If you have a real choice, XP professional.
Vista Home Premium : Not Linux! Get linux! Vista Business : Not Linux! Get linux!
Get Linux!
Vista Home Premium is produced by Microsoft Windows. It is one edition of the Vista series, the others are: starter; home basic; business; ultimate; and, enterprise.
Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/compare-editions/default.aspx
Windows Vista has a few high-end features such as shadow copies and networking enhancements that Home doesn't have.
Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, and Premium.
No.Windows Vista's physical memory limits are 4 GB (for 32-bit) and 128 GB (for 64-bit) for the Ultimate version.Here are the memory limits for some versions of Vista:32-bitsWindows Vista Ultimate: 4 GBWindows Vista Enterprise: 4 GBWindows Vista Business: 4 GBWindows Vista Home Premium: 4 GBWindows Vista Home Basic: 4 GBWindows Vista Starter: 1 GB64-bitsWindows Vista Ultimate: 128 GBWindows Vista Enterprise: 128 GBWindows Vista Business: 128 GBWindows Vista Home Premium: 16 GBWindows Vista Home Basic: 8 GBWindows Vista Starter: N/A
Differences between Vista Business and Enterprise : VISTA BUSINESS DOES NOT HAVE : 1. Bit- locker drive encryption 2. Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications 3. Virtual PC Express 4. All worldwide user interface languages (36 languages total) available 5. Support for simultaneous installation of multiple user interface languages -- Vista Business has the option to be upgraded to vista Ultimate . But Vista Enterprise does not have that as it is already power packed for Business purposes . -- Vista Business also has Windows movie maker which can be found in home Premium and Ultimate but it is not there in Enterprise. -- Moreover Vista business is retail where as Vista Enterprise is volume-license only.
No, this feature is only available in Business and Ultimate editions
Windows Vista is the Microsoft Windows operating system that was available in six different editions including Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise and Ultimate.
Home Premium................... windows 7 home premiun, my opinion.