Vista Questions

[stealthtib]

Hey guys I'm a long time lurker around here and I had a few questions based on my future plans to upgrade to Vista. I obviously plan on buying the Ultimate edition because it has everything that I need. My main question is, will I absolutely need to get the 64-bit version? I know the retail version comes with both but I only buy oem software especially when it comes to M$. My hardware will easily run Vista without even blinking I am just nervous about doing this and not having things work right. Is it true that Nvidia still doesn't have any decent drivers for Vista yet? Pretty much all of my hardware is Nvidia based and that would really blow if I tried to install and none of it worked properly. Thanks for you help in advance!

[XcaliberZ]

You should ask in the OS Forum, not in C&G.

[stealthtib]

jee sorry, didn't mean to offend

[Catweazle]

You'd be best advised to get the retail version right up front, rather than OEM. 64-bit computing will become a much more common everday reality during Vista's useful lifespan. The retail license will enable you to migrate the OS to other machines later on.

Simply makes sense. Doesn't matter if you get it as an 'Upgrade' version, by the way. As I've explained elsewhere, and Upgrade is still a retail license, just like the full retail version.

[LhasaCM]

Doesn't matter if you get it as an 'Upgrade' version, by the way. As I've explained elsewhere, and Upgrade is still a retail license, just like the full retail version.

And, as has been explained elsewhere, that's a questionable opinion and still debatable with respect to the EULA, etc. (where "that" is upgrade retail = full retail)

[Catweazle]

The elsewhere explanation, then, doesn't distinguish between a license type and a means of installation. A retail upgrade license updates a previously existing license to a retail license. It doesn't simply update a previously existing license installation.

The license isn't the disk. It isn't the Windows installation you perform with the disk either. It's simply your legal right to use it, and that is acquired when you purchase the product and becomes active once you've used the product. A retail upgrade product gives the same license, with the only additional condition of use being that it must be used to replace an existing qualifying license. There are no restrictions on the portability which the full retail product brings.

An Anytime Upgrade license, however, does bring restrictions in relation to portability. A retail license it ain't ;)