Windows 7 Product Lines Announced

Windows 7 Starter

This is for price-sensitive customers with small notebooks PCs.
Key Feature list:

• Broad app and device compatibility with up to 3 concurrent applications
• Safe, reliable, and supported
• Ability to join a Home Group
• Improved taskbar and JumpLists

Windows 7 Home Basic

This is for customers in emerging markets only.
Key Feature list:

• Starter features
• Unlimited applications
• Live Thumbnail Previews & enhanced visual experience
• Advanced networking support (ad-hoc wireless networks and internet connection sharing)
• Mobility Center

Windows 7 Home Premium

This is recommended for most customers (home consumers).
Key Feature list:

• Home Basic features
• Unlimited applications
• Aero Glass & advanced windows navigation
• Easy networking & sharing across all your PCs & devices
• Improved media format support, enhancements to Windows Media Center and media streaming, including Play To
• Multi-touch and improved handwriting recognition

Windows 7 Professional

This is recommended for small businesses and those customers (home consumers) who want additional features and functionality useful for small business activities.
Key Feature list:

• Home Premium features
• Unlimited applications
• Ability to join a managed network with Domain Join
• Protect  data with advanced network backup and Encrypting File System
• Print to the right printer at home or work with Location Aware Printing

Windows 7 Enterprise

This is recommended for medium-to-large business and enterprise customers that choose to license Windows through Software Assurance and is available only through Microsoft Volume Licensing.
Key Feature list:

• Professional features
• Unlimited applications
• BitLocker data protection on internal and external drives
• DirectAccess provides seamless connectivity to your corporate network (requires Windows Server 2008 R2)
• Decrease time branch office workers wait to open file across the network with BranchCache (requires Windows Server 2008 R2)
• Prevent unauthorized software from running with AppLocker

Windows 7 Ultimate

Key Feature list:

Enterprise features

Unlimited applications

Multi-language packs