Vista Comparison: Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, Ultimate
This table was taken from the 60MB Vista Product Guide:
|
Home Basic |
Home Premium |
Business |
Enterprise |
Ultimate |
|
|
CONFIDENT |
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|
User |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Internet |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Internet |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Anti-phishing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Anti-phishing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Parental |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Fewer |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Service |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Performance |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Next-generation |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
IPv6 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
64-bit |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Fast Startup, Fast Shutdown, Sleep |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Maximum |
4 GB |
4 GB |
4 GB |
4 GB |
4 GB |
|
Maximum |
8 GB |
16 GB |
128+ GB |
128+ GB |
128+ GB |
|
Two |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Ad |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Scheduled |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Backup |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
System |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Encrypting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Desktop |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Policy-based |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Control |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Network |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Pluggable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Integrated |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
|||
|
Support |
Yes |
Yes |
|||
|
All |
Yes |
Yes |
|||
|
Subsystem |
Yes |
Yes |
|||
|
Virtual |
Yes |
Yes |
|||
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Windows |
Yes |
||||
|
CLEAR |
|||||
|
Windows Vista |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Instant |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Automatic |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Internet |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Internet |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Low-priority |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Automatic |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Themed |
Yes |
Yes |
|||
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
|||
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
|||
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
|||
|
Support |
Yes |
Yes |
|||
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
|||
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
|||
|
Games |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Updated |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
New |
Yes |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes |
|
|
Universal |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes |
|
Speech |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Accessibility |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
XPS |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Small |
Yes |
Yes |
|||
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes* |
Yes* |
||
|
Home Basic |
Home Premium |
Business |
Enterprise |
Ultimate |
|
|
Home Basic |
Home Premium |
Business |
Enterprise |
Ultimate |
|
|
CONNECTED |
|||||
|
Network |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Network |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Improved |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Wireless |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Improved |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Improved |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Improved |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Simultaneous |
5 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Windows |
Partial |
Partial |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Sync |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Windows |
View only |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Improved |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
PC-to-PC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Network |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Presentation |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
Remote |
Client only |
Client |
Client & host |
Client & host |
Client & host |
|
Domain |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Domain |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Group |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Offline |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Client-side |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Roaming |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Folder |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Centralized |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
||
|
Internet |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes* |
||
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