vista

guil

how much is it for vista home premium, i was lookin on microsoft market place and it was $129 but in microsoft uk its £169

yoyo

guil07 wrote: »

how much is it for vista home premium, i was lookin on microsoft market place and it was $129 but in microsoft uk its £169

Buy a OEM edition, should cost you <€100 for a OEM copy, btw OEM versions MUST be installed from scratch basicly meaning they require a format to install, but they save allot of money...

Nick

guil

can ya buy an oem edition anywhere or is there only certain places that sell them, i'm livin in newbridge so pc world would be my closest place to buy i think

yoyo

guil07 wrote: »

can ya buy an oem edition anywhere or is there only certain places that sell them, i'm livin in newbridge so pc world would be my closest place to buy i think

You'll have the most luck buying online, OEM editions are designed for system builders hence not available retail, try www.dabs.ie

Nick

Overheal

With more and more news coming out for windows 7 youre best off waiting. It's just going to be Vista 2.0, but it will still be Vista 2.0

guil

didnt know bout windows seven, is tthere anyway to check if a processor is 32 or 64 bit on komplett or dabs, i've had a look on each of them and cant find out

yoyo

guil07 wrote: »

didnt know bout windows seven, is tthere anyway to check if a processor is 32 or 64 bit on komplett or dabs, i've had a look on each of them and cant find out

What cpu do you have?

Nick

guil

i have an amd 64x2 4000 i know this isnt 64 bit but i was lookin at this one

jesus_thats_gre

I think there is a pretty good chance that the AMD64 processor is 64bit

Gadgetman496

guil07 wrote: »

can ya buy an oem edition anywhere or is there only certain places that sell them, i'm livin in newbridge so pc world would be my closest place to buy i think

32Bit Komplett

64Bit Komplett


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guil

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

I think there is a pretty good chance that the AMD64 processor is 64bit

accordin to microsoft its not
my computer>properties>advanced>enviroment variables and scroll down to cpu architecture and it says x86, i thought x64 was 64 bit

yoyo

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16819103774

According to here that CPU supports 64Bit (See specifications)

Nick

Gadgetman496

guil07 wrote: »

accordin to microsoft its not
my computer>properties>advanced>enviroment variables and scroll down to cpu architecture and it says x86, i thought x64 was 64 bit

Run THIS & it will tell you straight away. (Assuming you are currently using XP)


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guil

i know i am usin 32 bit windows but i was thinkin of gettin vista and on microsoft it said to do what i posted above to see if my cpu could handle a 64 bit os, what am i missin nick i cant see where it says its 64 bit

yoyo

guil07 wrote: »

i know i am usin 32 bit windows but i was thinkin of gettin vista and on microsoft it said to do what i posted above to see if my cpu could handle a 64 bit os, what am i missin nick i cant see where it says its 64 bit

http://i36.tinypic.com/2ebxzsy.jpg

I've highlighted it here, hope it helps

Nick

guil

ffs i'm blind i was lookin for architecture or somethin like that, thanks anyway

guil

sorry one more question, with an oem version is it only possible to activate it once, like say i build a new computer and i'm not usin the old one, can i install the oem version on the new machine

yoyo

guil07 wrote: »

sorry one more question, with an oem version is it only possible to activate it once, like say i build a new computer and i'm not usin the old one, can i install the oem version on the new machine

Technically its tied to the motherboard its activated on, Now I said "Technically" If you have issiues microsoft will help ya

Nick

guil

ok thanks ya must have a headache will all the questions ha ha

Cabaal

quarryman and Overheal's posts deleted, keep on-topic!