Vista to Have 20 SKUs

Oct 11, 2005 at 6:22pm in In the News

Microsoft reported today that they will release 20 separate builds for Windows Vista.

Here are the different versions:

Windows Vista Starter, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Pro Standard/SB, Longhorn Enterprise Server (ADS), Longhorn Enterprise Server - IA64, Longhorn Standard Server, Longhorn Datacenter Server, Windows Vista Pro Std/SB/Ent - VL Binding Service, Windows Vista Pro Std/SB/Ent - VLGeneric, Windows Vista Pro Std/SB/Ent - DMAK, Windows Vista Starter Digital Boost - OEM, Windows Vista Home Basic - OEM, Windows Vista Home Premium - OEM, Windows Vista Ultimate - OEM, Windows Vista Pro Standard/SB - OEM, Longhorn Enterprise Server - OEM, Windows Vista Home Basic N, Windows Vista Pro Standard N

Doesn’t anybody else think this is stupid and is going to cause massive confusion among consumers and technical support. I can just see it now:

You: I’m having a problem with my computer.
Tech Support: What version of Windows are you running?
U: Windows Vista Home
TS: The Basic, Premium, Basic N, Premium N, Basic OEM, or Premium OEM version?
U: Uhh, let me get back to you in a few days.

5 Comments

1 Tony on Oct 11, 2005 at 8:42 pm (Quote):

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
2 Jonathan on Oct 11, 2005 at 8:52 pm (Quote):

i think vista wont even sell well, not bc of the nomenclature, but bc it seems like a waste of money. nothing new here to see really. they say its the transition from 3.1 to 95, i think not.
3 Jonathan on Oct 11, 2005 at 11:10 pm (Quote):

i mean its supposed to be big as the 3.1 to 95 change.
4 cavemonkey50 on Oct 11, 2005 at 11:11 pm (Quote):

i knew what you meant
5 CarLBanks on Oct 12, 2005 at 9:00 am (Quote):

This is just crazy.