Bart
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PC World have thrown up their Pre-Order page for Windows Vista! (see PC World source)
Vista Home Basic is £154.99 inc VAT
Vista Home Premium is £184.99 inc VAT
Vista Business is £250.00 inc VAT
Vista Ultimate £325.00 inc VAT
Here is a small price comparison from windows XP please note the prices i post are from ebuyer.
Windows XP Home: £140.95 Inc. VAT
Windows XP Pro: £220.00 Inc. VAT
Source
Looking below, Home premium doesnt seem to be a bad choice, and from what i can see it has media center built in?
[Edited on 06-10-2006 by Bart]
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chris_uk
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home premium for me 
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dave17
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home premium it is then, wil need up to upgrade first though i think
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abdus
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not bad
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SetH
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looking at that, does this mean you need business version to have remote desktop?
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ed
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No, you can get third party remote desktops which will work. You can probably buy the Microsoft remote desktop too if you need it.
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PaulW
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Ultimate for me...
should also get it free from MSDNAA
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SetH
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Originally posted by ed
No, you can get third party remote desktops which will work. You can probably buy the Microsoft remote desktop too if you need it.
well aware of 3rd party remote desktop tools fella, just wondered if MSTSC would be omitted from the home versions.
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Dan B
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Just found out that the 64-bit version will not, as a default, let you install unsigned drivers......no choice, it flat-out prevents you.
Apparently there's an option to temporarily disable that restriction in the advanced boot-menu (F8 on boot-up), but still waiting to hear confirmation on that.
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Bart
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i dont know about anyone else, but im genuinely considering buying home when i get round to getting a dx10 graphics card.
I dont have any WGA installed, but its a pain in the ass.
This might be my first legal OS 
Oh, and you can upgrade via control panel at any time, obviously at a reduced price.
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Andrew
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Intresting...
Doubt i'll be using it on my main system until they sort out the first service pack. Probably have it on my laptop which i only use at work.
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Doug
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Originally posted by PaulW
Ultimate for me...
should also get it free from MSDNAA
That the place that students can get stuff lke that for free from?
i was going to DL XP Pro from them a while back but will just wait till Vista is out
What happens when I leave uni? Will I have to un-install it? 
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Andrew
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Originally posted by Doug
quote:
Originally posted by PaulW
Ultimate for me...
should also get it free from MSDNAA
That the place that students can get stuff lke that for free from?
Yeah It's fuckin boss 
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PaulW
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indeed it is boss 
you leave uni, you still keep it, well, as far as i know you do!
just make sure you keep the licence key with you at all times!
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Sam
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I'm still using Win2K Pro!
Doubt I will get Vista, will probably just upgrade to Win XP or buy a laptop with Vista on it.
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Bart
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just been reading, that in the latest builds, Vista is approx 10-15% slower in games due to the high demand of the desktop GUI :-s
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Doug
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i dont play games apart from solitare so I should be fine
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kz
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and who here is gonna pay for it? lol
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John
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Have you seen all the things they are doing to stop pirates.
No doubt it'll be cracked before its rtm but they are doing things like not letting you use the net for more than an hour, already got all the wga, all versions, even corporate, have to be activated.
If they make it annoying enough a lot of people will either buy it or use xp.
Another thing to consider though is how much money do they actually lose.
How many people who run non legit versions would actually pay for it if they had to?
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Andrew
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quote:
Originally posted by Doug
i dont play games apart from solitare so I should be fine
Just think of yourself sunny 
BTW, i will be fine too
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John
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Originally posted by Bart
just been reading, that in the latest builds, Vista is approx 10-15% slower in games due to the high demand of the desktop GUI :-s
The article that said that is a lot of shit.
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BlueCorsa
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Dear me, £185! Think I'll just sell the old PC and buy a new one with Vista preinstalled... 
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kz
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i have real copies of 95 / 98 / ME / XP (Home)
i have fake copies of 2000 & XP (Pro & Corporate)
but if i have to pay for vista... then no chance. ill run fake as much as possible or do the same as bluecorsa, just wait til i get a new PC with it already on there
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ed
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My PC cost me £700 with no screens or keyboard  I think I might justify upgrading one day. That is unless I master Linux, which I don't see happening because it's annoying me already.
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