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| 650574 | 2008-03-18 20:14:00 | After a number of niggling problems I am working up to replacing HDD. I am also looking at getting Vista. Which version - and what are the differences? What won't I be able to do that I can now do (currently have XP Pro)? As always, TIA. :) |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 650575 | 2008-03-18 20:31:00 | And I forgot to add: What restrictions is there with an 'OEM' version? | R.M. (561) | ||
| 650576 | 2008-03-18 21:02:00 | No restrictions with OEM - you just have to buy it with a piece of hardware that is vital for a PC to run - eg a HDD. I'd go for Home Premium if you want to go with Vista. Has all the eye candy (the only really good thing about Vista!) :p And Media Centre, if you want to use that. There shouldn't be anything you can't do with Vista that you could do with XP - except perhaps run some older programs, but there are very few problems I've found. Why do you want to 'upgrade'? XP is still very good (if not better/more solid) :D Also, what hardware has your PC got? Your gonna want a minimum of 2GB of RAM, a half decent graphics card and a good dual-core CPU for Vista to run well (be pleasant to use). |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 650577 | 2008-03-18 23:55:00 | Yes - thought about your reply. I'm happy with XP Pro, and I have a scanner that was enough trouble to get going (and it does all I need) with XP. | R.M. (561) | ||
| 650578 | 2008-03-19 00:03:00 | If you had trouble with it in XP - good luck getting it going in Vista! :p Have you run diagnostics over the HDD and RAM, to make sure that they are all ok? It's good to make sure everything is kosher before doing an upgrade. :) Download The Ultimate Boot CD (www.ultimatebootcd.com) (if you haven't already got it). It's a tool that I use many times a day, you should never be without it. ;) Download an .iso, a good one is the first one from the Computer Center/University of Crete, scroll down on that page and you'll find it. Then use Imgburn (www.imgburn.com) to burn it to a blank CD. Boot off the CD, and you'll be given a bunch of options. Find out the manufacturer of your HDD, and do a full diagnostic. Under mainboard tools, do a memory test, Memtest+ is the one to go with there. Any more questions post back....ask and you will receive. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 650579 | 2008-03-19 00:20:00 | Thanks for that - I appreciate! I'm a little nervous about all of this, although I watched my big son do it (a couple of years ago - and I've forgotten the detail...) - reformat the HDD, that is. :( | R.M. (561) | ||
| 650580 | 2008-03-19 00:45:00 | Personally, unless you have a compelling requirement for it, I'd still not advise anyone to acquire Vista in any shape or form. It's essentially still the same kak OS it was when it was released and even with SP1 (once it's released), it's basic drawbacks will not change for the better. | Murray P (44) | ||
| 650581 | 2008-03-19 01:22:00 | Personally, unless you have a compelling requirement for it, I'd still not advise anyone to acquire Vista in any shape or form. It's essentially still the same kak OS it was when it was released and even with SP1 (once it's released), it's basic drawbacks will not change for the better. I'm listening!:thanks |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 650582 | 2008-03-19 01:50:00 | I'm listening!:thanks What are your requirements, do you really need *Vista? What are your system specs (I wouldn't even think about Vista without at least 2GB of ram and a reasonable video card) * Of course this is a trick question. Some people want Vista, but no one really needs Vista, not even the software developers, not a single one. It's a poorly though out marketing exercise that has and is costing MS dearly and, that cost is for good reason despite what some of the evangelists will claim. The reason(s)? As per above, it has no real place in the market. It performs relatively poorly in most tasks when compared to it's predecessor, but even then it requires more hardware grunt to achieve what it does. And continuing that theme, Vista promised so much more before they started dropping the new and potentially innovative features; once the nip and tuck was complete it's XP with a bit of bling and a lot of cludge, if you have XP, or even win 2000, why change (to) the (new) label and pay good money for the privilege and reward marketing. If you really hanker after the added security (most people turn off the more annoying security "features" in Vista anyway), get Linux, Mac OS or some other variant of Nix. I can extend and expand on that, but that should be sufficient. Let's see how they do on their next version of Windows, like win 2000 and XP that came after WinME, the next version must be better than Vista (surely). |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 650583 | 2008-03-19 01:50:00 | How about getting something altogether different, like Linux Mint? It will have less problems than Vista with your current hardware, runs a lot of Windows software through a layer called Wine, doesn't need endless attention to antivirus/firewalls/malware/spyware stuff, and is really fun to use. If you have a 3D graphics card you can enable gorgeous window effects called Compiz Fusion, that leave Vista for dead. Just my 2c.:banana |
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