In this PC Mag article, Microsoft is apparently planning to release 10 different versions of their new operating system, Windows 8. The versions are currently listed as: Enterprise Edition, Enterprise Evaluation Edition, Home Basic Edition, Home Premium Edition, Prerelease ARM Edition, Prerelease Edition, Professional Edition, Professional Plus Edition, Starter Edition, and finally Ultimate Edition.
Technology is quite the interesting beast. I was a bit surprised by this, but after thinking a bit, it didn't really shock me anymore. People want choices, so the market tries to give them choices.
At first glance, it seems kind of silly to have TEN different versions of ONE operating system. Why would you need so many different versions? Will one edition of it really leave out JUST enough that someone will require a different "sub-edition" of that same type? What makes the Enterprise Evaluation Edition so different from Enterprise Edition that they need to be separated? Then when you get to thinking, this world, especially our home country, is built around options. There's always that thought in your head, when you buy something like this: "Man, this is great, it's so much better than the last version. But if only it had....[insert some random function you personally wish was included]." It's all about capitalism here. Sometimes companies almost compete with themselves.
Some day I hope to try out this new OS, but it won't be any time soon. I only recently upgraded my desktop PC to run Windows 7! It's just way to expensive for the average person to truly keep up with the advances of technology. You could literally be buying a new component or program every single day of the week, if that were the case. And not all of us are a Trump or Hilton...
And I thought Macintosh was bad offering a new system about every year! At least with a Mac OS you get a whole lot for your money and don't have to choose from so many. Microsoft is making up for all its lost years I guess. They had Windows 95, then 98 then XP then Vista and now Windows 7. Mac has had more than that and upgrades almost every year.
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