Upgrade ? OEM ? Vista ... Pls help :(

[Guest]

Hi all ~!

I can upgrade to Vista and I would need some help abt the versions [Vista] .

Comp description :
_________________

Brand/Model : HP Pavilion 061 ED811AA-AB4 a1170d
Type Desktop
System Board MSI Gypsum 3.15
Brand/Model Intel Pentium 4
Nominal Clock Speed 3060 MHz
Measured Clock Speed 3067 MHz
External Clock Speed 133 MHz
RAM installed 1024 MB
Windows XP Home SP2


Video :
Brand/Model RADEON X300 Series
Resolution 1280x1024 pixels
Colors 16 million


Monitors :
Monitor LG/GoldStar 101426
Max. Resolution (HxV) 1600 x 1200 pixels
Screen Size (HxV) 34 x 27 cm
Viewable Diagonal Size 17.09 inch

Disk details :

Description : Drive C
Partition format : NTFS
Cluster size : 4 KB
Drive label : HP_PAVILION
Size 71139 MB
Free space 63481 MB (89%)
Junk files 4 MB (0%)
Uncached speed 41 MB/s (100%)


So can this comp run Vista Utimate ?

Shld I buy the OEM , Upgrade , Retail ?

Pls suggest with a reason

Erm , I don't have a Windows XP Installation CD but a system recovery CDs
for this system does it matter ?

 

[Guest]

The OEM Version of Vista was designed by Microsoft for Licensed Builders and
OEMs.

The OEM Vista is -not- equivalent to Genuine Microsoft Windows Vista, very
similar, but far from equivalent.

Consider this scenario, if currently you are experiencing uncertainties
installing an OEM Vista, in the future who are you gonna call for tech
support later? All the participants within these Forums are volunteers, not
employees of Microsoft. Frequently junior high school students provide
responses to persons inquiring for assistance, and it’s possible for one
receiving a multitude of conflicting responses to the same Posted question.

Easily, the price for OEM software plus the financial expense for just one
or two tech support telephone calls (if possible) could easily far exceed the
price for initially purchasing Genuine Microsoft Software, which includes
free technical support.

Considering Windows Vista is so incredibly technically advanced, today, at
this writing, many individual IT Pros do not have a clue as for how to
resolve technical issues regarding Windows Vista.

It seems logical for believing when individual users install OEM Vista; the
secondary results would equal the proverbial Pandora’s Box containing
troubles and problems.
However, since OEM software is designed -only- for licensed builders and
OEMs, directly contacting the licensed builder and/or OEM where you purchased
your OEM, would be your best source for information for your question.

Should you telephone Microsoft Tech Support for assistance, the above is the
only response Microsoft provides to the OEM Vista user (as well as all
previous Versions of Microsoft Windows).

Trying to save a few dollars today might later prove a very financially
expensive and time consuming learned by hind sight experience.

Your machine and money, your decision for making.




--
Life is Wonderful while using Vista solo !

Posting & Painting
"Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and
exposing them to the critic."

(Ambrose Bierce)

Hi all ~!

I can upgrade to Vista and I would need some help abt the versions [Vista] .

Comp description :
_________________

Brand/Model : HP Pavilion 061 ED811AA-AB4 a1170d
Type Desktop
System Board MSI Gypsum 3.15
Brand/Model Intel Pentium 4
Nominal Clock Speed 3060 MHz
Measured Clock Speed 3067 MHz
External Clock Speed 133 MHz
RAM installed 1024 MB
Windows XP Home SP2


Video :
Brand/Model RADEON X300 Series
Resolution 1280x1024 pixels
Colors 16 million


Monitors :
Monitor LG/GoldStar 101426
Max. Resolution (HxV) 1600 x 1200 pixels
Screen Size (HxV) 34 x 27 cm
Viewable Diagonal Size 17.09 inch

Disk details :

Description : Drive C
Partition format : NTFS
Cluster size : 4 KB
Drive label : HP_PAVILION
Size 71139 MB
Free space 63481 MB (89%)
Junk files 4 MB (0%)
Uncached speed 41 MB/s (100%)


So can this comp run Vista Utimate ?

Shld I buy the OEM , Upgrade , Retail ?

Pls suggest with a reason

Erm , I don't have a Windows XP Installation CD but a system recovery CDs
for this system does it matter ?

 

[Max]

Wrong.
Again.

 

[Guest]

Can not imagine why a student repeatedly demonstrates such lack of
information regarding computing, specifically, regarding Genuine Microsoft
Vista?

Do you feel that need to obsess?


--
Life is Wonderful while using Vista solo !

Posting & Painting
"Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and
exposing them to the critic."

(Ambrose Bierce)

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Retail. Upgrade or Full depends on the version Windows installed and
whether you plan to reuse that copy in the future. Since you don't say how
you plan to use the computer it is not possible to recommend a version of
Vista except that personally I don't see any point in buying Home Basic.