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Lesson 1: Identifying Hardware Requirements
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you will have to provide recommendations to friends, family, and customers
about which edi-
tion of Windows Vista will best suit their needs.
To understand the differences between editions, you should first know the
meaning of several
terms.
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Active Directory Domain
Active Directory directory service domains are rarely used in
the home environment but are common in medium and large enterprises. Active
Direc-
tory domains require a computer running a Windows server operating system.
Exam Tip
Using Windows Vista clients in Active Directory domain environments is
covered
more fully by the 70-622 and 70-623 exams. Although it is good for you to
understand how
Active Directory works, you are unlikely to be tested on the technology
during the 70-620
exam.
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Aero
The new Windows Vista graphical user interface (GUI), which is more
efficient
and aesthetically pleasing than the Windows XP or Windows 2000 interfaces.
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Media Center Allows a computer to play live and recorded standard and HDTV,
mov-
ies, music, and pictures all through a single application.
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Full Hard Drive Encryption Enables a hard disk drive to be encrypted on the
volume
level rather than at the individual file and folder level.
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Tablet PC capacity The ability to run on a Tablet PC and accept pen-based
input from
the screen.
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Multiprocessor support The ability to use more than one processor.
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Parental controls Allows parents to restrict the websites and games that
their children’s
user accounts can access.
Windows Vista Starter
Windows Vista Starter is the most basic version of Windows Vista. This
edition supports only
a single 32-bit processor. Starter cannot be used in a domain, cannot run
the Aero GUI, does
not support Media Center or full hard drive encryption, and cannot be run on
a Tablet PC.
This edition allows only three applications to run simultaneously and does
not support
inbound network connections. This edition does not support parental
controls. This afford-
able edition is primarily aimed at computer users in emerging markets.
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Home Basic differs from the starter edition in that it comes
in both 32-bit and
64-bit editions. Home Basic Edition cannot be used in a domain, cannot run
the Aero GUI,
does not support Media Center or full hard drive encryption, and cannot be
run on a Tablet
PC. Home Basic does support parental controls and allows users to have more
than three
applications open at once.
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