I am recieving this as a 'free' system for buying a sony vaio laptop, is it expensive?
2006-11-25 16:57:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Complete information is here
http://laptoping.com/express-upgrade-to-windows-vista.html
2006-11-25 17:14:30 · answer #1 · answered by sitefirms 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is the link from Sony's site (the learning center one). It shows you the upgrade paths and what Sony is charging for their upgrades to Vista.
If you were buying the OS by itself, you are looking at an MSRP of 200 dollars just for the Home Basic edition, and 239 dollars for Home Premium. Assuming you have XP Home on the laptop, you'd be spending only 45$ to get Vista Home Basic, or 75$ to get Home Vista Premium.
If you go to the Microsoft link and click on the 'details' button beneath each edition, it will give you a writeup for that edition and the MSRP.
2006-11-26 01:10:27 · answer #2 · answered by Cruel Angel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you upgrade beware because it may void the warrenty if something goes wrong software issues arnt covered under most id wait till others have used on laptops because the 3 vista ready ones i bought have problems reading some cds and dvds play a few movies and youll see it skip frames so i imagine it will only be worse with vista
2006-11-26 01:09:41 · answer #3 · answered by Douglas G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No such thing, sorry to say
-------------Upgrade------Full-version----------
Vista Basic - $100 $200
Vista Premium- $ 200 $300
Vista Ultamit - $300 $400
Easy way to tell which one you are getting though is Windows XP Home gets Vista Basic, Windows XP Media Center gets Vista Premium, Windows XP Pro gets Vista Ultimate. This is only for OEM machines (Sony, HP, Gateway).
2006-11-26 01:02:13 · answer #4 · answered by Firedog 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if you mean an express upgrade you should go to sonys website and check. I recently got a dell with vista upgrade and its free!
2006-11-26 08:13:22 · answer #5 · answered by sensrule 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Suggested retail price for full package product, $239.00 USD. Suggested upgrade retail price, $159.00 USD.
2006-11-26 01:00:00 · answer #6 · answered by Gfr801 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋