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Which Vista on this new system?

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randym431

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Well I'm kinda lost on exactly what to get, the 32 vista or 64.
Heres what I am putting together...

MSi MB = K9AGM-FID
AMD CPU = Processor AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Model 4600 P/N ADO4600CUBOX
2 gb ddr2 677 mem (1gb x 2)

Since vista 32 and 64 are the same price, what to get???
Will the 64 run everyday software, like office 2000 and nero 6 cd burner. Or does
vista actually take a 64 version of software?

ps. as far as memory, I can always add more down the road.
 
Originally posted by: randym431
Well I'm kinda lost on exactly what to get, the 32 vista or 64.
Heres what I am putting together...

MSi MB = K9AGM-FID
AMD CPU = Processor AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Model 4600 P/N ADO4600CUBOX
2 gb ddr2 677 mem (1gb x 2)

Since vista 32 and 64 are the same price, what to get???
Will the 64 run everyday software, like office 2000 and nero 6 cd burner. Or does
vista actually take a 64 version of software?

ps. as far as memory, I can always add more down the road.
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Office 2000 shouldn't be a problem. Nero 6 probably won't work on either version of Vista. If your present system has the software and peripherals (printers, scanners, etc) that you want to use on Vista, run the Vista Upgrade Advisor to see what it tells you about software/hardware compatibility.

Big picture: if you buy the retail-boxed full version of Vista, you get the option to use 32-bit or 64-bit, one or the other. You can install 32-bit, change your mind, install 64-bit instead, change your mind and go back, etc. The disc with the 64-bit version is included with retail-boxed Vista Ultimate; for other retail-boxed Vistas you have to order up the 64-bit DVD from this page here.

 
Originally posted by: randym431
Well I'm kinda lost on exactly what to get, the 32 vista or 64.
Heres what I am putting together...

MSi MB = K9AGM-FID
AMD CPU = Processor AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Model 4600 P/N ADO4600CUBOX
2 gb ddr2 677 mem (1gb x 2)

Since vista 32 and 64 are the same price, what to get???
Will the 64 run everyday software, like office 2000 and nero 6 cd burner. Or does
vista actually take a 64 version of software?

ps. as far as memory, I can always add more down the road.
Click to expand...

If you believe you will add more memory later, go 64bit. If you upgrade to 4gigs of memory you'll get full use of it all vs 2.5 to 3.5gig with 32bit systems. And you will have the option of going even higher (presuming your MB supports it)


 
ps...
Can I reinstall clean my old xp with a new mb and cpu? Will xp allow that to be activated with mostly all new hardware?

And would I need xp installed on the new system to install vista? What vista versions let you clean install, if you also have your xp cd. I know you can clean install xp if you have anothe win os cd, like the w98 cd. Does vista upgrade ask for a prev win os cd, or want a previous win os already installed???
 
is your xp oem or retail, if its retail and it wont activate you can call and get them to activate it without a problem, if its oem (from an oem like dell...) then you probably cant, if its oem (from newegg...) then you can call but its violating the eula so ... Vista upgrades don't let you do regular clean installs but for the moment you can install of the upgrade disk (without giving a code) then once it finishs reinstall using your code and it should activate fine (its possible that when they release disks with sp1 that will change). Its faster to use vista as its own upgrade instead of installing xp or 2000 first because of how vista installs. Also you don't need to have an activated xp installed to use the vista upgrade, so you could install xp and not activate (you have 3 days) then install vista...
 
I have the boxed retail xp. I thought I read a while back ms made a validation change to xp to hook it to the current system installed on. And you'd have to re buy a new key if adding major new hardware (mb or cpu). Maybe that was not true?

So on vista, you can clean install from the upgrade cd, and use no key, then reinstall the same over with the key? I didn?t think vista upgrade would install at all without a prev win os installed?

www.mwave.com has vista 32 & 64 for $109 on their sites front page, but doesn?t say if its an upgrade or ? Best price I've cam across.
 
Originally posted by: randym431
I have the boxed retail xp. I thought I read a while back ms made a validation change to xp to hook it to the current system installed on. And you'd have to re buy a new key if adding major new hardware (mb or cpu). Maybe that was not true?
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With retail-boxed XP, you are entitled to move it to a new PC whenever you want, as often as you want. You might have to call in to activate, but it's OK.

So on vista, you can clean install from the upgrade cd, and use no key, then reinstall the same over with the key? I didn?t think vista upgrade would install at all without a prev win os installed?
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Long story. If you use an Upgrade version, you lose the right to use whatever you upgraded from (WinXP in this case), so weigh that tradeoff for yourself. upgrade versus full, OEM versus Retail, 32 versus 64

www.mwave.com has vista 32 & 64 for $109 on their sites front page, but doesn?t say if its an upgrade or ? Best price I've came across.
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You mean these ones, correct? All of those are OEM one-shot licenses. Upgrade your motherboard = you buy another one. The retail-boxed ones come in the sexay containers that look like this: pic of retail box :camera:

 
Originally posted by: mechBgon
Originally posted by: randym431
I have the boxed retail xp. I thought I read a while back ms made a validation change to xp to hook it to the current system installed on. And you'd have to re buy a new key if adding major new hardware (mb or cpu). Maybe that was not true?
Click to expand...
With retail-boxed XP, you are entitled to move it to a new PC whenever you want, as often as you want. You might have to call in to activate, but it's OK.

So on vista, you can clean install from the upgrade cd, and use no key, then reinstall the same over with the key? I didn?t think vista upgrade would install at all without a prev win os installed?
Click to expand...
Long story. If you use an Upgrade version, you lose the right to use whatever you upgraded from (WinXP in this case), so weigh that tradeoff for yourself. upgrade versus full, OEM versus Retail, 32 versus 64

www.mwave.com has vista 32 & 64 for $109 on their sites front page, but doesn?t say if its an upgrade or ? Best price I've came across.
Click to expand...
You mean these ones, correct? All of those are OEM one-shot licenses. Upgrade your motherboard = you buy another one. The retail-boxed ones come in the sexay containers that look like this: pic of retail box :camera:
Click to expand...

On that last poiint, there's a grey area for alot of people. Legally (according to the eula) you can't use it again, but I'd guess that maybe 99% of the people will probably do so anyhow and find a way around any activation requirements (there are ways already).

 
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