Win 7 comes in many different flavours but in North America there are only 5.
Quick Notes:
- If you are using Windows 7 Starter, about the only things you will find annoying is the inability to change wallpapers and that lack of Aero (the glass like window frames in 7)
- Ultimate and Enterprise are the same product however Windows 7 Enterprise is a corporate license only SKU which allows the user to access some additional software like MDOP.
- If you use Windows and your company has more than 5 people in it, you should skim THIS article which explains how to buy Windows Professional but get Windows Enterprise for no additional fees.
Below is a simple list of common Windows 7 Features:
Home Use Stuff | Starter | Home Premium | Professional | Ultimate/ |
| 32-bit and 64-bit versions | 32-bit only | Both | Both | Both |
| Maximum physical memory | 2GB | 16 GB | 192 GB | 192 GB |
| Maximum physical CPUs supported | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum CPU Cores Supported | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Backup and Restore Center | Cannot back up to network | Cannot back up to network | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple monitors | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fast user switching | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Desktop Wallpaper Changeable | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Desktop Window Manager | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Mobility Center | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Aero | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multitouch | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Premium Games Included | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Media Center | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Media Player Remote Media Experience | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Encrypting File System | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Location Aware Printing | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Remote Desktop Host | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Presentation Mode | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Home Group (create and join) | Join only | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Corporate Stuff | Starter | Home Premium | Professional | Ultimate/ |
| Windows Server domain joining | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Windows XP Mode | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Aero glass remoting | No | No | No | Yes |
| AppLocker | No | No | No | Yes |
| BitLocker Drive Encryption | No | No | No | Yes |
| BranchCache Distributed Cache | No | No | No | Yes |
| DirectAccess | No | No | No | Yes |
| Subsystem for Unix-based Applications | No | No | No | Yes |
| Multilingual User Interface Pack | No | No | No | Yes |
| Virtual Hard Disk Booting | No | No | No | Yes |
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