i.gizmodo.com - 2/3/2009
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If you're hoping there aren't ten million versions of Windows 7 like there were of Vista, I've got bad news and good news: There are multiple flavors of Windows 7. But it is less confusing. At first glance, the version breakdown does look a lot like Windows Vista . There are five SKUs of ...
microsoft.com - 2/3/2009
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microsoft.com —
Q&A: Windows General Manager Mike Ybarra discusses how
Windows 7 editions are being designed to make buying
simple, while serving the needs of more than 1 billion customers worldwide. REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 3, 2009 — Last month Microsoft delivered the ...
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Windows 7 Lineup Offers Clear Choice for Consumers and ...
geekzone.co.nz - 2/3/2009
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geekzone.co.nz —
News : Windows , posted 4-FEB-2009 04:00 Microsoft
unveils Windows 7 SKU lineup Microsoft is annoucing the
Windows 7 SKU lineup with different Windows 7 editions for specific market requirements. Each SKU is a superset of the previous SKU. This means ...
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Microsoft unveils Windows 7 SKU lineup
blogs.zdnet.com - 2/3/2009
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blogs.zdnet.com —
If you were one of those individuals holding
out hope that Microsoft might go the way of
Apple and move to one or two SKUs for Windows 7, your prayers have gone unanswered. But there still is some good news in what's on tap when Windows 7 ships, most ...
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Microsoft’s Windows 7 line-up: The good, the bad and the ...
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Windows 7 improves on Vista’s artificial flavors
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... . But while the new Windows menu will still feature six flavors, the lineup has been adjusted to make the differences clearer and the choices simpler. For one thing, each edition on the ladder is a superset of the one below, which was not the case with Vista. Explained ...
Windows 7 editions outlined: from Starter to Ultimate
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... [All about Microsoft] All the Flavors of Windows 7 Explained [Windows 7] [Gizmodo] ...
Windows 7 Pricing Starts at $200? Ehh... [Rumor]
Gizmodo —
... Our gut response is that $200 is just too high for both Windows 7 Starter (which, incidentally, is not supposed to be purchasable by anyone but OEMs) and Home Premium—and that the entire price range is too compressed (four versions within $120 just seems like a waste of everyone's time). ...
"Several" Netbook Editions Means There Will Actually Be 10 Versions of Windows 7 [Really?]
Gizmodo —
Besides all the Windows 7 flavors we told you about, Bloomberg is reporting that there won't just be one Windows 7 Netbook Edition, there will "several editions." What the eff. Let's just say, conservatively, that "several" netbook editions means four of them. (A couple would be two, a few would be 3-4, so several, to us, means at least four.) We already had six on the table: Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate. True, the average consumer won't see be a few of these, but if Bloomberg is right, that still ...
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Welcome to the Windows 7 Ecosystem Readiness Program
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5 Windows 7 Editions unveiled —
I4U News 2/3/2009
Microsoft detailed the versions Windows 7 will be available in. There are 5 Windows 7 editions on the market. This sounds worse than it really is. For most users it will either be Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Professional.
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Microsoft streamlines Windows 7 options —
Technology 2/4/2009
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said it will heavily promote two main versions of the next Windows operating system in an attempt to avoid the problems it faced by marketing four tiers of the Windows Vista system.
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