NO NO YES YES YES YES

5.
Homegroup
Support
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Join only Join only Create or
join
Create or
join
Create or
join
Create or
Join
Backup and
restore
center
NO NO NO YES YES YES
Act as host
for Remote
Desktop
NO NO NO YES YES YES
Dynamic
Disks
NO NO NO YES YES YES
Encrypting
File System
NO NO NO YES YES YES
Location
aware
printing
NO NO NO YES YES YES

6.
Presentation
Mode
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NO NO NO YES YES YES
Group Policy NO NO NO YES YES YES
Offline files
and folder
redirection
NO NO NO YES YES YES
Windows
Server domain
joining
NO NO NO YES YES YES
Windows XP
Mode
NO NO NO YES YES YES
Software
Restriction
Policies
NO NO NO YES YES YES

7.
Remote
admin tools
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NO NO NO YES YES YES
Active
Directory
Services
NO NO NO YES YES YES
AppLocker NO NO NO Create
policies but
not
enforce
Create
policies but
not
enforce
Create
policies but
not
enforce
Aero glass
remoting
NO NO NO NO YES YES
Windows
media player
multimedia
redirection
NO NO NO NO YES YES

8.
Audio
recording
over
Remote
connection
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NO NO NO NO YES YES
Multi-display
remote
desktop
NO NO NO NO YES YES
Enterprise
search
scopes
NO NO NO NO YES YES
Federate
Search
NO NO NO NO YES YES
Bitlocker
Drive
Encryption
NO NO NO NO YES YES

9.
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BranchCache
Distributed
NO NO NO NO YES YES
Direct Access NO NO NO NO YES YES
Subsystem for
unix-based
applications
NO NO NO NO YES YES
Supports
Multilingual
user interface
NO NO NO NO YES YES
Virtual Desktop
infrastructure
enhancement
NO NO NO NO YES YES

10.
Comparison Chart cont
Virtual Desktop
infrastructure
licensed
NO NO NO NO YES YES
VHD booting NO NO NO NO YES YES
Switching
between any of
the 37 available
languages
NO NO NO NO YES YES

11.
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