future launch of windows windows vista

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would very much appreciate some advice guys, only got my pc feb. and very new
to this world of pc-ing and still finding my feet everyone on these news
groups seems so knowledgable, so my enquiry may seem so trivial so here goes.
I have windows XP and if i wanted to upgrade to windows vista What would be
the procedure? Would i have to purchase the new software i assume!! then
uninstall XP and reload Vista, obviously i would have to recustomize
everything again, and would it be worth my while anyway??? So sorry to be so
untechnical in my question but hope to be up to speed in the future. your
help would be so very much appreciated

Yours in appreciation eliza
 
eliza said:
would very much appreciate some advice guys, only got my pc feb. and
very new to this world of pc-ing and still finding my feet everyone on
these news groups seems so knowledgable, so my enquiry may seem so
trivial so here goes.
I have windows XP and if i wanted to upgrade to windows vista What
would be
the procedure? Would i have to purchase the new software i assume!!
then uninstall XP and reload Vista, obviously i would have to
recustomize everything again, and would it be worth my while anyway???
So sorry to be so untechnical in my question but hope to be up to
speed in the future. your help would be so very much appreciated
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Hi, Eliza. Your question isn't trivial at all and it is far better to
ask than to just wonder!

There are quite a few newsgroups for Vista. I suggest you read through
some of the posts in the groups that interest you and you'll get a good
idea of what will be required, problems encountered, etc. Remember that
Vista is still very much beta, which means it is not finished and still
very buggy.

Vista newsgroups:

microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_account
microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup
microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan
microsoft.public.windows.vista.security

Malke
 
Many thanks Malke for your speedy response to my trivial question will follow
your advice and a big Scottish Bearskin hug from me to you

From eliza
 
eliza said:
would very much appreciate some advice guys, only got my pc feb.
and very new to this world of pc-ing and still finding my feet
everyone on these news groups seems so knowledgable, so my enquiry
may seem so trivial so here goes. I have windows XP and if i wanted
to upgrade to windows vista What would be the procedure? Would i
have to purchase the new software i assume!! then uninstall XP and
reload Vista, obviously i would have to recustomize everything
again, and would it be worth my while anyway??? So sorry to be so
untechnical in my question but hope to be up to speed in the
future. your help would be so very much appreciated

Yours in appreciation eliza
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Vista is not in full release, yet.. but the procedure should end up being
the same as past OSes..

You purchase the new operating system (once it is released officially) and
you upgrade your current system or perform a clean installation (your
preference in most cases - assuming you bought the proper version/type of
new OS to do so - as OEM copies of OSes cannot currently upgrade, only
perform clean installs) and continue using your computer as normal. You may
not necessarily have to uninstall anything at all.

Like previous operating systems before it - the minimal requirements to run
it and the realistic requirements to run it well are a world apart - and you
may want to consider a complete purchase of a new system for yor new
operating system. In my opinion, computer hardware has a realistic life of
3 to 6 years - although it may function for general needs far beyond that
and be sufficient for an individual forever - dependent on their personal
needs. Once it reaches beyond that frame of time, however - using it for
current revisions of software packages (whether it be for the operating
system or software that runs on top of the operating system) becomes
increasingly costly - in that you need to upgrade some hardware components,
replace others entirely - etc. At a certain point - the amount you spent on
all of that change would have equaled simply buying a new system and getting
the warranty and support with that system.

As for it being "worth your while" <- the only true judge of that is
yourself. If you read/research about Vista and determine it has things you
would utilize - then it may well be worth your while.. If you read/research
about Vista and find it to be more glitz than substance - it may not be
worth your while.
 
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