pe7e Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 I just took a look at the new 'Vista' OS, it looks good to me, on the new maps feature which is obviously based on Google Earth I was able to zoom in and actually see my car parked in my drive, amazing! it also shows the satelite image in use is at least 6 years old, the car was written off over 6 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unit731 Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 My friend (of course, not me) plans to get Vista Basic Upgrade and do a clean install on his older desktop. This will make the machine legit and be able to get all upgrades, etc. Price for the upgrade of Vista Basic is US $99.00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlton68 Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 unit, a) an upgrade will only work when started within the running OS, so he'll have to have his winXP, win98, win2k or WinNT running. If he's got a not so legal win XP running (failing WGA) then I strongly doubt the upgrade will start to install. the most 'copied' version of winXP is the pro version, which will not upgrade to vista home basic. tell your friend to do his homework. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 To my Knowledge Vista Upgrade can only be done with XP as OS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlton68 Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 We are both wrong, Vista can be upgraded from win XP and win2k. Not win98 or winNT. Even so, in some cases you can buy an upgrade but actually have to do a clean install. Check this Microsoft upgrade site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unit731 Posted January 31, 2007 Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 There are many Vista Forum sites. The jury is out as far as upgrading to Vista. But most say, yes, it can be done. All Vista looks for is any XP (or 2000). And yes, he has done his homework. www.vistababble.com is just one of many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianTroy Posted January 31, 2007 Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 One question, my PC in germany wasn't on for 4 months and when I turned it one it smoked up, lol! I bought a new one with AMD 2x 64bit processors. It would make sense for me to have Vista Ultimate 64 bit. Is there any way where I can BUY and download the upgrade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unit731 Posted January 31, 2007 Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 From CNET ZDNET website: January 17th, 2007 Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 9:04 pm Categories: Vista, Corporate strategy "If Microsoft made Vista available for legal retail download, would the masses come? Looks like we'll soon find out. The Redmond software vendor officially acknowledged on January 17 its plans to offer a Vista Family Pack. If you buy Vista Ultimate at retail, you will have the option of obtaining up to two copies of Vista Home Premium for $49.99 a piece. Microsoft also announced this evening official pricing for Vista upgrades if you purchase them via the Windows Anytime Upgrade program. Via Anytime Upgrade, a user may purchase a "key" that will allow him/her to unlock a more powerful version of Vista on the operating system DVD. But the Vista announcement Microsoft made tonight that intrigued me the most was its plan to make many of the Vista â?? and Office 2007 â?? SKUs available to consumers for download from the Microsoft Windows Marketplace Web site. The versions available for download are Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate. My question: Who will want to purchase Vista via download? Forget the whole issue of the dependability and speed of your broadband connection. Why wouldn't you just go buy a DVD copy, if you're not planning to do what most purchasers will and simply wait until you need a new Windows PC and purchase Vista preloaded? Yes, I realize some corporate customers prefer to obtain Vista via download, as do testers and developers with access to MSDN and Microsoft Connect. But I'm asking whether plain-old consumers and small-business users might be interested in doing the same." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted January 31, 2007 Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 CT, check with the manufacturer of the notebook. You will need SPECIFIC 64-bit drivers for your computer and any other hardware (webcam?) you use. I would wait until SP2 and let the masses debug VISTA first. :grin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianTroy Posted January 31, 2007 Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 Thanx Shygye, it is a desktop PC actually, I was running the upgrade advisor program and I seem to have no problem with drivers. Since it is a new machine they might have considered vista 64bit already! Not sure, However some programs are flagged. Maybe a good idea to wait for the service pack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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