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11-29-2008, 10:10 PM
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Xp to vista
Hey everyone I am planning on making the jump to vista besides all the bad rap sometimes it gets I want to use my 4gb's of ram and DX10
I was planning on going with the home premium version 64 bit but I've herd OEM is much cheaper I was worried of doing this because I would have no support with it if something happens since its not the retail version Any suggestions on personal experience that can help me out.. thanks |
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11-30-2008, 05:16 AM
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Ride 'em Cowboy
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You can get all the support you need here
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11-30-2008, 08:57 AM
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I bet you would get better support here then with MS them selfs. This forums RULES and like EzyStvy said you have come too the right place.
I would be interested in hearing your results when you change from XP to Vista my self. |
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11-30-2008, 10:13 AM
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Save some money and go OEM. Support is very cost efficient here.
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11-30-2008, 06:52 PM
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Thanks guys so something like this would be fine
http://www.compusa.com/applications/...0a3c082c8337zz And I here how people can boot up in xp or vista but once I get this to I just insert the disk and go from there |
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11-30-2008, 07:15 PM
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A little more money and you can get ultimate. Stick with Newegg. If something happens they have a very good return record. And yes 32 bit Vista will read $gs of ram.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116213 Chris L. |
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12-01-2008, 09:05 AM
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I personally don't think ultimate is not worth it, and stuck with Home Premium.
As for dual booting, there are several guides available.
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12-01-2008, 02:36 PM
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What? MS offers support? I agree with everyone else, PC Mech is all the support a person needs.
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12-02-2008, 02:42 PM
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12-07-2008, 10:27 AM
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So can one say go from XP Pro to Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit OEM? without having to do a clean install?? I would like to simply upgrade the operating system and keep all my old files.
The reason is to use the pc as a media center using a media extender at the tv, can this be done? This is a link to the OS I am looking at. Please forgive me if this needs a seperate thread as I felt it was a follow on question to the original. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116488
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12-07-2008, 10:40 AM
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That's a good os you picked there.
But I think in order to do that upgrade, you will have o do a clean install. |
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