傳言稱Windows 7將只有三個版本

Win7之家（ m.airtaxifl.com）：傳言稱Windows 7將只有三個版本

 毫無疑問大家都對Windows 7將會有哪些版本很感興趣。微軟一直對此事保持沉默，不過現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)透露出了點口風(fēng)了。

據(jù)ArsTechnica報道，Windows 7的升級計劃將包括：

Vista Home Premium → Windows 7 Premium

Vista Business Edition → Windows 7 Professional

Vista Ultimate Edition → Windows 7 Ultimate

但不包括Vista Basic → Windows 7 Basic
這樣的說法其實挺有道理。Windows 7的硬件要求比Vista要低。甚至一顆800MHz +的CPU就可以完成界面渲染了。也就是說，幾乎目前所有的主流配置都可以流暢運行Windows 7。

在Vista中，Basic版本是為配置相對較低的機器準備的，因此這些機器無法流暢運行高級版本。而在Windows 7中，并不存在這樣的問題，因此，如果有Windows 7 Basic的話，那也是為Netbook準備的。（Vista之家：而事實上，最近的PDC和WinHec展會上的展示表明Netbook也可以流暢運行Windows 7，因此，Windows 7 Basic基本上是不會存在的。）

此外，微軟始終未證實的還有是否會提供XP→Windows 7的升級方案。不過相信大多數(shù)用戶都會從Vista升級到Windows 7或者干脆重新購買一臺預(yù)裝Windows 7的機器。

附部分原文：

It should come as no surprise that anyone who has been following the saga of Windows 7 is interested to know what versions of it will be available.  Microsoft has been silent about this issue but now a small tidbit of information has come to light.

ArsTechnica received some information that gives three options to upgrade from Vista to Windows 7.

Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Premium

Vista Business Edition to Windows 7 Professional

Vista Ultimate Edition to Windows 7 Ultimate

Vista Basic to Windows 7 Basic (Not expected)

The argument for no Basic edition is reasonable.  Windows 7 will have lower hardware requirements than Vista or at least that’s the rumor.  It will also be able to use a processor (800MHz +) to handle the interface graphics.  Without that requirement just about any modern computer can handle Windows 7.

With Vista the existence of a Basic edition was only used on computers that couldn’t support the advanced features of any other version.  This won’t be a problem for Windows 7 and if there is a Basic edition it will probably be relegated to the “netbook” segment.
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