There are seven different versions of Windows 10

Business Insider ^ | MAY 13, 2015, 2:11 PM | MATT WEINBERGER

[Swordmaker]

Microsoft's big sales pitch with Windows 10 is that it's one platform, with one consistent experience and one app store to get your software from.

But when it comes to buying the actual product, there will be seven different versions, Microsoft says in a blog post.

Here they are:

• Windows 10 Home, which is the most basic PC version. Windows 10 Pro, which has touch features and is meant to work on two-in-one devices like laptop/tablet combinations, as well as some additional features to control how software updates get installed — important in the workplace.
• Windows 10 Enterprise,, which will have extra management features. We have some ideas of pricing here, as Microsoft is touting a $7/month Windows 10 Enterprise subscription for businesses that also includes a bunch of juicy, lucrative cloud services.
• Windows 10 Mobile for smartphones.
• Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise, which is like the one above, but with more business management features.
• Windows 10 Education, which is optimized for schools.
• Windows 10 IoT Core, which is for robots, smart sensors, and — well, if you need it, you'll know it.

[Swordmaker]

Ping for your list. . .

[Secret Agent Man]

The snippet only listed six versions...?

[freedumb2003]

[Scrambler Bob]

10 binary is 2 decimal

10 hex is 16 decimal

and others in between.

[dayglored]

The many flavors of Windows 10 ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: search on keyword "windowspinglist".

Hat tip to Swordmaker for the ping!!

[dayglored]

Another good article on the many flavors:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/05/13/microsoft_reveals_how_many_flavors_of_windows_10_will_be_on_the_menu/

[Leaning Right]

There are seven different versions of Windows 10

As well there should be. One of the long-term corporate goals of Microsoft is to keep as many people confused and frustrated as possible.

As someone who had to deal with Microsoft Vista for many years, I know this to be a fact.

[Swordmaker]

The snippet only listed six versions...?

AAARRRGGGHHH! I counted them and then fixed it and then it didn't take!

• Windows 10 Home, which is the most basic PC version.
• Windows 10 Pro, which has touch features and is meant to work on two-in-one devices like laptop/tablet combinations, as well as some additional features to control how software updates get installed — important in the workplace.
• Windows 10 Enterprise,, which will have extra management features. We have some ideas of pricing here, as Microsoft is touting a $7/month Windows 10 Enterprise subscription for businesses that also includes a bunch of juicy, lucrative cloud services.
• Windows 10 Mobile for smartphones.
• Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise, which is like the one above, but with more business management features.
• Windows 10 Education, which is optimized for schools.
• Windows 10 IoT Core, which is for robots, smart sensors, and — well, if you need it, you'll know it.

There, fixed. Again.

[ThomasThomas]

There is a secret version that is kept secret. Kinda.

[Secret Agent Man]

:)

Honestly I half thought Microsquish counted wrong.

[Scrambler Bob]

Which version runs your car. Reports to DOT big brother, etc., shuts down on command from Feds, ...

[mmichaels1970]

IoT core.

[freedumb2003]

>>There, fixed. Again. <<

Was our original post performed on an Apple product, perchance?

[The KG9 Kid]

They absolutely just cannot help themselves. Good grief.

[zaxtres]

There could be a hundred the way you can code one program and then remove certain code with just a keyword. There could be a rumpledumplepurplepumpkin version if Microsoft so chose. Microsoft just has to write code once then set a keyword for each version and depending on the license number you get puts the codeword into the parameters for the installation. Simple yet effective and generates way more profits than writing code separately for each version. So there are 7 or 10 or how many doesn’t matter, the same code for the highest level version gets shipped for the lowest version.

Nothing to really see here.

[Bobalu]

I just ordered some quad-core Raspberry Pi Model 2 computers.

There is a version for the Pi, I believe it must be the Windows 10 IoT Core. It will be interesting to see what it is like.

I bought some of the CanaKits complete Pi 2 packages... right now it’s the best buy for the Pi Model 2.

http://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry-Complete-Original-Preloaded/dp/B008XVAVAW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1431575497&sr=8-3&keywords=pi+model+2

[Swordmaker]

Was our original post performed on an Apple product, perchance?

Irrelevant. It was a Comcast internet dropout. . . which required me to go back and re-post. I went back one too many steps backwards in history to try re-posting and missed the correction I had done adding a list item in the middle of a monolithic block of text copied from the raw data from the page source of the article which didn't include list items code in the same way that is handled right on FR.

Trust you to bash Apple.

[fireman15]

Other than trying to contradict some part of the advertising campaign I am not sure what the point of the article is. Does anyone really care that the OS has different versions optimized for different hardware and purposes? It seems like a given.

I suppose Microsoft is pointing out that the platform has more consistency between computer and mobile versions. Even though I have been using both phones, tablets and computers for years... I think that I would find this useful and less frustrating.

[InterceptPoint]

I'm very likely to go for the free Windows 10. I really like 8.1 but am annoyed by the one size fits all full screen windows Apps. Apparently 10 will give us Apps in a Window. Big plus.

The Start Screen revisions in 10 don't do much for me. I actually like the 8.1full screen setup despite my dislike of full screen apps in general. In any case it looks to me that 10 will be sufficiently customizable to keep me happy.