Windows Vista!

[valkyriex]

Did a clean install last night and so far it's running pretty smoothly. Haven't really encountered all the problems that people kept saying about Vista.

 

[Mayfriday0529]

I might get an OEM version of Home Premium, but still want to make sure how licensing works if I change parts on my computer later.

 

[VIAN]

Vista Basic Upgrade - $50.

I'm not going to install it yet though. I'm waiting for official drivers for my sound card, printer, and mobo chipset.

I'm also waiting for Trend Micro to release a Vista version of Internet Security.

I'm also waiting to buy a Athlon64 X2.

 

[blackangst1]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
Got a couple copies of Ultimate (retail) on order, could be here by Thursday. I hope it likes 15k SCSI drives

Ive got an old reliable Atlas 10k drive with a SCSI card and had ZERO problems. Loaded all drivers for it

 

[tatteredpotato]

Originally posted by: bwatson283

Originally posted by: regnez

Originally posted by: MikeyLSU

Originally posted by: regnez

Originally posted by: BlameCanada
I'm getting it as soon an my University gets it, but then again I only have to pay 15 bucks, so price really isn't an issue

How do you get it for $15? I am a student and they are charging $85 for the Home Premium upgrade, which is still a good deal, but not near as good as $15.

just depends on the school. I got Enterprise version for free as a student. Also got Office 2007 for free among many other software items if I wanted them.

What school do you go to? I go to the University of North Texas, and I don't get any free software at all, at least not that I know of. Anyone else here go to UNT and know a way to get ultra-affordable software?

That is your problem right there!

I go to Youngstown State (Ohio). My guess is the University pays MS some money to get bulk cheap licenses like that. I've heard of a lot of Universities around not having the same deal. They offer Windows, Office, and Visual Studio .NET for less than 20 bucks each.

 

[GreggyD]

For those of you who bought the Retail version of Vista Ultimate......may I ask why you went with Ultimate over Home Premium?

 

[sonoma1993]

Originally posted by: Number1
I am getting my copy of Windows Vista Home Premium full edition, OEM for $157.00 Canadian tomorow (30 Jan 2007).

With taxes, (14%) grand total is $178.98

Anybody else is getting Vista tomorow?

If so what version are you getting and at what price?


I hope this is not a repost.

I got home premium last night for $159

 

[Griffinhart]

Originally posted by: GreggyD
For those of you who bought the Retail version of Vista Ultimate......may I ask why you went with Ultimate over Home Premium?

A few reasons...

-To learn the new features since I'm in the IT field and my company doesn't buy OS's for contractors.

-Shadow Copy/Previous Version A feature I have just been dying to have.

-The Family Upgrade Option. I still have a Media Center and a laptop to upgrade. Ultimate and 2 copies of Home Premium that way is cheaper than getting 3 copies of Home Premium seperately.

There are a few other minor reasons too, but these are the biggest.

 

[Solema]

Originally posted by: Griffinhart

Originally posted by: GreggyD
For those of you who bought the Retail version of Vista Ultimate......may I ask why you went with Ultimate over Home Premium?

A few reasons...

-To learn the new features since I'm in the IT field and my company doesn't buy OS's for contractors.

-Shadow Copy/Previous Version A feature I have just been dying to have.

-The Family Upgrade Option. I still have a Media Center and a laptop to upgrade. Ultimate and 2 copies of Home Premium that way is cheaper than getting 3 copies of Home Premium seperately.

There are a few other minor reasons too, but these are the biggest.

Griffin, sounds like TechNet would have been a better option for you, since you want to test out many of the features.

I'm running Vista Ultimate for several reasons:

Ability to join a domain
Remote Desktop, which I use daily when I am away from home
Media Center for my eventual XBox 360 purchase
Shadow Copy, which I love in 2003 Server

 

[Solema]

On a second note, did anyone here go to the Cleveland MicroCenter midnight launch? I'm just curious as to how many people showed up?

I went earlier at around 5:30pm yesterday and picked up a shiny copy of Vista Home Premium OEM for my Dad, and they had no problems selling it to me early.

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: Griffinhart

Originally posted by: GreggyD
For those of you who bought the Retail version of Vista Ultimate......may I ask why you went with Ultimate over Home Premium?

A few reasons...

-To learn the new features since I'm in the IT field and my company doesn't buy OS's for contractors.

-Shadow Copy/Previous Version A feature I have just been dying to have.

-The Family Upgrade Option. I still have a Media Center and a laptop to upgrade. Ultimate and 2 copies of Home Premium that way is cheaper than getting 3 copies of Home Premium seperately.

There are a few other minor reasons too, but these are the biggest.

Almost verbatim what I would have said. I purchased the Ultimate upgrade because of these same reasons, to test it to it's fullest, and to take advantage of the 2 copies of Home Premium for $50 deal. Shadow copy is nice too, and I definitely hope I look back and wonder how I lived without it.