Which vista edition?

It has a celeron M CPU @ 1.46ghz, 1,5GB RAM and I might get a 120GB hard drive or a 160GB hard drive. It can run windows 7 build 6956 very well so it can run vista. I have ran vista on this laptop and it's very fast.
 
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Samlaptop said:
It has a celeron M CPU @ 1.46ghz, 1,5GB RAM and I might get a 120GB hard drive or a 160GB hard drive. It can run windows 7 build 6956 very well so it can run vista. I have ran vista on this laptop and it's very fast. I will need one which I can connect to a network. Will vista business be a good edition for my laptop?
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As far as i know all edition can simply connect to a network.

As for what version well I'd personally go for HP. Vista basic/Home lacks to many basic features and Ultimate (for me) is overkill as a lot of the next functionality can be added via (mostly free) 3rd part apps.

Again, the above is just me, what will you be using the computer for mostly?

However, I'd say if you use the same computer for work and at home then I'd defo be safe and go for Ultimate.
 
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suarve said:
As far as i know all edition can simply connect to a network.

As for what version well I'd personally go for HP. Vista basic/Home lacks to many basic features and Ultimate (for me) is overkill as a lot of the next functionality can be added via (mostly free) 3rd part apps.

Again, the above is just me, what will you be using the computer for mostly?

However, I'd say if you use the same computer for work and at home then I'd defo be safe and go for Ultimate.
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I am 13 years old and I take my laptop to school. I don't connect it to the network.
 
Home Premium is the best one for you, and go for the Student edition because you qualify under licensing to purchase it and its cheaper. If its a fresh install you'll do, get the retail version, install from scratch and when it askes for the license number don't enter it, carry on with the install. This gives you the 120 day eval version. Then just do a re-install over the top and enter your license this qualifies as an upgrade and will allow yopu to activate 100%. I've done this twice myself on my daughters PC's and they are at Secondary and Uni, perfectly legit under MS rules.
 
I will just get the retail versoin because then during setup, I will be able to input my product key in and then when I'm online it will automatically activate!
 
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GodMac said:
Home Premium is the best one for you, and go for the Student edition because you qualify under licensing to purchase it and its cheaper. If its a fresh install you'll do, get the retail version, install from scratch and when it askes for the license number don't enter it, carry on with the install. This gives you the 120 day eval version. Then just do a re-install over the top and enter your license this qualifies as an upgrade and will allow yopu to activate 100%. I've done this twice myself on my daughters PC's and they are at Secondary and Uni, perfectly legit under MS rules.
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No this is not correct. There is no student version of MS OS's unless you count the Academic Alliance version that are available to university students. As for buying retail for a laptop, that is way too expensive and not necessary. You will hardly change the mobo on a laptop. OEM will meet your needs and just install it.
 
Home Premium is really the version to go for in almost 90% of Home Use situations.
Business users will tend to buy Business because of its Domain abilities.
It is extremely difficult to justify an Ultimate purchase.

I am a strong advocate of the Retail licenses because of their flexability.
However with a laptop the OEM option maybe best.
You won't be upgrading the motherboard in a laptop, so the license will always be valid.
The only advantage a Retail license would give you would be the ability to move the license to any other PC you own in the future - so long as it was removed from the laptop first.
 
Brian Stuart said:
No this is not correct. There is no student version of MS OS's unless you count the Academic Alliance version that are available to university students. As for buying retail for a laptop, that is way too expensive and not necessary. You will hardly change the mobo on a laptop. OEM will meet your needs and just install it.
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As I said, Student version, (Student = Academic) and it is a retail version and as quoted further you have greater flexibility for the future in case you decide to put it on a desktop at a later date. You can get the Academic version for a few quid more than the OEM.
 
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As I said, Student version, (Student = Academic) and it is a retail version and as quoted further you have greater flexibility for the future in case you decide to put it on a desktop at a later date. You can get the Academic version for a few quid more than the OEM.
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You must get it as a qualifying student however, not a school pupil. The OP is only 13 and as such does not qualify for the AA version.
 
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