VISTA is on its way!!

NathanE · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:44

ReadyBoost is only worthwhile if you're putting Vista on a oldish machine with less than 1.5GB of RAM.

On a modern machine, it's probably cheaper and more productive to just add more RAM. Vista on 4GB of RAM should be the target of every OCUK'er :~)

ReadyBoost basically will allocate a page file on the USB stick. Traditionally, a page file was severely limited by the seek time of the hard drive it was stored on. Because USB sticks are "flash" memory, they have an access time of pretty much zero milliseconds. This makes them perfect for storing some of the page file on. Vista contains some optimisations to allow to choose which pages of memory should be placed onto ReadyBoost'ed USB sticks - generally it tries to put frequently accessed pages onto them.

BTW don't worry if you accidently unplug the USB drive whilst Windows is running. It does not matter

The page file stored on the ReadyBoost'd drive is just a "ghost copy" of the "real" page file stored on the hard drive. So if Windows can't access the ReadyBoost drive it will fall back to the (albeit slower) hard drive copy of the page file.

OzyOly · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:45

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

Now I just want someone to upgrade windows 95 to vista in one go.

Luke284 · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:45

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

Burnsy

so when i install vista on a blank hdd ill have to insert my xp disk then my 98se disk to install it. sounds like a lot of effort.

OzyOly · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:47

Luke284 said:
so when i install vista on a blank hdd ill have to insert my xp disk then my 98se disk to install it. sounds like a lot of effort.

I though you would have to install 98se then upgrade to vista; or install 98se, upgrade to xp, upgrade to vista.

spinna · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:48

OzyOly said:
I though you would have to install 98se then upgrade to vista; or install 98se, upgrade to xp, upgrade to vista.

no it just asks you for the disk to confirm you have it

Luke284 · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:49

when you do an upgrade you dont have to install the previous version. You just have to shove a valid disk before installation and then swap back to the XP disk. unless of course you have already got a valid version of windows installed in which case it recognises that.

PhilthyPhil · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:51

Does the OEM version come with the fancy box like is pictured on the web site or will it just be the DVD and a few bits of paper like with XP?

NathanE · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:53

OEM copies of any software never come with a box. It will just be a CD, the license and maybe a thin manual. Oh and you'll be blinded by various hollograms all over the place.

uvarvu · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:53

Hi there

64bit XP OEM comes in a dvd box and has no hard documentation, vista will hopefully be the same.

Gibbo · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:54

Hi there

All products are now live!
Retail, Upgrades and OEM for Basic, Premium, Business and Ultimate.

Get your orders in guys as Microsoft are predicting selling 400 million copies in the first 24 months of release which means demand on release day will be huge.

At the moment I can get upto 1000pcs of each line so were OK for now but I can tell you for sure this product will sell quicker than any other product we have ever sold.

tomanders91 · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:58

Anyone think gaming might need 4gb in a year with vista?

dayloon · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:58

If I pre-order it now, will my card get charged now or when the product ships ?

NathanE · 2 Jan 2007 at 17:59

tomanders91 said:
Anyone think gaming might need 4gb in a year with vista?

Won't "need" it but I'd recommend it. 2GB should be a minimum for any serious Vista system.

NathanE · 2 Jan 2007 at 18:00

dayloon said:
If I pre-order it now, will my card get charged now or when the product ships ?

Gets charged immediately IIRC.

OzyOly · 2 Jan 2007 at 18:00

dayloon said:
If I pre-order it now, will my card get charged now or when the product ships ?

Interesting question. I would also like to know.

Gibbo · 2 Jan 2007 at 18:01

dayloon said:
If I pre-order it now, will my card get charged now or when the product ships ?

Hi there

We charge immediately.

No point in not charging then to find in 3 weeks time we come to charge and you no longer have funds.

Ronaldo · 2 Jan 2007 at 18:02

2Gb ram is enough. Steam works well on Vista.

1 thing i like about Vista is that it feels a lot more stable then XP. Just need Nvidia drivers.

MSDAA will get Business far as i know which is 2nd best to Ultimate.

OzyOly · 2 Jan 2007 at 18:02

Gibbo said:
Hi there

We charge immediately.

No point in not charging then to find in 3 weeks time we come to charge and you no longer have funds.

I suppose that is fair. It means I will have to wait untill the end of the month then. I need to pay off my credit card before I can use it again. Lol.

Posty · 2 Jan 2007 at 18:04

tomanders91 said:
Anyone think gaming might need 4gb in a year with vista?

it totally depends on what settings/resolution and what FPS you want when you game, if you play at 1600x1200 and higher with all details on highest etc. then yes you will probably need 4gb for the new games out by next year

MarcLister · 2 Jan 2007 at 18:09

So I can get Vista Home Premium x64 OEM for £78.71?! :eek:

What is the catch? I have to buy some hardware? :confused: