Vista Business vs Vista Home Premium

[Al Hart]

Does anyone have any ideas what the differences are between these two versions?

I did see this page:

http://techgage.com/article/windows_vista_version_comparison

[Chris Fullmer]

Huh, I'm not too sure what the difference other than the business one seem to have better security options and backup abilities.

Here is a website that does a cross comparison.

http://www.powerdonkey.net/vista/Home_premium_business.php

I have Vista Home Premium and I am happy with it, though I might just not know what I'm missing. And I'm also not using it for business purposes.

Chris

[Al Hart]

Thanks Chris,

In looking through these charts, such as the one at:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/choose.mspx

It looks like Home Premium does not allow Remote Desktop access.

We use Remote Desktop a lot, because it lets us use 2 or 3 computers at the same time - all from a single keyboard and mouse. (We display the remote computers on a second monitor, which has worked very well for us.)

Unfortunately, if I purchase the computer with Home Premium, I cannot easily upgrade it to Business - I have to go all the way to Ultimate.

At least according to this site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/anytime-upgrade-overview.aspx