Upgrade an Alienware upgrade copy of vista

[Paws]

Hi all, I purchased an Alienware that shipped with XP Media Edition with a
coupon for the Vista Home Premium upgrade which I have installed once it came
out. Now I would like to upgrade to Ultimate. I see 3 ways to go.
1) purchase a license and have a anytime upgrade disc sent out at 159.00
2) purchase a upgrade ultimate disc at 259.00
3) purchase the retail disc
Has anyone done this upgrade after installing a manufacturers OEM upgrade
and which one of the 3 ways would be the correct one.
Thanks

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Number would be your choice, and yes you can upgrade from Vista Home Premium
(OEM) to Ultimate and it will preserve your personal files and settings.

 

[Lee]

You wont need the ultimate unless your doing alot of office work I would
imagine. Besides that I will never buy another comp from Alienware, if you
have had good luck then great but my 2500k Alienware sucks and is slow as
crap.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Hey, its the users decision to go Ultimate, not mine and Vista Ultimate is
more of a multimedia OS than a Business OS such as the Vista Business SKU.
Vista Ultimate combines the best of both Vista Home Premium and Enterprise
for persons working in modes (work/home).

 

[Paws]

NOw now guys, I only want it for dream scenes. Someone had a patch that
would give any version this feature, but microsoft put the brakes on that
real fast. Anyway Andre your 1st post left out the (#) of the version you
said I should choose, I am assuming you chose #1. So far so good with this
alienware it is number 2 and the 1st was no bargain. Thanks for your input

 

[DP]

In case he's not around to answer for himself, I think Andre was saying that
the number you choose is up to you.
He wasn't trying to tell you that a specific option number was the way you
should go. He said, "Number would be your choice."

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

I meant Number 1 - Vista Ultimate would be your choice (Anytime Upgrade)
sorry.