does any body know were i can buy a cheap real copy of vista??
2007-08-12 04:42:20 · 9 answers · asked by dawn t 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
look for anyone selling oem version that would be cheapest option
£55 from amazon
£110 from microdirect for ultimate
2007-08-12 04:46:21 · answer #1 · answered by dave kp61 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To buy just the OS, the upgrade is cheaper. There is a way you can install an Upgrade of Vista as a clean install. Go here:
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_upgrade_clean.asp
Here is a link to get Vista (cheap and legal):
http://www.walmart.com/search/browse-ng.do?ic=21_0&ref=125875.126122+500500.4294296134+500854.4293871607
The reason you hear Vista costing alot is because it requires updated hardware to see everything.
Basically, if you bought your computer after the release of Vista, any version of Vista should work.
I highly advise using Vista until a Service Pack, which is planned in 2009, is released, as history shows the first release of an OS is the worst (Windows 98? Windows XP? Hello people! Most of you were probably too young to know about this).
Just a side note, many OEMs are still distributing Windows XP because Vista is crap, and there is really no software written specifically for Vista.
2007-08-12 04:55:48 · answer #2 · answered by wk_coe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not quite clear on your question. Are you suggesting that the full version of Vista is than the Upgrade? It's not. On average the upgrade is £60-90 cheaper than the full version.
If you meant that it is more to buy an upgrade than it is to pay your PC supplier to install it when you buy a new pre-built PC from them, this is because they buy bulk licences from Microsoft which they part pass onto you. Also, you tend not to get any discs or instruction booklets, but rather a recovery disk of some sort. Also, some of the cost can be offset against components within the PC you order.
2007-08-12 04:58:09 · answer #3 · answered by pete w 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why do you wana got to vista anyway boy your microsoft brain washed do your home work,,,
Go the free way.... Go the Linux way.... It is a Better Operating System...... More secure, and better software and most of all...... It is......ALL.... FREE
check Linux out on Youtube.com
type in the search bar on you tube website ... linux. and watch the video's if you think Vista is good you ain't seen nothing...
2007-08-12 04:56:33 · answer #4 · answered by Carling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can purchase a copy of Vista Home Premium here. It is an OEM copy, but it is a full version and is legal.
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ThirdCategoryList.jsp?SecondCategoryCode=1202
2007-08-12 04:48:11 · answer #5 · answered by Ron M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why buy something that doesn't work Vista is full of bugs at the moment, and it doesn't recognise any hardware.
2007-08-13 11:33:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before you contemplate upgrading an existing computer, get Microsoft to check online whether it will take it OK.
2007-08-13 10:38:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've heard bad thing about vista & that xp is alot better .
2007-08-12 04:47:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Straight to the point...Vista is crap! wipe it off and get linux!
2007-08-12 04:46:24 · answer #9 · answered by I carried a Water melon!! 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋