Microsoft has made the version of Windows 7 simpler compared to Windows Vista. Below are the editions:

Windows 7 Starter - this should have the basic features namely: new taskbar, standard Windows Media Player, Jump Lists, Backup and Restore, Action Center, Device Stage, Fax and Scan, a few games

Windows 7 Home Premium - the following features are missing in the starter edition but found on the home premium namely: Aero Glass & Background, Home Group creation, Media Center, Windows Touch, DVD playback and authoring, more games, Mobility Center

Windows 7 Professional - this has everything that the home premium has plus: Joining in Domains, advanced backup, Remote Desktop host, EFS, Offline Folders

Windows 7 Enterprise - this has everything that the professional edition has plus: BitLocker To Go, BitLocker, AppLocker, Direct Access, Branche Cache, MUI language packs, boot from VHD

Just to be different for a change, I’ve decided to write up a quick news post concerning some of the more interesting programs I currently have installed on my Windows Vista notebook and recommend my favorites onto you, the readers of Novice2Expert.com. However, I must first point out that while some of you may not consider some of the items I list as ‘essential’, please bear in mind that all of the programs I catalogue below just happen to be things that I happen to find very useful and help make my computing-life a whole heck of alot easier.

And with that said, let’s get on with the show and I’ll introduce my Top 10 Recommended Programs for Windows Vista for January ‘08. I may even reduce it to a ‘Top 5' in the future and turn this a monthly event! Depending on whether or not I can come across enough great programs for Windows Vista, that is. Software doesn’t grow on trees, you know!

10. WinRAR