Mastodon
June 28, 2011

Too Many SKUs

Quick post today. Dear Microsoft – there are too many SKUs for Windows:

Windows 7 Professional N with Service Pack 1 (x86)
Windows 7 Home Premium N with Service Pack 1 (x64)
Windows 7 Professional with Service Pack 1 (x64)
Windows 7 Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (x64)
Windows 7 Professional with Service Pack 1 (x86)
Windows Embedded Standard 7 Service Pack 1 for Multilingual User Interface Pack (x86)
Windows Embedded Standard 7 Service Pack 1 for Multilingual User Interface Pack (x64)
Windows 7 Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (x64)
Windows 7 Professional with Service Pack 1, VL Build (x64)
Windows 7 Professional with Service Pack 1, VL Build (x86)
Windows 7 Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (x86)
Windows 7 Professional N with Service Pack 1 (x64)
Windows 7 Starter with Service Pack 1 (x86)
Windows 7 Starter N with Service Pack 1 (x86)
Windows 7 Ultimate with Service Pack 1 (x64)
Windows 7 Ultimate with Service Pack 1 (x86)
Windows 7 Ultimate N with Service Pack 1 (x64)
Windows 7 Ultimate N with Service Pack 1 (x86)
Windows 7 Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (x86)
Windows 7 Enterprise N with Service Pack 1 (x64)
Windows 7 Enterprise N with Service Pack 1 (x86)
Windows 7 Home Basic with Service Pack 1 (x86)