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Sep 24, 2007, 04:14 PM
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Rest In Peace
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I guess its time to bite the Vista bullet.....
and install Vista.Wheres the cheepest place to buy it?....Thanks!
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Sep 24, 2007, 09:16 PM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
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You might want to start w/ it on a lesser computer than your main gaming system. So I might even recommend using an OEM copy. Just look at it this way if it passes your families abuse it should be fine in your baby.
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Sep 25, 2007, 01:25 AM
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i probably abuse my Vista OEM alot, may be more than anyone else, lol, and as far as i am concern, the home premium OEM is fine, i did a check on the things that are different in the ultimate and business edition's it seemed i won't be needed them, then i found, the overall, the home premium OEM works just fine for its price. but as your needs can be different, check them out first if you can.
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Sep 25, 2007, 08:59 AM
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Rest In Peace
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Sep 25, 2007, 02:12 PM
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hmm i google "cheapest Vista" i can't find the answer yet, lol, the best i got so far is "The cheapest Vista is the copy that comes with a new PC"
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Sep 25, 2007, 02:40 PM
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DH's Dormant Dragon
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cheapest i can get is Vista Home Premium 32bit (145 bucks + shipping) or 64bit (155 bucks + shipping) (OEM)
enless you want basic or ultimate.. |
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Sep 25, 2007, 02:49 PM
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that is cheap enough for the home premium edition.
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Sep 25, 2007, 03:32 PM
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DH's Dormant Dragon
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that's also CAD.. but since the USD is parity.....
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Sep 25, 2007, 04:07 PM
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Sep 25, 2007, 04:09 PM
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erg.. what thermal paste?
ncix..... |
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Sep 25, 2007, 04:22 PM
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lol that is really good price.
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Sep 27, 2007, 02:32 PM
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Rest In Peace
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Sep 27, 2007, 03:51 PM
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what would you need thermal paste on your teeth for?
and isn't that fairly considerably poisoness? |
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Sep 27, 2007, 05:29 PM
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Sep 27, 2007, 05:59 PM
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Sep 29, 2007, 03:41 AM
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that's really quite a bargain for a very good Windows OS.
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Sep 29, 2007, 12:14 PM
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Sep 29, 2007, 02:05 PM
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Oct 2, 2007, 01:24 PM
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Home premium is all anyone should EVER really need.... hell i don't even need ultimate, i'm really not sure who would need or let alone have an advantage with ultimate....
some people don't even need home premium.... |
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Oct 3, 2007, 12:22 PM
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Oct 3, 2007, 12:48 PM
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I like aero glass.. but i don't NEED it....
it has some nice features.. i really like being able to increase the "dpi" on the fly.. (CTRL+Mouse wheel=smaller/larger depending on the webpage or program in use) |
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Oct 7, 2007, 11:12 AM
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I'm thinking of getting Vista too. I got an HD enclosure from a friend and installed a Raptor 74GB in it and connected it via e-SATA. I was thinking of keeping my XP install as my main OS and then booting from the external drive into Vista when i want to fool around with it, until Windows 7
 There's no way i can justify 600$ for Ultimate, so i decided on Home Premium. Don't need drive encryption and the couple of other extras, however wasn't there something for gamers in Ultimate? I was also thinking of going 64bit. Have any of you ever thought of doing this: Vista 64bit with 4 gigs of ram and then VirtualPCing XP? |
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Oct 7, 2007, 06:16 PM
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for the home premium, if you acquired it via retail purchase (boxed product) you can also order the Vista Alternate Media, the 64-bit DVD, later if you first buy the 32-bit edition.
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Oct 14, 2007, 06:14 PM
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DriverHeaven Granddaddy
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If you're interested in Vista Home Premium, Micro Center has the OEM version on sale now for $79.99 US.
Micro Center Online - the center of .computer shopping |
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