Peter Barns said:Will Microsoft Media Centre be made available as a download? My new laptop
came with Windows Vista Home Basic which included Windows Media Player but
not Windows Media Centre.
Also, will it be possible to upgrade to Windows Home Premium at a later
date?
Peter
Andre Da Costa said:Windows Media Center is a feature specific to the consumer Vista Editions
such as Home Premium and Ultimate only. Microsoft has not made any
intention of making this feature available to other Vista SKUs.
You can upgrade to anytime to another Vista SKU from Home Basic using the
Anytime Upgrade feature available in Control Panel. You will be given a
license key so that you can use your current disk Home Basic to upgrade to
Home Premium or even Ultimate.
Resources:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/37070041-1b90-4433-be0c-ab2855841b981033.mspx
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/3af7e05f-4d2a-4af7-a168-9242f9093bb81033.mspx
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Peter Barns said:Unfortunately the Vista Home Premium Upgrade software is rather expensive
(150 pounds - half what I paid for the laptop!).
Michael Chare said:You shold be able to buy an OEM version of Vista Home Premium for about
£60.
What I am curious about is why you want Media Centre?
Peter Barns said:Where am I going to get an OEM version of Vista? The next model up from my
laptop does come with Vista Home Premium, but I don't think Acer sells it.
There is an upgrade option in the Windows Welcome window. The cost is £63-07Michael Chare said:http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Software/cat/System-Builder-Software-(OEM)
is just an example. Plenty of places sell it.
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