Remote Desktop in Home Premium?

[Guest]

Hi. I'm doing tons of research for deciding on Vista. One topic I'm
confused about is the Remote Desktop feature in the various versions.

If I'm reading and understanding correctly, the Remote Desktop Client is
available on all versions of Vista. If I buy Home Premium, I can still
connect to my XP Pro box, correct? However, I can't connect to any PC
running Home Basic, Premium, or XP Home, right? (Which isn't a problem - I
have no need to connect to any of my computers running those.)

Just want to make sure I'm understanding correctly because I might be able
to save some money if I just by Home Premium rather than business =)

Thanks!

 

[Dave]

Hi. I'm doing tons of research for deciding on Vista. One topic I'm
confused about is the Remote Desktop feature in the various versions.

If I'm reading and understanding correctly, the Remote Desktop Client is
available on all versions of Vista. If I buy Home Premium, I can still
connect to my XP Pro box, correct? However, I can't connect to any PC
running Home Basic, Premium, or XP Home, right? (Which isn't a problem - I
have no need to connect to any of my computers running those.)

Correct. I can connect from Vista Home Premium to XP Pro with Remote
Desktop. I have to use VNC to connect to a XP Media Center notebook.
Home Premium can't join a domain.

Just want to make sure I'm understanding correctly because I might be able
to save some money if I just by Home Premium rather than business =)

Thanks!

Business edition doesn't include the Media Center, DVD Maker, Movie Maker or
the Games.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/choose.mspx