Hey Teal, you forgot...

the Win7 Alaska Edition... for users who want to see Russia from every window:

the Win7 Banker Edition... has bonus maps outta town to avoid stoning with rotten fruit:

the Win7 Hooker Edition... for $20 extra you get fringe benefits and a glass of cheap champagne:

the Win7 Governor Edition... does a little quick step if you ask it to do anything (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas reference there)

On a serious note, I hope the x64 versions are more readily available (here in Oz particularly) than the x64 Vista editions were... most retailers didn't and still don't stock them, and can't or won't get them in.

An idea on pricing would also be nice... and hopefully, MS will take into account the global recession and price Win7 reasonably.

Market: Mainstream wasters, loosers, youth of today, people who can't spell

Is that including you?

Yeah, it's great to poke a bit of fun when it harms no-one... and isn't MS a fitting target after its boo-boos regarding the release of its editions of Vista, though I've not had any major issues with it since trying the first piublic beta.  In fact, I prefer Vista to XP because it is faster, more stable and reliable... moreso now that I've installed the 64 bit version of Vista Home Premium.

Having said that, I am trying the Windows 7 x64 beta and I'm loving it.  Not only is it faster than Vista, it has a smaller footprint and uses resources more efficiently... meaning programs and apps run that much better, especially when multi-tasking.  Even at this stage of development Win 7 is better than when Vista went 'gold', so why wait to try it if you have a license key on hand and the drive space?

If you don't already have a licence key you can get it here, but be quick as the betas are closing in a day or two.

Win 7 Burger King Edition... will send free burgers, fries and coke - with USB burger warmer and coke cooler - if you delete 'Google Friends' and 'Google Search' in favour of 'Live Search' and 'Friends of MS'  There are currently NO 'friends of MS', but if you sign on in the first 100 you also get a free dessert with each burger meal.

Win 7 Stimulus Edition... no it doesn't give away free money, but rather a USB powered vibrating seat cushion for your PC chair

Win 7 Chrysler Edition... not for the average user, but rather for car enthusiasts who don't mind frequent pop ups saying thank you for the 'stimulus' payments frivolously spent on "thank you" ads.

Win 7 Madoff Edition... though primarily aimed at bankers, this edition will help users stash ill-gotten cash reserves in places the government and prosecutors can't find.\

Right now the beta is good ... ... I can only see it getting better ...

They should only have 4 products. Two versions for laptops and 2 for

desktops. A 32 bit and a 64 bit ... The 64 bit verision should have

special options that can be downloaded and added to it. So, you

can connect to a corporate server and network.

If Microsoft thinks alot of companies are going to swarm to Windows 7 ..

I don't see it happening ... Right now most big companies are still using

Win XP ... and it works ...  All IT groups aren't spending ... an some are

thinking of going to linux for cutting costs ...  Also, IT staff in most companies

are small now. So, I don't see any major OS rollouts in the coming months

happening ...

So bottom line ...  Make a better consumer version ... the average joe or

techie will get it before the corporate types " O.K."

An edition of Windows 7 I would have liked to see is a Gamer's Edition, which would be wriiten to runs demanding apllications. Just a thought.

Disagree.

• No reason to have a special version for laptops. Just make it detect what it's on.
• I think it should come with both 64 and 32 bit, and install 64 bit by default. Yes, even on home machines. Personally, I think that everybody should be moving towards 64 bits, not just businesses.
  

I think separating personal and business is okay, and thankfully they're letting business be a superset of Home - which means I can buy business and get all of the home stuff. I just couldn't afford Vista Ultimate.

. . . and in all honesty, I think Microsoft should move back towards users being able to choose which features they want during the install. Let the SKUs determine what features are available, but don't force the user to install features they don't want.

Realistically, there are only 2 versions consumers will care about: Home Premium and Professional. The rest are for specialized markets.

There are still some 32 bit only processors that can run Windows 7. P4s can probably run it. In addition, upgrading a 32 bit system to 64 bit requires a fresh install, and some people may not want that.

I'd say make 64 bit the default, but still have 32 bit around for CPUs that don't support it.

While I agree with moving in that direction, a lot of people and businesses move slowly. And to be honest I understand their reasoning: Don't fix what's not broke, and don't upgrade just because it's the cool thing to do. A machine that does its job might not need memory upgrade.

While I get tired of people bashing microsoft these days I do have to admit this is really unfortunate news. They may have just lost my purchase, I don't feel like researching what I use to figure out the perfect version for me.

Oh come on, I mean, how hard could it be?  Microsoft has stated that 2 main versions will be made readily available in stores for the general public, Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional., with Windows 7 Ultimate probably being an 'order in' option if you want it.  With editions lower than Home Premium likely to be less than what the average user needs, and the Enterprise Edition being made available to big business, it doesn't leave too many choices to um and ah about, does it!

It never ceases to amaze me, how some feel the need to over-complicate matters when the choices are pretty straight forward. It's either Home Premium or Professional for most... and Ultimate if they have the bucks for more bang.

Sheesh!

It never ceases to amaze me how nobody can have a differing outlook on life than other people without getting badgered about it.

As the post hints, by and large we will only see two of these. Home Premium and Pro.

Most of us are not considered to be in an emerging market, so we won't see Starter. 

The other two are more exclusive, with availability being restricted.

So just two versions for us average folk -- Home Premium and Professional.

Personally, I will be going for the Barack Obama Edition... when a 'fatal error' message comes up and I type in: "Can we fix this?", it will reply: "Yes WE Can"

I had thought about the Win 7 Bankers Edition... but then I learned all the gratuitous bonuses are paid in Monopoly money.