Windows 7 Editions
Despite
pleas from users to stop the confusion and craft one version of Windows 7, Microsoft is continuing down the path it followed with XP and Vista releasing multiple versions or
SKUs (stock-keeping units) of Windows 7.
Six
Windows 7 versions, to be precise. But most users only need to decide between
two versions. Microsoft has said that 80 percent of users will be deploying
Windows 7 Home Premium (consumers) or Windows 7 Professional (small businesses,
remote workers). This is where Microsoft will put most of its marketing muscle.
"We
have over 1 billion customers. It's hard to satisfy all of them [with a single
version]," Windows General Manager Mike Ybarra has
said.
"There are vocal customers who want every feature and more regular
consumers who say 'I want a version that can grow with me.'"
Yet
some analysts are accusing Microsoft of
manipulating customers and padding profit margins with the high number of
versions and bloggers are emphasizing that three versions
are enough.
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