July 2007
Intermediate to advanced
669 pages
16h 40m
English
book
Windows® 7 Desktop Support and Administration: Real World Skills for MCITP Certification and Beyond
by Darril Gibson
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1.1. Choosing a Windows 7 Edition
When planning a migration or tech refresh, a simple question to ask is what Windows 7 edition is needed. Windows 7 offers six editions, but you'll quickly whittle down the choice to just three for an enterprise because the first three are too basic for a work environment.
NOTE
Microsoft lists this topic in some documentation as "Choosing a SKU (Stock Keeping Unit)." An SKU is the number associated with the bar code you see on just about any product these days.
These are the three basic editions that you won't see in an enterprise:
Windows 7 Starter
Some original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) preinstall this edition on specialized computers. It includes the fewest features, and it will not be available in ...