Windows Vista Ultimate

A quick look: Windows Vista Ultimate is the highest version of Microsoft's Vista operating system.

Vista^® Ultimate Edition is the most full-featured edition of Vista, containing the networking and data security features of Business, as well as the digital entertainment features of Home Premium. Vista offers an elegant new visual interface, more powerful searching capabilities, and enhanced mobility features for working on the go.

• The Vista Experience
  Vista Ultimate includes the Aero^® interface, with elegant features like transparent windows and Flip 3D navigation, which scrolls between thumbnails of open programs. You can organize, edit, and share your photos with the Windows Photo Gallery. Vista Ultimate contains special security features like BitLocker encryption to better protect against data loss or theft, and Windows Defender to keep your system spyware-free.
   
• Digital Entertainment
  Windows Media Center can be connected with other devices on your home network, like an Xbox 360, to enjoy entertainment on other devices than your PC. DVD Maker 3 lets you burn slideshows and videos to a DVD, and Vista Ultimate's HotStart feature even offers CD and DVD playback without waiting for Windows to boot up.
   
• Mobility features
  Vista Ultimate is enhanced with the Windows Mobility Center and Tablet technology, making it the best version for notebooks and laptops. You can download network files and folders, work on them offline, and then efficiently synchronize the files when you reconnect to the server. Windows Meeting Space lets you collaborate and share documents wirelessly.