Re: Which Windows 7?

["Bob Cagle" <bcagle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Personally, I think the versions are pretty straight forward.  You can
discount Windows 7 Starter edition as that's only available with the
purchase of a new machine.  That only leaves 3 flavors left: Home
Premium, Professional, and Ultimate.  Then choose either 32 or 64bit.
The Mac should be able to run 64bit.

You choice of flavor is simple - If you need the virtual machine to have
the ability to join a domain, then you'll need at least Win 7 Pro.  If
not, you could get by with Home Premium.  

Another trick for getting it even cheaper is to buy the OEM version, or
System Builder pack.  

HTH

Bob Cagle
IT Manager
Lynk, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Paris
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 5:00 PM

I need to buy a copy of WIndows 7 which will be used in a virtual
machine on a Mac. Only real reason for using Windows at all is RDP.

MS seem to have made 7 even more confusing than XP was in terms of
choices - there Pro was an easy choice - but there are so many options
with 7 that I'm just confused.

Any suggestions? The cheaper the option I can get away with the better
in many ways as WIndows will only be used when the software needed is
not available for native Mac. 


Jon P.