Which one should i get?

[Guest]

ok i ran the vista advisor and it says that i should get home premium. my
question is though which one should i get i was at bestbuy and they had
windows vista home premium and had windows vista home premium. what is the
difference between the two and which one should i get.

and just incase anyone needs to know the computer i own has windows xp on it.

 

[P. Di Stolfo]

Hello,

I recommend the Compare Editions page for Windows Vista: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/choose.mspx.
There, you can see which features you will really need or like.

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo

 

[Malke]

ok i ran the vista advisor and it says that i should get home premium. my
question is though which one should i get i was at bestbuy and they had
windows vista home premium and had windows vista home premium. what is the
difference between the two and which one should i get.

and just incase anyone needs to know the computer i own has windows xp on it.

????

"windows vista home premium and had windows vista home premium"

Did you maybe mean to type "Home Premium and Home Basic"? If that was
your question, I'd say "Home Premium" although without knowing any of
your computer specs that's just a guess. Home Basic will not give you
the Aero interface. Home Premium will but you must have a video card
that supports it. Maybe this link will help:

Comparison chart by MVP Tom Porterfield -
http://support.teloep.org/vistaver.htm

Malke

 

[Guest]

well...i think u mis-typed a lil their, so im assuming u mean home premium,
or home basic,....do what i did , spend the extra cash and get the
premium..its worth it!..really it is....their soo much diference between
premium and basic, basic is really for people who dont even like their
PC,,,lol...vista home premium is the way to go...

 

[ray]

ok i ran the vista advisor and it says that i should get home premium. my
question is though which one should i get i was at bestbuy and they had
windows vista home premium and had windows vista home premium. what is the
difference between the two and which one should i get.

and just incase anyone needs to know the computer i own has windows xp on it.

I would advise you to wait until at least SP1. There are a lot of issues
with vista as it exists - just browse the group for a bit.

 

[Frank]

ray wrote:
..

I would advise you to wait until at least SP1. There are a lot of issues
with vista as it exists - just browse the group for a bit.

One look at your beloved unbutu ng and you'll never want to go near that os!
Frank

 

[Paul Randall]

I recommend downloading the Vista Product Guide whose link is at the bottom of your link. It is much more detailed.

-Paul Randall
Hello,

I recommend the Compare Editions page for Windows Vista: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/choose.mspx.
There, you can see which features you will really need or like.

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo

 

[Guest]

ok i ran the vista advisor and it says that i should get home premium. my
question is though which one should i get i was at bestbuy and they had
windows vista home premium and had windows vista home premium. what is the
difference between the two and which one should i get.

and just incase anyone needs to know the computer i own has windows xp on it.

Hi
Could it be Vista Home P Full edtion or Vista Home P Upgrade !
Jerryw

 

[Malke]

Malke wrote

Home Basic will not give you
the Aero interface. Home Premium will but you must have a video card
that supports it.

How do you know what "Video card" you have and if it will support it???

Usually just looking at the adapter information in the Display applet or
at the display categories in Device Manager (from the System applet)
will tell you. In general, to find out what hardware is in your computer:

1. Read any documentation you got when you bought the computer.
2. If the computer is OEM, go to the OEM's website for your specific
model machine and look at the specs (you'll be there to get the drivers
anyway)
3. Download, install and run a free system inventory program like Belarc
Advisor. The older Aida32 is good for this, too although it might not
work on Vista.

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html - Belarc Advisor
http://www.aumha.org/free.htm - Aida32 (hosted on Jim Eshelman's site)

Links to Manufacturer Information about CPU and Graphics Processor
Capabilities
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/aa905088.aspx


Malke

 

[ray]

ray wrote:
.

One look at your beloved unbutu ng and you'll never want to go near that os!
Frank

Actually, I don't hold ubuntu (note correct spelling, please) beloved. It
is a tool. It is actually one of several tools I use - others include
Gentoo Linux, Elive Linux, Xandros Linux (yes, that one even costs money -
frankie), RedHat (the commercial version, not Fedora) and several others.
It happens to depend on the hardware and the user requirements.

 

[Lang Murphy]

ok i ran the vista advisor and it says that i should get home premium. my
question is though which one should i get i was at bestbuy and they had
windows vista home premium and had windows vista home premium. what is the
difference between the two and which one should i get.

and just incase anyone needs to know the computer i own has windows xp on
it.

Assuming you really mean Home Premium vs. Home Basic... you need to go to
MS's site and check the deltas between the versions.

If you think you might -ever- want to remote desktop into this computer,
then you'll want to check the features in Ultimate and Business too, because
you'll never remote desktop into any version of Home using any MS remote
desktop tool. Sure, you can use a third party app to do that, and some are
free, like VNC... but you should evalutate based on your needs.

Lang

 

[Guest]

no i dont mean home basic and home premium the box on the front says home
premium on both, but they are different prices on the website it says on one
that it is an update and the other doesn't say that which im assuming from a
previous post it means theres an upgrade version and a full version what is
the difference between these two and which one of these two should i get

 

[P. Di Stolfo]

Hello,

*if you want to install Vista to a computer that has XP installed, you
should get the Upgrade version.
For an upgrade:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradepaths.mspx

*If you want to install it on a new computer, you have to get the retail
version, as far as I know.
*if you purchase new hardware, too, you can buy the System Builder version
which is far cheaper than the full retail.

Please correct me if I'm speaking nonsense

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo

 

[Adam Albright]

no i dont mean home basic and home premium the box on the front says home
premium on both, but they are different prices on the website it says on one
that it is an update and the other doesn't say that which im assuming from a
previous post it means theres an upgrade version and a full version what is
the difference between these two and which one of these two should i get

A full version means you don't need to have a previous version. A
upgrade assumes and will generally LOOK FOR a older version of
whatever you're trying to upgrade which is the reason for the
difference in price. This is pretty standard regardless if you're
taking Windows or any application. Otherwise there is no difference.

So for example if you have a prior version of XP already installed you
can go with a upgrade. If not, you need the full version.

 

[Charlie Tame]

no i dont mean home basic and home premium the box on the front says home
premium on both, but they are different prices on the website it says on one
that it is an update and the other doesn't say that which im assuming from a
previous post it means theres an upgrade version and a full version what is
the difference between these two and which one of these two should i get

The answers so far have been correct, however if you get the upgrade and
it can't be used as a full version then in a worst case scenario if your
system gets broken you will need a full version of (say) XP to install
and then upgrade that. Otherwise your cheap upgrade CD is just a drinks
coaster.

Upgrades also have the disadvantage that if there's anything on the
original system that's bad it just may get carried over to the new system.

If you have an XP CD you are in good shape, if you only have a
manufacturers "Recovery Disk" I would seriously consider a complete
clean install which will need the full version. I always prefer clean
installs anyway so I am a bit biased.

 

[Guest]

well my computer came with windows xp preinstalled, so i have no xp cd, does
that mean i have to get the full version? and i know this is probably a dumb
question but you never know can you only install it on one pc? or do i have
to buy one vista cd for each computer?

 

[noaim]

yes this means you should get the full version. You don't have to get the
full version but if you ever need to reinstall you would need a copy of XP
as well so the full version will solve this problem.