VISTA is on its way!!

eggcup · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:22

dirtydog said:
So you have to choose between the 32-bit or 64-bit versions? I thought they'd both be on the same disc :/

I thought this too, in fact i read it in micro mart the other day, whats the story Gibbo???

Lysander · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:23

PhilthyPhil said:
and remote desktop! I couldn't live without that, so I will be getting Ultimate Edition

What does it do? It doesn't seem to be part of XP Home, so maybe I don't need it, as I haven't noticed a hole that only it could fill

tomanders91 · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:24

Gibbo said:
Hi there

Games will work fine!
Firefox I am unsure but Firefox will no doubt release an updated version in time for Vista.

Thanks gibbo, may aswell wait till the 31st to order my new system with home premium. As long as games work on it ok.

Gibbo · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:24

eggcup said:
I thought this too, in fact i read it in micro mart the other day, whats the story Gibbo???

Hi there

Yes only with OEM version!!

With Retail which will be live very soon on our site when you do the installation you choose which version you install (32-bit or 64-bit).

dirtydog · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:25

tomanders91 said:
What will i need with an E6300, 64bit?

And also whats the difference between home basic and premium.

Home Basic doesn't have the Aero interface so most of us would want to avoid it I expect.

PhilthyPhil · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:25

Lysander said:
What does it do? It doesn't seem to be part of XP Home, so maybe I don't need it, as I haven't noticed a hole that only it could fill

It is for using your computer remotely over your network or the internet.

Scottland · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:27

eggcup said:
I thought this too, in fact i read it in micro mart the other day, whats the story Gibbo???

They're on separate discs for OEM, this is the case on MSDN also.

With retail, I think Gibbo has already said that both are included, but you're license will only work with one at a time for obvious reasons.

What isn't clear, that I can see. Is if you purchased Retail installed on a 32bit machine, then upgraded to x64 - if this is possible with the retail version.

eggcup · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:27

Gibbo said:
Hi there

Yes only with OEM version!!

With Retail which will be live very soon on our site when you do the installation you choose which version you install (32-bit or 64-bit).

Bum! i should read the whole thread before posting!!! sorry!

Gibbo · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:27

Hi there

Also all you guys wanting Vista, need one of these to boost its performance:-
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/search_results.php?sortby=&groupid=701&string=readyboost

Can't explain how they work but they give a nice performance boost to Vista.

Luke284 · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:29

At the moment i have an XP Pro student licence Upgrade. will i be able to use this when installing Vista Ultimate Upgrade?

thanks

eggcup · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:34

Gibbo said:
Hi there

Also all you guys wanting Vista, need one of these to boost its performance:-
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/search_results.php?sortby=&groupid=701&string=readyboost

Can't explain how they work but they give a nice performance boost to Vista.

Grrrr!!! Now i need more usb ports too on the rear of my rig!!!! dont want one of those sticking out the top of my case!!

Burnsy2023 · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:34

Luke284 said:
At the moment i have an XP Pro student licence Upgrade. will i be able to use this when installing Vista Ultimate Upgrade?

thanks

As long as the XP upgrade was used in conjunction with another qualifying product such as Windows 98 OEM or retail.

Burnsy

Burnsy2023 · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:37

Gibbo said:
Can't explain how they work but they give a nice performance boost to Vista.

Readyboost is basically a harddrive cache that can be addressed in a very short amount of time. They are used to get around the lag that harddrives have seeking to the correct sector and track of the disk. If your PC does a lot of intermittant pages to disk, for example if you don't have GBs and GBs of RAM, you'll see a noticable improvment.

Burnsy

Lysander · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:37

Hmmmm £220 for the retail version of Premium....

Just as well I just bought a new DS3 and won't be needing to upgrade for a while. Looks like OEM may be the way forward.

OzyOly · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:39

Well it's home premium retail for me then! I assume you acept mastercard?

Let's face it how many times are you going to change your operating system? With retail you only have to buy it once and it will last 5 years until the next windows comes out throught all your upgrades.

I will get home premium now for approx £200 or whatever the prices on OC will be and get Vista Ultimate for free for MSDNAA when I got to university in october. All good.

Burnsy2023 · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:41

OzyOly said:
Vista Ultimate for free for MSDNAA when I got to university in october. All good.

Don't bet that you'll get the ultimate edition from MSDNAA, it'll most likely be business edition or enterprise.

Burnsy

.:MBK:. · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:42

enterprise is the lot aint it though?

ok maybe not, i should read things before i post

spinna · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:42

burnsy2023 said:
As long as the XP upgrade was used in conjunction with another qualifying product such as Windows 98 OEM or retail.

Burnsy

ive got windows XP home edition upgrade version, so i can save myself some money and use this?

tomanders91 · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:43

So will things like Steam work on vista ok?

OzyOly · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:43

burnsy2023 said:
Don't bet that you'll get the ultimate edition from MSDNAA, it'll most likely be business edition or enterprise.

Burnsy

You're probably right. I'll use the enterprise on my laptop then and the home premium on my PC with 3 TV tuners.

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