Vista Starter, Home Basic and Home Premium all lack Offline File capability

~~DudeBoyz~~ · Mar 22, 2007, 11:03 PM

This turned out to be a bummer. They took out the ability to have Offline Files with Vista Starter, Home Basic and even Home Premium.

That's gotta suck. Tons of laptops shipped with Windows XP Home and folks were able to work offline with that feature. Come is mega-handy when traveling, for instance. Now they took that feature away. Gotta get Vista Business or Vista Ultimate I guess. Geesh. They really ARE putting the screws to consumers, don't you think?

Sandok · Mar 22, 2007, 11:10 PM

Not only are there hotspots everywhere nowadays but I suspect mostly business people used such a feature, thus Vista Business...

Honestly, never used it ever and I can't say I'm too bummed

~~DudeBoyz~~ · Mar 22, 2007, 11:14 PM

Users could buy normal laptops and be able to update their blogs or what not offline and then sync later. I was on a train a bit ago and people were doing just that. No hotspots on trains or planes, are there?

Are there very many normal consumer laptops that come with Vista Business?

It just BLOWS that Microsoft is jacking up the price by ripping features that were in XP Home and forcing folks to upgrade to their top tier of stuff.

Vampyromaniac · Mar 23, 2007, 02:12 AM

Wow, I service businesses and even they don't use Offline files; I know of only 1 client of ours that does.

You are mistaken about how Offline Files works. Offline files is not used for bi-directional syncing with websites; it's for syncing with local network shared files, like on a file server.

You're also mistaken that XP Home has this feature; it's only available on XP Pro. Once a business feature, still a business feature

BlueMak · Mar 23, 2007, 02:20 AM

Why change?

Mar 22, 2007, 11:03 PM	#1
~~DudeBoyz~~ banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,677 Rep Power: 0	Vista Starter, Home Basic and Home Premium all lack Offline File capability This turned out to be a bummer. They took out the ability to have Offline Files with Vista Starter, Home Basic and even Home Premium. That's gotta suck. Tons of laptops shipped with Windows XP Home and folks were able to work offline with that feature. Come is mega-handy when traveling, for instance. Now they took that feature away. Gotta get Vista Business or Vista Ultimate I guess. Geesh. They really ARE putting the screws to consumers, don't you think?

Mar 23, 2007, 02:12 AM	#4
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	Wow, I service businesses and even they don't use Offline files; I know of only 1 client of ours that does. You are mistaken about how Offline Files works. Offline files is not used for bi-directional syncing with websites; it's for syncing with local network shared files, like on a file server. You're also mistaken that XP Home has this feature; it's only available on XP Pro. Once a business feature, still a business feature __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

Mar 23, 2007, 02:20 AM	#5
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Mar 22, 2007, 11:10 PM	#2
Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 0	Not only are there hotspots everywhere nowadays but I suspect mostly business people used such a feature, thus Vista Business... Honestly, never used it ever and I can't say I'm too bummed

Mar 22, 2007, 11:14 PM	Thread Starter #3
~~DudeBoyz~~ banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,677 Rep Power: 0	Users could buy normal laptops and be able to update their blogs or what not offline and then sync later. I was on a train a bit ago and people were doing just that. No hotspots on trains or planes, are there? Are there very many normal consumer laptops that come with Vista Business? It just BLOWS that Microsoft is jacking up the price by ripping features that were in XP Home and forcing folks to upgrade to their top tier of stuff.