All ready for my upgrade and....

[Cold Fusion]

... i've miss placed my copy of XP Il have to search my flat again but if i cant find it im really stuck. I may well plumb for Vista if i have to and get a retail copy of Basic.

Can anyone tell if basic actually comes with DirectX 10? I dont really need all the periferal bumpf that comes with Vista Premium.

Could someone tell me if the Basic version eats as much memory as the Premium Version.

Hopefully i will locate my windows XP disk and avoid the expense.

 

[Cold Fusion]

COA?

I think the Product Key was on the disk case which i cant find so thats a no go. If the office has one i maybe able to use that. but they are dell machines and im not sure they come with proper disks. If i cant find the disk im pretty sunk

 

[Cold Fusion]

Yes next time il superglue it to the case. Surely someone here has basic and can tell me if it uses directX 10 ?

If i get the upgrade version, does that give me the same usage as retail ? i.e. can i use it after upgrading a motherboard etc...