business or ultimate

ozzyDe · 26 Oct 2008 at 23:13

Hi
Just a quick question I have vista64 business on my pc@ home is it worth getting the vista ultimate 64, I dont have any problems with vista business
runs new and old software with out a snitch.
But there is so much more with ultimate64 £135 or £130 on a new 22inch monitor, I am using a 19inch widescreen at the moe.
HELP

cheers
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Brian Stuart · 26 Oct 2008 at 23:18

No. Ultimate has nothing worth the premium you pay. Stick with Business 64

lokkers · 27 Oct 2008 at 06:51

The only tangible extra you'll get is Media Centre.

There is a product comparison on the MS site if you want to see the differences between the versions.

Participant · 27 Oct 2008 at 10:45

lokkers said:
The only tangible extra you'll get is Media Centre.

There is a product comparison on the MS site if you want to see the differences between the versions.

That's a pretty significant extra for a home user tbh. Despite the fact that I can no longer maximise or restore down whilst playing videos without it crashing (since upgrading to the latest nVidia drivers it seems).

Blackbadger · 27 Oct 2008 at 11:13

If its not broken, don't fix it.

Participant · 27 Oct 2008 at 11:46

Blackbadger said:
If its not broken, don't fix it.

Well if everyone adopted that philosophy we'd still be living in the stone age.

braveheart · 27 Oct 2008 at 12:11

if use Ultimate that can backward to Vista Basic or Home Pre or Business but only when detect any softwares you using -- when I open and loading very old games then it detected then back to Vista Basic itself to keep up and running - when exit it then back to Ultimate.. It work itself by Vista OS.

ozzyDe · 27 Oct 2008 at 12:42

I have no problems with games, as a matter of fact I have had no hastle with vista business at all I have been running VB's for months and its fast.
if i'm going to pay £150 for just a few extra's then they better be worth it.
I got a 19inch monitor should I get a 22inch and forget vista ultimate for now.

cheers
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danielanthony · 27 Oct 2008 at 12:48

The backup utility is also much more comprehensive in Ultimate. But not worth the extra £100 tho.

ozzyDe · 27 Oct 2008 at 14:11

Thanks all, I think I will stay with business and get a bigger monitor.
My pc is not being used as a business system it just happened to have a spaire
lisence and I did not have to pay for it so I put business on "it was free and legal"

cheers all for your advice
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lokkers · 27 Oct 2008 at 17:23

Robbie G said:
That's a pretty significant extra for a home user tbh. Despite the fact that I can no longer maximise or restore down whilst playing videos without it crashing (since upgrading to the latest nVidia drivers it seems).

Not if like me you don't use it ;-)

ozzyDe · 27 Oct 2008 at 20:22

Well I looked at the different stuff you get with each OS and there is nothing
That ultimate can offer me that I don’t already have via other programs.
so it sure as hell not worth the money just for a all in one media centre.
Don’t get me wrong if I did not have a OS then I would buy the ultimate version

cheers
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