This restricts which applications can run on a network, but as it will only run in conjunction with a server running Windows Server 2008 R2 it’s rather unlikely to find a use in the average home. This means that Ultimate includes quite a few features that are more appropriate to businesses than to enthusiasts. Windows 7 Ultimate is available for anyone to buy, whereas Windows 7 Enterprise is only available to business customers who have signed up to a qualifying Microsoft licensing scheme.
If you have two Windows 7 PCs in front of you, one running Ultimate and one running Enterprise, the only way you’ll be able to tell the difference is by launching the System screen, where it details which version you’re running. Except, not quite: because Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 7 Enterprise are essentially identical.
