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Don84
Googling for which Vista edition is most common with laptops seems
futile. Do you have any input to this?
tia.
futile. Do you have any input to this?
tia.
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Alias
Don84 said:Googling for which Vista edition is most common with laptops seems
futile. Do you have any input to this?
tia.
The most common versions that come with laptops are Home Premium and
Home Basic.
Alias
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Bill Yanaire
Alias said:The most common versions that come with laptops are Home Premium and
Home Basic.
Alias
At least they don't come with that SHITTY Ubuntu that most people don't want.
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Bill Daggett
Don84 said:Googling for which Vista edition is most common with laptops seems
futile. Do you have any input to this?
tia.
What are you really trying to find out? Which version to buy with
your laptop? WHAT?
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Don84
I would think it is Home Premium. At least that is my (non scientific)
observation.
So, it looks like Home Premium (32bit) probably takes a big laptop
market. What's on the shelves now for laptops also seem to be Vista
Home Premium (32bit). And wikipedia has this to say as well, "Windows
Vista Home Premium covers the majority of the consumer market, "
Now, of Home Premium, one is just plain Home Premium and the other is
Home Premium SP1, of these two,
which one is bigger? And a quick search didn't tell me if SP1 is
freely available, like SP3 for XP.
Thanks guys.
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Bill Yanaire
Bill said:What are you really trying to find out? Which version to buy with
your laptop? WHAT?
I think it's obvious what he is trying to find out. He wants to know which Vista edition is
most common with laptops?
Get it now?
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Ian D
Don84 said:Googling for which Vista edition is most common with laptops seems
futile. Do you have any input to this?
tia.
Base it on the laptop specs. Laptops with 3GB or less of
RAM will most likely have 32 bit Home Premium. With
4GB or more of RAM it will likely be 64 bit Home Premium,
and top end laptops will probably have 64 bit Ultimate.
Business level laptops are usually all 64 bit now, with
Vista Business, or Ultimate.
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Don84
Base it on the laptop specs. Laptops with 3GB or less of
RAM will most likely have 32 bit Home Premium. With
4GB or more of RAM it will likely be 64 bit Home Premium,
and top end laptops will probably have 64 bit Ultimate.
Business level laptops are usually all 64 bit now, with
Vista Business, or Ultimate.
Thank you for your input. My primary target customers would be
consumers.
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Bruce Chambers
Don84 said:Googling for which Vista edition is most common with laptops seems
futile. Do you have any input to this?
tia.
Each individual purchaser should be buying the edition of the OS that
most closely matches his/her computing needs, after carefully comparing
the feature sets of the various editions. One shouldn't base a purely
technical decision on some sort of popularity poll.
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Bruce Chambers
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Bruce Chambers
Don84 said:My primary target customers would be
consumers.
Then why not ask them what *they* want?
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Bruce Chambers
Help us help you:
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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell
The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot
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Alias
Bill said:At least they don't come with that SHITTY Ubuntu that most people don't
want.
No, that takes being intelligent enough to wipe a hard disk and install
Ubuntu, something you're incapable of doing which is why you lie about
Ubuntu so much.
Alias
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Bill Daggett
Don84 said:So, it looks like Home Premium (32bit) probably takes a big laptop
market. What's on the shelves now for laptops also seem to be Vista
Home Premium (32bit). And wikipedia has this to say as well, "Windows
Vista Home Premium covers the majority of the consumer market, "
Now, of Home Premium, one is just plain Home Premium and the other is
Home Premium SP1, of these two,
which one is bigger? And a quick search didn't tell me if SP1 is
freely available, like SP3 for XP.
You really are clueless, aren't you. I hope others aren't depending
on your computer knowledge.
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Colin Barnhorst
Don84 said:Googling for which Vista edition is most common with laptops seems
futile. Do you have any input to this?
tia.
In the consumer market, Home Premium. In the business market, Business. If
you are buying a consumer laptop then Home Premium or Ultimate are your
choices. Home Premium seems sufficient to me.
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gareth erskine-jones
Now, of Home Premium, one is just plain Home Premium and the other is
Home Premium SP1, of these two,
which one is bigger? And a quick search didn't tell me if SP1 is
freely available, like SP3 for XP.
What did you google??
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=vista+service+pack+1
GSEJ
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Don84
Did you try what you recommended? I don't think that answers the
question.
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gareth erskine-jones
Did you try what you recommended? I don't think that answers the
question.
I thought he was asking whether vista service pack 1 was freely
available - which it clearly is.
GSEJ
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Canuck57
Bill Yanaire said:At least they don't come with that SHITTY Ubuntu that most people don't
want.
It is almost to a point where M$ is going to have to pay the vendors to load
MS Windows to keep their market share, which is erroding. More people are
buying Macs and many on a tighter budget are loading Linux.
You should see the dust on boxed Vista editions at Best Buy. Clearly they
don't move.
And at this juncture, clearly most businesses bypassed Vista altogether and
kept XPee. Good move, think how much those businesses saved!
Maybe more will try a Linux with Open Office and ramp up those savings. The
Microsoft treadmill is to get people to pay more than they should. I bet a
few got sucked into:
Buy a system with Vista, stuff broke.
Buy XP and run it, for the second sting from Microsoft.
But then you discovered you needed XP 64 bit for the memory, so a third
copy.
Now you want to do Win 7, but need to cough up more cash for a fourth copy.
Then there is Office, Project etc.
Why not skip the whole BS and just load Linux 64 bit, save your money and
call it a day and no charge. One install loads all of Office, no extra
putzing included. No pesky licensing either.
XP is likely the last MS OS I use for home.
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Bill Yanaire
Canuck57 said:It is almost to a point where M$ is going to have to pay the vendors to load
MS Windows to keep their market share, which is erroding. More people are
buying Macs and many on a tighter budget are loading Linux.
Maybe some IT people are loading Linux, but the person who buys at the big box stores don't
know about Linux and if they did, they would stay far far away from it.
You should see the dust on boxed Vista editions at Best Buy. Clearly they
don't move.
You must have your eyes wired shut. They do move.
And at this juncture, clearly most businesses bypassed Vista altogether and
kept XPee. Good move, think how much those businesses saved!
A business doesn't need to upgrade just to upgrade.
Maybe more will try a Linux with Open Office and ramp up those savings. The
Microsoft treadmill is to get people to pay more than they should. I bet a
few got sucked into:
Once people try Linux and figure out how crappy it is, they are happy to pay for quality
Microsoft software.
Buy a system with Vista, stuff broke.
Windows 7 is coming out in a few months.
Buy XP and run it, for the second sting from Microsoft.
But then you discovered you needed XP 64 bit for the memory, so a third
copy.
Bullshit.
Most people don't need the 64 bit version.
Now you want to do Win 7, but need to cough up more cash for a fourth copy.
Bullshit. Computers that are sold now come with a free upgrade coupon for Windows 7. You must
not get out much.
Then there is Office, Project etc.
Quality products to run on your Windows box. Microsoft has a Student/Home version that is
cheap and allows up to 3 installs for the family.
Why not skip the whole BS and just load Linux 64 bit, save your money and
call it a day and no charge. One install loads all of Office, no extra
putzing included. No pesky licensing either.
Because people want quality software that works. Not some INFERIOR Open Sores software that
some geek wrote because he doesn't have enough sense to go out and get laid.
Good for you. You use that crappy Linux. We don't need you around here. By the way, go toXP is likely the last MS OS I use for home.
the Ubuntu forum and help out those sorry sacks who believe they have a decent OS when in
reality they have SHIT.
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