Building New System For Mother...Vista 64 disk scratched...Windows 7???

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First, I dumped vista even though i have never had problems with it since day one. But i am the type of person that always wants the latest and greatest(the latter part i think does pertain to windows 7 so far)

Anyway...I figured i would give my mom my Vista 64 Ultimate, of course after building the system for an hour i cant boot nothing and after destroying a brand new hard drive(after getting frustrated and doing something stupid) I figured out the DVD ROM i had was dead, so anyway onto my story, my vista 64 disk is scratched to hell, wont install worth a damn, I know I can get copies(I did buy it legit and have my case and key) but i was debating whether to just throw windows 7 beta 1 on it for her. She does not do anything other than web browse. I would like her to get into online banking and stuff and paying her other bills online though.

I am using as my main OS system and so far it is flawless..Just want your thoughts on this
 
note to self: don't ever have this guy build me a PC.........

MS will ship you new media for $10 problem solved
 
You do know that some betas expire right? Though nothing is for sure, there is a very likely possibility the whole OS will stop functioning in the near future.

I also think Vista Ultimate is overkill as well, unless you got a spare license or need to remote login to fix shit.
 
riot8ap said:
You do know that some betas expire right? Though nothing is for sure, there is a very likely possibility the whole OS will stop functioning in the near future.

I also think Vista Ultimate is overkill as well, unless you got a spare license or need to remote login to fix shit.
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Beta 1 is expected to expire in August, IIRC.

I say order the replacement media from MS (if it's a retail copy, if it's OEM looks like your SOL)

Under no circumstances, would I ever, ever, EVER install a beta OS as someone's primary machine, I won't even install it on MY primary machine. . .
 
d3c1us said:
Beta 1 is expected to expire in August, IIRC.

I say order the replacement media from MS (if it's a retail copy, if it's OEM looks like your SOL)

Under no circumstances, would I ever, ever, EVER install a beta OS as someone's primary machine, I won't even install it on MY primary machine. . .
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Thats what copies are for, beta 7 runs nicely, its widely thought of being actually releasable the way it is, that is how good it is.
 
riot8ap said:
You do know that some betas expire right? Though nothing is for sure, there is a very likely possibility the whole OS will stop functioning in the near future.

I also think Vista Ultimate is overkill as well, unless you got a spare license or need to remote login to fix shit.
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yes, and thats when you get beta 2, and then after that you buy the real thing when released.
 
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