VISTA is on its way!!

i'll be getting business, dont even like using media centre. i peronally think media player 11 is better.


but our admin is lazy LOL he will put it on accounts when it suits him :D
 
Sorry if this has been asked before on a previous page,

Why does Gibbo say "The Upgrade versions are not advisable"?

I have my eye on this one:-

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-Bit & 64-Bit Upgrade Edition DVD - Retail - £146.86

Why should I justify an extra £71 to do an install from scratch? What are the advantages, disadvantages?

Cheers!
 
I'm no Vista expert and haven't read 10 pages, but I would imagine you'd have to install xp everytime you want to do a clean install of vista..
 
Firegod said:
Sorry if this has been asked before on a previous page,

Why does Gibbo say "The Upgrade versions are not advisable"?

I have my eye on this one:-

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-Bit & 64-Bit Upgrade Edition DVD - Retail - £146.86

Why should I justify an extra £71 to do an install from scratch? What are the advantages, disadvantages?

Cheers!
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You can still do an install from scratch. All you need to do is to use the upgrade dvd to format your drive and it will promt you for your XP disc latter on in the installation.
 
OzyOly said:
You can still do an install from scratch. All you need to do is to use the upgrade dvd to format your drive and it will promt you for your XP disc latter on in the installation.
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Not as far as I know, in the RTM version, it only allows an upgrade if you start the setup in XP.
 
So basically I'd have to install XP, then install Vista every time I had to do a fresh install. Hmmm slightly annoying, but would I rather do this everytime and save £71. I think so. ;)

Thanks for the replies. No other reasons then?
 
No.

You can do a fresh install with the 'upgrade' disc, you dont need to isntall it by upgrading XP jsut because its an 'upgrade' product. You simply need to show it eligibility. You can fresh insteal, from scratch, using the upgrade product and giving it an XP disc during setup to verify your eligibility to have vista.
 
you wont have to install XP first, you will just have to put the XP disk in during installation of vista.

I do exactly the same with my XP upgrade. I put the XP disk in the drive and boot off it. then I asks for me to put in my 98se disk before it will continue.
 
Luke284 said:
you wont have to install XP first, you will just have to put the XP disk in during installation of vista.

I do exactly the same with my XP upgrade. I put the XP disk in the drive and boot off it. then I asks for me to put in my 98se disk before it will continue.
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Are you realy sure on this, in my tests you only get the upgrade if you run the vista install from within XP
 
lordedmond said:
Are you realy sure on this, in my tests you only get the upgrade if you run the vista install from within XP
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what tests have you been doing? surly not with vista as there has not been any retail upgrade versions out. I know that if you put a retail or MSDN disk in while in XP you can do an upgrade that way but this retail upgrade is different. well, it is if they do it the same way they do for XP.
 
JaseUK said:
Can you upgrade XP Pro OEM to Vista or does the XP have to be full retail too.
:confused:
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That is the burning question. Whether, 1) is will work with OEM, 2) Will it require an OEM product code that is not valid after hardware changes.
 
I see the Vista OEM OS's are on pre-order for 12th Jan and all retail/upgrades Vista OS's are end of Jan.
Is this correct or is it an error.
If its true then why are the dates different
 
JaseUK said:
I see the Vista OEM OS's are on pre-order for 12th Jan and all retail/upgrades Vista OS's are end of Jan.
Is this correct or is it an error.
If its true then why are the dates different
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Correct.
 
JaseUK said:
I see the Vista OEM OS's are on pre-order for 12th Jan and all retail/upgrades Vista OS's are end of Jan.
Is this correct or is it an error.
If its true then why are the dates different
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They are correct, see here.
 
I would imagine the Upgrade and Retail DVD will actually be the same, the difference is the license - not the actual product. And If you put in a product key for the upgrade license version, it'll also ask you for a product key for something which is eligible for the upgrade when you come to activate it.

this is pure guesswork - am I right?
 
Rebelius said:
I would imagine the Upgrade and Retail DVD will actually be the same, the difference is the license - not the actual product. And If you put in a product key for the upgrade license version, it'll also ask you for a product key for something which is eligible for the upgrade when you come to activate it.

this is pure guesswork - am I right?
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Nobody knows if you are right. Other people have said in previous upgrades you didn't need a product key.

Now with the OEM the product key can easilly become invalid so if you do upgrade and you put in an OEM XP disc during the upgrade with a product key that will not activate XP, will vista be activated or not. Does vista Upgrade require XP to be activated when installing from scratch?

Nobody knows.
 
just ordered mine.
Does that mean deliveries for oem copies will start being received on the 12th, or the following week?
 
OzyOly said:
That is the burning question. Whether, 1) is will work with OEM, 2) Will it require an OEM product code that is not valid after hardware changes.
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Yes you can upgrade an OEM copy, that's definate. Will it require a validated product key to install? I highly doubt that, but it's possible.

Burnsy
 
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