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Part ISurviving SetupChapter 1: Selecting the Right Windows 7 EditionChapter 2: Installing or Upgrading to Windows 7Chapter 3: Hardware and Softwar

28 Part I: Surviving SetupThe biggest reason to go 64-bit is RAM: after all, 64-bit versions of Windows 7 can access far more RAM than 32-bit versio

Chapter 1: Selecting the Right Windows 7 Edition 29Table 1-1: User Interface FeaturesStarterHome Premium ProfessionalUltimate/EnterpriseWindows Basi

30 Part I: Surviving SetupTable 1-3: Performance FeaturesStarterHome Premium ProfessionalUltimate/EnterpriseWindows ReadyDrive Yes Yes Yes YesWindow

Chapter 1: Selecting the Right Windows 7 Edition 31Table 1-5: Bundled ApplicationsStarterHome Premium ProfessionalUltimate/EnterpriseInternet Explor

32 Part I: Surviving SetupStarterHome Premium ProfessionalUltimate/EnterpriseDolby Digital compatibility— Yes Yes YesAAC and H.264 decodingYes Yes

Chapter 1: Selecting the Right Windows 7 Edition 33Table 1-8: Mobility FeaturesStarterHome Premium ProfessionalUltimate/EnterpriseWindows Mobility C

34 Part I: Surviving SetupStep 4: Making the Right Product Edition ChoiceArmed with the information in the preceding tables, we can think of Windows

Chapter 1: Selecting the Right Windows 7 Edition 35Choosing Between Windows 7 Starter and Home PremiumTable 1-10 shows some of the features that dif

36 Part I: Surviving SetupChoosing Between Windows 7 Home Premium and ProfessionalTable 1-11 compares the features that are present in the Home Prem

Chapter 1: Selecting the Right Windows 7 Edition 37Choosing Windows 7 UltimateWindows 7 Ultimate combines all of the features that are available in

38 Part I: Surviving SetupFigure 1-1: When you’re buying a new PC, be sure to get the Windows 7 version you really want.As you’ll see in a moment, t

Chapter 1: Selecting the Right Windows 7 Edition 39And that’s the rub. Understanding whether you qualify for an Upgrade version of Windows 7 can be

40 Part I: Surviving SetupYour decision regarding which version to purchase will also be influenced by the cost difference of the more capable versio

Chapter 1: Selecting the Right Windows 7 Edition 41Not sure what Windows XP or Vista product edition you have? In that OS, open the Start menu, righ

42 Part I: Surviving SetupTable 1-14: U.S. List Prices for Windows 7 OEM Product EditionsWindows 7 Home BasicWindows 7 Starter OEM $39.99Windows 7 H

Chapter 1: Selecting the Right Windows 7 Edition 43from, and your PC is quickly enhanced with the more powerful version you’ve selected. Because of

44 Part I: Surviving SetupSummaryWindows 7 certainly offers a lot of options when it comes to picking a product version, but with a little know-how,

Selecting the Right Windows 7 EditionIn This ChapterBasic differences between the Windows 7 product editionsWhich Windows 7 product editions you can s

22 Part I: Surviving SetupIf you haven’t purchased Windows 7 yet—or you’d like to know whether or not it’s worth upgrading from the version you do h

Chapter 1: Selecting the Right Windows 7 Edition 23You may occasionally hear Windows 7’s product editions referred to as SKUs. This term stands for

24 Part I: Surviving SetupWindows Vista Ultimate—which was originally available only with select new PCs from Dell and, eventually, at retail—and yo

Chapter 1: Selecting the Right Windows 7 Edition 25which features are available in which editions and choose the one that’s right for you based on y

26 Part I: Surviving SetupWhy not just have one or two product editions, as we did back when Windows XP first shipped? Microsoft says that it has ove

Chapter 1: Selecting the Right Windows 7 Edition 27Here’s how.Windows 7 Home BasicYou don’t need or want Windows 7 Home Basic. But it’s even simpler