Question about Vista

[Galvatron898]

Sup all,
This is my first post, A few friends of mine recommended that I check out this site. So far seems pretty kickass! So heres my question I have Xp right now and I think I am ready to switch to Vista. My questions are: Which version of Vista should I Get? I have 2 PC's (other is the wifes) we use them to Surf the net check email pay bills Etc. but mostly to play WOW, I would also like to be able to hook my Xbox 360 to my PC. My other Question is I see New Egg sells OEM Versions of Vista which seem to be less Expensive What am I missing out on by buying an OEM version Verses a Retail Version? If I buy an OEM Version can I use it on both of my PC's? My last Question is I have seen those Speed Booster Flash drive things for Vista that Supposeldy add like 1gb of ram. do they work? are they worth it? will I need them?

Both PCs have Core 2 Duo Processors, Both Have 2gbs of ram
my PC has ATI X1600 256mb
she has a Geforce 7800 256mb

Thanks in advance for the insight!

 

[mechBgon]

Welcome to the Forums Galvatron898 🙂 Since your topic fits better in the Operating Systems forum, I'll move it over there after I know that you've seen this note about where it's going to 🙂


Regarding the topic itself, here is some info on OEM versus Retail and all that: http://www.mechbgon.com/build/security1.html With either OEM or Retail, you'd need to buy two licenses to get two PCs set up, it's a one-license-per-computer thing.

The ReadyBoost feature can help if the computer doesn't have enough regular RAM to handle Vista gracefully, but you're better off getting some more RAM if possible. 2GB is probably the place to be if you're going to play WoW, and you're there already.

 

[Galvatron898]

Thanks a Ton for the info Mechbgon