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    Anyone running Vista with specs like mine?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by BPHusker, Jan 30, 2007.

  1. BPHusker

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    Just wondering what your Windows Experience score is. I am trying to gauge how much better my Asus is than my 3 year old Dell Desktop.
     
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    For sure it will be.

    I'm also looking to grab a copy of Vista, buy yikes, it's so expensive...
     
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    $200 for the 'Tied to One Motherboard' OEM Ultimate Edition... And I have 2 PCs that will need it...

    No way. Screw MS.
     
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    Considering I have an ASUS a8jm (T2400, 1GB, nvidia 7600) and I get a score of 4.4/5, you'd get a pretty high rating. Higher than 4.4 for sure, considering your score is based on the lowest sub-score, which is my 5400RPM hard drive.
     
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    Hehe.. agreed.. when i saw the price, my reactions were like ur avatar...

    I think there is quite some ppl running vista wif the spec like urs...
     
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    I am able to get the Business version from my university's MSDN Academic Alliance membership. Other than the MCE stuff that is missing, is anything else major missing from Business that is in Ultimate?
     
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    Good idea, I'll ask the IT people at my Uni, though they are still using XP - I wonder if they'll switch to Vista. Though a majority of my labs needs the use of MapInfo, ArcGIS and other program clients, I don't think its a wise decision to upgrade now?

    Nonetheless, I'm looking to grab an OEM copy of Ultimate....or Home Premium :)
     
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    You should see if they participate in MSDNAA. The way I got into it was that my major is in the IT college. You should check it out.
     
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    I'm going to load vista on another partition to see how it works. If there are any driver issues I run into, I'll tell ya.
     
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    Just found this link that describes it pretty well. It seems you're correct that all Ultimate has that Business doesn't is MCE stuff.
     
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    Here's the differences between the variations in Vista.
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    From my understanding the OEM version of Vista only works on 1 computer, 1 installation, and if you change some parts like the GPU then you may have to buy another OEM copy. (hopefully this is not true)

    Whereas the retail version can be installed on multiple computers so no problems there.

    Vista Ultimate Retail comes with 32bit and 64bit, while all others are in 32 bit, and from my understanding you can upgrade later, by paying a fee. (don't quote me on this)

    Good Luck :)
     
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    I was talking to a buddy that helps out with MSDNaa at my school. Apparently, if you have the Business Edition, you can upgrade to Ultimate for like $129 or something. Much better than spending $400.
     
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