New Aluminum MB and MBP Owners who are installing Vista: Which Vista version will you choose and why?

I want to install Vista on my new MB when it arrives, and I'm wondering which version to choose. Any feedback would be very helpful!

 

XP. Don't bother with Vista if you can help it. If you have to use Vista, use whichever version you want.

 

I would also choose XP SP3.

 

I will check out XP, though, thank you!

 

use vista

xp is too boring and ancient

 

if student!?

can get vista ultimate x64 for 60 box

via theultimatesteal

 

Any Vista (32/64bits, all versions) works fine on my last gen MBP. On the new one, we should get some input from the people here owning it!!!


For WilliamG:
I have one license that will work legally with Vista Ultimate 32 AND 64 bits. In my case there are 2 disks, one for the 32 versions, the other for the 64. Both install and work with the same license with no issues. Again, this was legally bought sealed with all the original MS box(2 DVDs+manual) from the store. So the op question is legit, and I would like to know the answer myself. Is there any issues with any version on the NEW MBP? (just so I can go with the other one)

 

Thanks surefire. I was just checking Amazon, and trying to read the responses. The Home version is so much less expensive than Ultimate, and I was wondering if I could get by without spending the extra 100+ for Ultimate.

Does anyone have the Home version on their Mac?

 

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i'd recommend windows server 2008. its free for students via dreamspark, and is basically vista -bloat. the OS comes pretty bare, and you install the packages that appeal to you using the included server manager.

its pretty quick to set up to work well as an OS, there are guides on the internet, and the result is a cleaner faster vista.

 

WEI on new mac is 5.3
cpu ------- 5.3
ram ------- 5.9
win gpu --- 5.4
game gpu - 5.3
ssd ------- 5.9

2.4ghz|4gb|128ssd

in other words
it runs great and better than several 15 inchers

 

Thank you! I'm not a student-just a middle aged housewife. Finances are not an issue-at all. I'm looking to buy my first copy of Vista, and I'm wondering if it's worth it to drop $280.00 on the Ultimate version.

 

u can get ultimate for $155 via http://www.viosoftware.com/shopping...rabber&utm_medium=mall&utm_campaign=66R-02262
or via marketplace http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/details.aspx?view=info&itemid=6008004#productOffers

though it is an upgrade ver
doesnt matter, still the same

its a phenomenon about vista that even bill gate$ admits
and was never fixed i guess as a customer incentive if u know about it

 

If it helps I am currently running vista 32 on an older dell laptop and vista 64 on a newer (this summer) laptop. I seem to have a lot less problems (really none) on the newer laptop with vista 64, probably because the hardware is current generation. When I get my MBP I will be installing Vista 64 (mainly for gaming purposes).

As for the home vs ultimate, mine is ultimate, but when I bought the newer laptop, it wasn't that much more than the other versions. Being an early adopter kind of person, I figured why go cheap and regret it later. If money truly isn't an issue, I'd recommend the ultimate version...why find out later there is something in it you really want and might end up buying it anyway?

And don't let anyone here kid you, I used XP since it was released and Vista works just as well, if not better, in any applications I use (Office products and pretty much newer games). The only time it wouldn't is if you're using older hardware...

 

Vista Ultimate. Might as well get the full experience.

 

how can i get vista ultimate x64 for $60? I am a student at the university of maine.

 

Thank you surefire-I'll check that out!

The Shirt-thanks for your post. I have heard plenty of good and bad regarding Vista. Are people with newer Macs having any problems with it? It seems like the comments from Mac owners are pretty positive. I'm going to have to do a little more research on Ultimate.

 

follow the link http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-us/default.aspx
1 - Click on "Buy Now".
2 - Enter your university/college email address.
3 - If eligible, you will receive an email to purchase.
4 - Click on the link in the email to access the store.
5 - Purchase your license/product key.
6 - Add back-up media to your order (optional/no need).
7 - Checkout and download Vista Ultimate!

 

thanks surefire +rep to you!

 

for cec2

lets put my left hand on the line

if u have one bad experience with vista

u have legal authority to cut it off

although depends on d kinds of apps u run

my good old advice! update all ur apps to the latest

 

thanx as well BigHops323
it reciprocates!

 

I have been using vista for around 21 months. There were intial problems with vista but it has turned out to be a very stable system. I was using 2gb of ram from the begining, which is the minimum to get good performance from vista. THen i was always running vista home and i have never felt the need for other versions. ( i am a kind of heavy user too )

Now i have vista in my boot camp and i have always on with vm ware . I have 2gb dedicated for vista (just upgraded to 4gb as i found 1 gb for vista was nothing.)
Now both my OS 's vista and mac run super fast and stable.

My advice for you would be use vista home premium . Xp is stable but it old and vista offers so many things over xp.

 

I've been running XP on my MBP for the last year. I installed Vista (also) a few months ago and found that it was too slow. After service pack 1 for Vista was released, I tried it again and found that it was greatly improved.

I just got a new MBP and as far as I'm concerned, Vista is the only way to go. What is really nice, since I'm running Vista on Parallels, I was able to copy my virtual machine from my old MBP to my new one and I didn't have to do anything else. Vista activated as did all the apps I have installed in it on the new MBP. How sweet it is.

 

my good old advice! update all ur apps to the latest[/QUOTE]

Thanks surefire, yeah, that's my gut instinct too-the newest with the newest.

 

drgopoos and jjcpa-Thanks-that is great info.

jjcpa- it's great to hear that Vista is working well on your new MBP. You make it sound so easy. I hope it goes that way for me!

 

If u dont have 2gb of ram ( minimum for vista) , it can run really slow.. BUt if u feed it with more ram, it will rocket

 

If I install Vista using boot camp, and say I have a lot of stuff on there, will that affect my OSX loading times at all?

 

U r welcome. Vista is the way to go. The only thing i am stressing again and again is MORE RAM ( BEst is 2gb ). I too have have the new MB and i dont feel a difference compared to my vista in my dell laptop

 

VISTA is just great after the Service Pack 1. Before that was a little messed up, but it's stability all around was improved to the point it's never giving me any problems. Honestly I kinda find the APPLE adds quite FAKE since I am using Vista with tons of software (not just plain web browsing) and it has never crashed on me. Well, only when I forgot to install the cooler on the CPU properly, but that's a huge hardware error (on my part) and Vista had nothing to do but to freeeeeeze.
Some aps crash, but that's not vista. On this side I just crashed iMovie (but trying to open a file, yes, that simple) and Leopard had some huge problems terminating the process. I mean ... 5-10 minutes before it actually killed it.

So vista/leopard are both a stable OS this time, I don't see Windows to be worse than Leopard by no means. And the transparencies in Vista are much nicer than Leopard's look.

 

U shuldnt have any problem as long as u have given enough hdd to vista and at least 2gb of RAM ( did i mention that in all my previous 3 posts )

 

I quite agree with you. ( But not 100%)
The one thing that i would love vista to have is faster boot times.
and have the sleep and hibernate functions worked out better.

Gopa

 

If I installed Vista home on boot camp on the $2,499 MBP would I be able to run Microsoft Flight Simulator X at a high level?

 

from memory flight simulator X is a resource hog so i dunno, depends what you call a high level? i would look up some benchmarks rather than believe the word of mouth you will get from someone here.

 

Do you know of a good place to look up benchmarks?

 

If you plan on doing some casual gaming, use XP instead; otherwise, I'd get Vista Ultimate or Business.

 

I was going to use Vista Home only because I already own a copy of it.

 

I just installed Windows Vista Business on my Macbook tonight, everything so good so far. Haven't ran into any difficulties using the trackpad, like some other members reported. One thing that is weird is that the processor is a fair bit louder under Vista (kind of like boiling water sound), while in OS X, it is absolutely quiet. This is also the first time I've heard my fan turn on.

So other than a little extra heat, and a little more noise, everything is working as I had hoped.

 

I am much more than a casual gamer and it all works just as well (if not better) on Vista than it did on XP. I am not "hard core", so I can't tell you how Crysis will work (seems to be the standard the hard core want to use), but all MMOs (EQ, WOW, Vanguard, AO, SWG, and a few others) work well on Vista, multiple shooters (Prey, the Witcher, couple of others) work well on Vista, RPGs (mainly AD&D) work well on Vista. I am not sure where this hype comes from that insists XP works better than Vista for gaming...

 

Sorry to bring this a bit off topic but:

How well does the left and right click work on the new MacBooks? I was told that I can map an area for the right click however Im not sure how well that works out. Any input will be great thanks!

 

For sure off topic

But the both of them work fine.
I dont use button to click but using one finger tap for left and two finger for right click. ( the four finger option works great too )

Yes u can also configure the right or the left bottom corner to use it as right click but i find pressing hard for button press is more tedious than having to just tap on the glass pad

 

I guess I will choose Vista Basic. Reason? Because it's just cheap.