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Posted: **Sat Dec 25, 2010 1:07 pm**

I was about to purchase a 510 via Lenovo when I noted you could add Windows "ultimate" for $70 extra. What would "ultimate" do for me that "professional" wouldn't?

Posted: **Sat Dec 25, 2010 1:14 pm**

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/wind ... ts/compare

Posted: **Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:39 pm**

Wow: Microsoft charges just $20 more for Ultimate? I paid Lenovo an extra $70 to order Ultimate 64 on my wife's X201. And yes, that's $70 more than Professional 64.

Posted: **Mon Jan 17, 2011 1:05 am**

Daniel Davis wrote:What would "ultimate" do for me that "professional" wouldn't?

It would take approximately five years off Microsoft's support. Ultimate is a consumer product, it will be supported until Jan. 13th, 2015. Windows 7 Professional is a business product and will be supported until Jan. 14th, 2020.

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