Microsoft Vista may have 20 different versions!

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1. 
   11 Oct 2005 ~ 5:03pm airbornflght meh...
2. 
   11 Oct 2005 ~ 7:19pm RWB This is a new form of SPAM!
3. 
   11 Oct 2005 ~ 8:27pm macdude425 The 1,345,124th reason I'm not using Vista...
4. 
   11 Oct 2005 ~ 9:49pm Thrax Judging by your sig and username, I think you really only would've considered Reason #1: It isn't Apple.
5. 
   12 Oct 2005 ~ 9:17am GHoosdum

   Thrax wrote:

   Judging by your sig and username, I think you really only would've considered Reason #1: It isn't Apple.

   
   But there's always the lure of actually owning a modern computer drawing these Mac folks toward the PC light...
6. 
   12 Oct 2005 ~ 9:30am deicist Hmmm.... according to the table on winsupersite the 'ultimate edition' isn't going to have the activation bit... guess which version will be on the download sites first?
7. 
   12 Oct 2005 ~ 9:36am drasnor I'm seriously considering going fully over to Linux and taking my chances with Win-on-Lin emulators for my gaming needs.
   
   -drasnor
8. 
   12 Oct 2005 ~ 12:57pm GooD What the hell are they trying to do ?
   
   I can understand the need of a HOME, PRO and SERVER versions...
   
   But going on more version than that is running into problems and large confusion among 'normal people'. One thing is for sure, they won't be able to 'sell' that idea, because it's not marketing at all...
   
   *sigh*
   
   This is ridiculous... simply ridiculous... :shakehead
9. 
   12 Oct 2005 ~ 1:28pm Cyclonite It could be even worse for those who may be doing IT support.
   
   Customer: Hello, it seems I can't get this application to work properly. It says I need [this item].
   IT Support: Which version of Windows are you running?
   Customer: Vista.
   IT: *Sigh* Which version of Vista?
   Customer: Umm... [Insert one of the 20 versions available that isn't Ultimate].
   IT: Please hold while I try to determine that version's limitations.
   *Hold Music*
   [20 Minutes Later]
   IT: Thank you for holding sir. It seems none of our staff have reached that section of training yet, nor have we developed proper manuals due to the overwhleming number of versions of Windows Vista. Please call us back in approximately 3 months when we reach that area of training.
10. 
    12 Oct 2005 ~ 1:38pm profdlp Good one, Cyclonite.
    
    Your 3 month estimate may be a little optimistic, though...
11. 
    12 Oct 2005 ~ 1:44pm GHoosdum Why is it so obvious to everyone else that this is a stupid idea, but not obvious to Microsoft?
12. 
    12 Oct 2005 ~ 1:53pm GooD They have time to change their mind between this and the official release.
    
    If they do, this will not be the first they do so... But that's the first time i hope they will
13. 
    12 Oct 2005 ~ 2:17pm profdlp

    GooD wrote:

    They have time to change their mind between this and the official release...

    Good point. During Beta testing they may just be trying all sorts of configurations. If there actually are twenty different releases I will be astonished.
14. 
    12 Oct 2005 ~ 3:40pm Cyclonite

    profdlp wrote:

    Good one, Cyclonite.
    
    Your 3 month estimate may be a little optimistic, though...

    
    Hehe. When I was talking to my boss, I mentioned something to the effect of "we don't have three years to learn all the version nuances." That may have even been a little optimistic.
15. 
    12 Oct 2005 ~ 5:18pm airbornflght yeh...i was thinking about it, billy at micrococks is really been on the peace pipe a little to much.
16. 
    12 Oct 2005 ~ 5:45pm gibbonsl

    airbornflght wrote:

    yeh...i was thinking about it, billy at micrococks is really been on the peace pipe a little to much.

    
    
    
    
    that was a good one
17. 
    14 Oct 2005 ~ 4:32pm edcentric After all, they were looking at a couple of dozen different names (both 2006 and 2007 included). I am sure that this was just in case thinking.
    They will probably only release 6 or 7 ........
18. 
    14 Oct 2005 ~ 4:44pm profdlp Hey, a truly customized installation could prove beneficial.
    
    WinVista for Left-Handed Lithuanian Transexuals anyone?
19. 
    20 Oct 2005 ~ 10:55am Medlock I doubt they'll release more than 3 or 4... (One for Home, Professional, Server, etc.) Doesn't seem worth it.