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Windows 7 Professional vs Ultimate comparison!
Are you trying to decide which version of Windows 7 to get: Home Premium, Professional or Ultimate? It basically depends on your needs and what you are going to use Windows for.
The order of functionality from highest to lowest of the three Windows versions is: Ultimate – Professional – Home Premium. Here are some things you may want to consider when deciding which version of Windows 7 to buy.
Basically, it works like this: Windows 7 Home Premium gives you all the essentials. From there, Windows 7 Professional adds a few more features. Going up another notch takes you to the top of the line Windows 7 Ultimate, with all the bells and whistles. Here’s a diagram, straight from Microsoft, that gives a good general overview of this:
