In one paragraph...i took the chance and took a day out my life to upgrade with the Vista Basic OEM software and it worked, well. My integrated sound card worked straight away and this was probably due to being connected to the internet whilst loading Vista. I did delete a few programs on my now old XP running PC, but left Broadband and every other vital program intact. I had to reinstall Office 2007 and my printer etc. My video card is older and doesn't work with my new Vista DVD media Movie Maker nor 'some of the non essential DVD features' of my seperate new Roxio burn suite software 2009, really only the DVD player side, but other than that Vista has given my 2006 PC no problems. I had to download a Roxio driver for £9.99 for my Vista ... Read More:
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Finally there is one legal way to get MS Windows for more or less normal price. If I've already bought a Mac and want to install Windows, there is no way to get OEM version (which is still more expensive than Mac OS X retail version), and I have to pay £200+ for Windows XP or more than £350 for Windows Vista Ultimate. So finally now I have opportunity to get "genuine" 5 years old version of Windows XP for the price I can afford to pay. Thank you Microsoft! (It would be better to offer Vista as well, but I doubt that I'd buy it, given how many troubles people have with it).
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Finally there is one legal way to get MS Windows for more or less normal price. If I've already bought a Mac and want to install Windows, there is no way to get OEM version (which is still more expensive than Mac OS X retail version), and I have to pay £200+ for Windows XP or more than £350 for Windows Vista Ultimate. So finally now I have opportunity to get "genuine" 5 years old version of Windows XP for the price I can afford to pay. Thank you Microsoft! (It would be better to offer Vista as well, but I doubt that I'd buy it, given how many troubles people have with it).
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Finally there is one legal way to get MS Windows for more or less normal price. If I've already bought a Mac and want to install Windows, there is no way to get OEM version (which is still more expensive than Mac OS X retail version), and I have to pay £200+ for Windows XP or more than £350 for Windows Vista Ultimate. So finally now I have opportunity to get "genuine" 5 years old version of Windows XP for the price I can afford to pay. Thank you Microsoft! (It would be better to offer Vista as well, but I doubt that I'd buy it, given how many troubles people have with it).
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There are four versions of Widows Vista available to the public:
* Home Basic
* Home Premium
* Business
* Ultimate
Each version offers a different set of options with ultimate offering all options and a little bit more.
This edition is Home Basic which is the most basic of the product suite; the nice new Aero interface is not available. This would make a good choice if your computer is not up to the requirements standard for the other editions but you wanted to get the latest security enhancements. It provides all your basic home computing needs if you only need to use your home pc for tasks like browsing the internet, word processing, using e-mail and viewing pictures then this could be the right version. The enhanced ... Read More:
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There are four versions of Widows Vista available to the public:
* Home Basic
* Home Premium
* Business
* Ultimate
Each version offers a different set of options with ultimate offering all options and a little bit more.
This edition is Home Basic which is the most basic of the product suite; the nice new Aero interface is not available. This would make a good choice if your computer is not up to the requirements standard for the other editions but you wanted to get the latest security enhancements. It provides all your basic home computing needs if you only need to use your home pc for tasks like browsing the internet, word processing, using e-mail and viewing pictures then this could be the right version. The enhanced ... Read More:
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There are four versions of Widows Vista available to the public:
* Home Basic
* Home Premium
* Business
* Ultimate
Each version offers a different set of options with ultimate offering all options and a little bit more.
This edition is Home Basic which is the most basic of the product suite; the nice new Aero interface is not available. This would make a good choice if your computer is not up to the requirements standard for the other editions but you wanted to get the latest security enhancements. It provides all your basic home computing needs if you only need to use your home pc for tasks like browsing the internet, word processing, using e-mail and viewing pictures then this could be the right version. The enhanced ... Read More:
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There are four versions of Widows Vista available to the public:
* Home Basic
* Home Premium
* Business
* Ultimate
Each version offers a different set of options with ultimate offering all options and a little bit more.
This edition is Home Basic which is the most basic of the product suite; the nice new Aero interface is not available. This would make a good choice if your computer is not up to the requirements standard for the other editions but you wanted to get the latest security enhancements. It provides all your basic home computing needs if you only need to use your home pc for tasks like browsing the internet, word processing, using e-mail and viewing pictures then this could be the right version. The enhanced ... Read More:
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I bought a new laptop and got Vista Business pre-installed.
It's not OK. Really I think I'd rather have XP. Mostly Vista is just XP but dresses like a tart.
Performance somewhere between OK an sluggish. Which is pretty much how I felt about XP. Vista is a great consumer of resources for little in the way of noticeable benefit. The interface is pretty - but basically the MS desktop reached the height of usability with 95.
Internet Explorer 7 with dynamic security protection, which is immensely irritating, hard to configure and still not a match for FireFox.
Networking: MS Windows 2000 made everything clear, XP made setting up network options more obscure by adding idiot tools (Wizards). Vista has taken catering ... Read More:
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I bought a new laptop and got Vista Business pre-installed.
It's not OK. Really I think I'd rather have XP. Mostly Vista is just XP but dresses like a tart.
Performance somewhere between OK an sluggish. Which is pretty much how I felt about XP. Vista is a great consumer of resources for little in the way of noticeable benefit. The interface is pretty - but basically the MS desktop reached the height of usability with 95.
Internet Explorer 7 with dynamic security protection, which is immensely irritating, hard to configure and still not a match for FireFox.
Networking: MS Windows 2000 made everything clear, XP made setting up network options more obscure by adding idiot tools (Wizards). Vista has taken catering ... Read More:
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