OS X makes this feature available as an extra-cost add-on that starts at $299 for a 10-license package. To make your machine available for incoming Remote Desktop connections, you must be running Professional or Ultimate edition.
REMOTE DESKTOP HOST Every edition of Windows 7 includes the Remote Desktop client, which allows you to connect securely to a Windows machine that has been configured to allow access. OS X clients can connect to a domain’s Active Directory but lack support for Group Policy and other domain tools. Home Premium edition can access resources on a domain-based network but can’t use Active Directory or management tools. JOIN A WINDOWS DOMAIN The Professional and Ultimate editions of Windows 7 can join a Windows domain, where they can use security, policy management, and deployment features that are especially useful to large enterprises. OS X does not have an equivalent feature. For Home Premium, you can get many of the same benefits using Windows Live Mesh or a third-party program. OFFLINE FILES I’ve previously called this “the single most useful Windows feature you’ve never heard of.” If you want seamless access and synchronization between a portable PC and a local server, it’s a great solution. That shouldn’t be a surprise, because those two upgraded Windows editions are specifically aimed at customers running on Windows-based networks. As you can see, OS X has much more in common with Windows 7 Home Premium than it does with the features in Professional and Ultimate editions. For comparison’s sake, I included OS X in the table as well. For the comparison here, I decided to strip the list down to a single, simple table, which represents the entire list of features that are in Professional or Ultimate editions that are not in Home Premium edition (with one esoteric exception, which I documetned at the end of the notes page). Because they’re power users, they assume that Home Premium’s missing features mean they’re going to be lacking a feature they really need.īut is that true? If you’re buying Windows Home Premium, what features are you missing, exactly? What would you get if you paid extra for Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate? And is it fair to compare OS X and Windows 7 Home Premium?Ī few weeks ago, I did an exhaustive comparison of the differences between Windows 7 editions. By that logic, Ultimate is obviously the best and lesser versions are inferior. On the Windows side, many users just automatically assume that more is better.
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