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Hey there.
I was wondering which version of WINDOWS 7 would be best for me.
All I mainly do is play a lot of games, browse the internet, listen to music etc etc.
And most people advised me to get home premium as it has all the needed features. Will home premium be any faster than ultimate or professional?
And another thing, is there any alternative for bit locker file encryption which is a feature that is only available on ultimate?
23 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 26 January 2012 - 10:50 AM
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#2
Posted 26 January 2012 - 10:59 AM
^^ Hey #amithkallupalam are you planning to buy the legit version of Windows 7 OR OEM when you build the RIG?
If yes get the Home Premium OR Professional, the latter has compatibility mode which allows games which have issues running on Windows Vista / 7 to be played in XP-mode. Cheers!!
If yes get the Home Premium OR Professional, the latter has compatibility mode which allows games which have issues running on Windows Vista / 7 to be played in XP-mode. Cheers!!
#3
Posted 26 January 2012 - 11:14 AM
If Im im able to cough out the money, Ill get the oem version (Im really really tight. Dont have a job, just 14 man.)
OR
Ill get a pirated copy and use that until I can afford a genuine version.
OR
Ill get a pirated copy and use that until I can afford a genuine version.
#4
Posted 26 January 2012 - 11:20 AM
you can go for win7 ultimate, if you are not going to buy genuine professional(8.5K)
#5
Posted 26 January 2012 - 11:22 AM
Ok thanks, will one version of windows 7 be faster than the other?
#6
Posted 26 January 2012 - 11:31 AM
^^ No 10 chars
#7
Posted 26 January 2012 - 11:38 AM
vivacious_tg, on 26 January 2012 - 11:31 AM, said:
^^ No 10 chars
I'm sorry? English, sir?
Edited by amithkallupalam, 26 January 2012 - 11:38 AM.
#8
Posted 26 January 2012 - 01:30 PM
Get the ultimate version, so that in future you don't miss and of windows 7 feature.
#9
Posted 26 January 2012 - 01:46 PM
amithkallupalam, on 26 January 2012 - 11:38 AM, said:
I'm sorry? English, sir?
I believe you can't post anything which is less than 10 characters. this is the reason I said No and 10 chars.
From what I can see windows 7 premium is more than enough for your requirements as you won't need any encryption or foreign language support.
Check this link:
http://windows.micro...roducts/compare
Edited by vivacious_tg, 26 January 2012 - 01:50 PM.
#10
Posted 26 January 2012 - 02:05 PM
amithkallupalam, on 26 January 2012 - 11:14 AM, said:
If Im im able to cough out the money, Ill get the oem version (Im really really tight. Dont have a job, just 14 man.)
OR
Ill get a pirated copy and use that until I can afford a genuine version.
OR
Ill get a pirated copy and use that until I can afford a genuine version.
The only feature that I've ever used in Professional over Home Premium (I've used both) is Remote Desktop. Home Premium allows you to connect to other machines by Remote Desktop client but only Professional allows for machines to connect remotely to it. You can get around this by using something like VNC, of course.
If you plan to buy a genuine Windows soon, you can just install Windows 7 Home Premium as a trial and hold off on the activation. You don't need to activate for upto 120 days.
http://www.howtogeek...30-to-120-days/
Another option is to install Windows 8 beta. I believe it is fairly stable for most normal things. It's free.
TrueCrypt is an open source alternative to BitLocker and is very widely used.
Edited by whatsinaname, 26 January 2012 - 02:06 PM.
#11
Posted 26 January 2012 - 05:54 PM
I believe the beta would be useless once win 8 goes gold. So better install win 7 which will have less issues.
#12
Posted 27 January 2012 - 05:35 AM
Guys, won't windows home premium have compatibility mode just like windows xp's so that I can run older games?
#13
Posted 27 January 2012 - 03:07 PM
that depends on your hardware config. there are minimum requirements for XP mode. theres no harm in trying :-)
Edited by babumxx, 27 January 2012 - 03:09 PM.
#14
Posted 27 January 2012 - 03:14 PM
amithkallupalam, on 27 January 2012 - 05:35 AM, said:
Guys, won't windows home premium have compatibility mode just like windows xp's so that I can run older games?
Negative on that Sire, I own a copy of Windows 7 Home Premium and sorry no compatibility mode, it is carried in only the Ultimate and Professional editions of Windows 7.
#15
Posted 27 January 2012 - 04:12 PM
ALPHA17, on 27 January 2012 - 03:14 PM, said:
Negative on that Sire, I own a copy of Windows 7 Home Premium and sorry no compatibility mode, it is carried in only the Ultimate and Professional editions of Windows 7.
Negative on that too bro as I also win 7 home premium and it does allows me to take use of compatibility mode, though no manual option of selecting which mode to force, but it does applies XP compatibility automatically, if required. I just did it today.
@OP- You can also add some of the features missing in Home.Premium version such as gpedit and others.
Hope that helps.
#16
Posted 27 January 2012 - 04:59 PM
#JuGGa how, I have patched my Windows 7 to SP 1, so how did you enable, I cannot even seem to force XP mode.
#17
Posted 27 January 2012 - 05:35 PM
ALPHA17, on 27 January 2012 - 04:59 PM, said:
#JuGGa how, I have patched my Windows 7 to SP 1, so how did you enable, I cannot even seem to force XP mode.
Mate I already said that there's no option of manual forcing. Just right click, and "Troubleshoot Compatibility". I just selected this option for the program which wasn't working, and OS automatically suggested "Win XP SP2" as compatibility mode & Voila!
#18
Posted 27 January 2012 - 07:44 PM
Dude Ive seen my brother running age of empires III on W7 HP on his laptop in compatibility mode. He had could select Win Xp sp 1 sp 2 sp 3 win 95 etc...
#19
Posted 27 January 2012 - 07:46 PM
^I can't find any manual selecting option. Please share if there's a way to it.
#20
Posted 27 January 2012 - 08:22 PM
JuGGa, on 27 January 2012 - 05:35 PM, said:
Mate I already said that there's no option of manual forcing. Just right click, and "Troubleshoot Compatibility". I just selected this option for the program which wasn't working, and OS automatically suggested "Win XP SP2" as compatibility mode & Voila!
amithkallupalam, on 27 January 2012 - 07:44 PM, said:
Dude Ive seen my brother running age of empires III on W7 HP on his laptop in compatibility mode. He had could select Win Xp sp 1 sp 2 sp 3 win 95 etc...
Windows XP Mode is different from Windows Compatibility Mode.
Compatibility Mode - Present in all versions of Windows 7. Most newer software that runs on XP (32 bit stuff) will work with this mode ( if it doesn't automatically run on Windows 7, i.e.).
Windows XP Mode - Only in Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate. Requires a virtualisation enabled CPU and virtual machine software (like Windows virtual PC). 100% support for everything that could ever run on XP. Useful if you have older 16 bit exes and dlls which don't run even in Compatibility Mode.
