[nzlug] Dell are sooo pwn3d

[Mark Foster]

On Fri, 29 Jun 2007, Brenda Wallace wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:19:05 Mark Foster wrote:
>> And from the end-users point of view, being greeted with too much choice
>> is almost as bad as none at all; some people just throw their hands in the
>> air and go the way that everyone else does (read: Windows).
>
> a quick amazon search and -
>
> I see your linux choices, and raise you:
> Vista Home edition
> Vista Home basic edition
> Vista Home edition premium
> Vista Professional edition full version
> Vista ultimate
> Vista anytime upgrade
> Vista business
> Vista student
>
> add a full and upgrade version of each of the above
> then add in a 64bit version of each.
> oh, and XP is still selling too.

Yes, Vista has lots of editions.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/default.mspx

For a more objective view, try:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista_editions_and_pricing
http://techgage.com/article/windows_vista_version_comparison/

In the pre-Vista days the selection wasn't anywhere that big, and you know 
it... "Home or Professional?"  (I'm not talking about server breeds.)
I seem to recall some derogatory press when the number of Vista sub-types 
was discussed on launch.



And in direct comparison: Are there any decent version-comparisons between 
Linux Distro's based on logical, end-user-understood decision/thought 
processes?

And is it anywhere near the same as it was 1 year ago? 2?

/devils advocate

Mark.