You’d think Microsoft would want to limit comparisons to Vista, but the corporate giant is at it again Windows 7, which has been well received so far, will launch in six different versions. Hearing them listed out makes it sound confusing at first: Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate. Still, there’s hope.

It looks like the average user picking up the new OS will only really have to decide between Windows 7 Home Premium and Professional, just like when XP was on the shelves. Starter is a dumbed down version for less powerful systems like netbooks, and Basic is targeting “developing markets.” Enterprise will still slot into business markets with bulk licenses, and Ultimate, as the name implies, has all of the bells and whistles, though your average user won’t need it.

After processing all that, things don’t look too bleak. While it feels like Microsoft is stumbling back into the same hole it fell into with Vista, the various versions of Vista are now established in international markets and, if the company can control the Windows 7 release to make it less confusing, keeping that same hierarchy may actually make things less muddled.

For more info about 6 flavors, see in Ars Technica

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