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About to buy vista.

  • 05-05-2007 6:34am
    #1
    311
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    Hello ,I just searched the forum for the best starter vista ,didn't find a thread.
    I am looking for a basic version with media player ,for my laptop. I was thinking of going for the home premium version ??. I tried to buy it online last night ,but the US MS site wouldn't let me.

    Any ideas?


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  • #2
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    I presume you mean Media Center rather than Media Player.
    Vista Home Premium is the lowest version with Media Center. You can buy iy from the likes of Komplett rather than Microsoft.
    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=330707


  • #3
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Therefore its not exactly the same as the full retail package! The product itself is the same but the licence is the difference. That is why it is cheaper - it is supposed to stay with the same machine for its lifetime and die with it too. You're not supposed to move it to other computers, but enforcement of that is spotty at best.

    *wink wink*
    *nudge nudge*


  • #4
    311
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,332 ✭✭✭311


    I'll order an OEM so .
    I presume it's the same as say a copy of vista ,that would come with a new machine anyway's .
    Dabs have it aswell ,for 5 euro delivery. komplett are looking for 12 euro ?


  • #5
    jusmeig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,265 ✭✭✭jusmeig


    Hi there,

    Have a gander at this.....won't comment on Vista other than to say I will be forced to buy it as I will want DirectX 10 at some point.

    BUT AS FOR OVERCLOCKERS.CO.UK!!!!!!

    Overclockers.co.uk dont post negative feedback

    They won't post anything that is not a shining review!!! I always buy from them coz their prices are good...but do your product research somewhere else and do not rely on their "reviews".


  • #6
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Speaking of reviews people considering purchasing Vista should have a look at this piece on a particular Vista problem.


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  • #7
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    The file copying bug only affects specific hardware/software combinations though trying to nail down which is the hard part.

    So far none of the systems I've put Vista on have been affected by it though the ones with NVIDIA chipsets have had the occasional quirks but unrelated to the above problem.

    For anyone that is affected I hear the explorer replacement Directory Opus 9 is unaffected as it has it's own copy/delete method though not verified that myself as I never had the problem to begin with.


  • #8
    mathias
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭mathias


    I have Vista since about a month after its release and I have to say its very stable , has not crashed once !

    It did take about 2 weeks of fiddling around to get everything right , the only real hassle I had was with the ipod , however apple fixed that with itunes 7.1.1.

    Last night though , I had to re-load my ipod with 60GB of music ( tip .... if you dont use the " remove this hardware safely " feature it will corrupt your ipod )

    and it took 7 hours .......XP did it in less than an hour ........ I dont know if this is related to the issue mentioned above ......but I thought that it was a crazy amount of time .....seeing as its music I was transferring maybe it is a DRM issue , anybody have any info on that ?


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