   Vista and Longhorn...how to choose
  Hey I just downloaded the new Vista ISO and supposivly is containes the longhorn installation with it, however when I first put it in it asks to install Windows Vista, how do I choose which edition I want? Thanks.   
  I'm pretty sure Longhorn is Vista's code name, which is to say, they're the same thing. Unless I'm wrong. Which I might be.   ;Quote:Original post by smart_idiotI'm pretty sure Longhorn is Vista's code name, which is to say, they're the same thing. Unless I'm wrong. Which I might be.You are 100% correct. Microsoft code names all of their products. The next OS was codenamed longhorn. Its actual name is vista.   ;  And a bonus factoid for you - they're often named after places in the Redomnd area. The last few versions of Windows have been codenamed Whistler, Blackcomb and Longhorn after the Whistler and Blackcomb mountains at the eponymous ski resort a few hours away from Redmond and the Longhorn bar that sits in the village between the two.   