XP Home Media vs XP Pro 64

I was seriously considering upgrading from XP Home Media to Vista Ultimate.
That is until I started reading all the negative things about all new Vista.
Scarey... I surely cannot afford the other upgrades folks have been doing.
What kind of input does anyone have regarding: XP Home Media XP Pro 64 ? I'm
looking for a few extra features as well as retaining uses of all
entertainment that XP Home Media offers.
Thanks in advance for any advice...
Lisa
All the Worlds a Stage

 

If you are currently running XP Media Center, you may wish to look at Vista
Home Premium as an alternative to Ultimate.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/homepremium/default.mspx

XP Professional x64 would not be an option if you want to retain the Media
Center functionality. It is not an upgrade to XP Home, and requires a 64
bit processor.

If you are happy with your current XP, you don't have to upgrade at all.

 

XP Pro x64 would be a bad fit. It does not include the MCE functionality you
are looking for. Your choices are to stay with what you have, or move to
Home Premium or Ultimate Windows Vista. Home Premium is more reasonably
priced, and is a direct upgrade. Ultimate has many additional features, but
look at the list of them before you decide. You may not find them
particularly compelling depending on what your needs are.

 

Wait until Vista Ultimate FULL install is vailable as only upgrade is ready.
You can buy FULL VISTA ULTIMATE OEM but you can only use the OS once and if
the hard drives crashes then you need to buy a new OS.

 

Where'd you come up with that load of rubbish?


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I talked to the best buy employees.

OEM - 1 install cant reactivate
RETAIL - can isntall over and over again. retail costs more than OEM and
they (OEM VS RETAIL) have different licence agreements.

 

Not quite correct.

OEM has to be purchased with hardware and is tied to the machine you first
install it on. However, you should be allowed to reactivate if you have to
reinstall. In the event of a hardware change (like a hard disk failure),
you should still be able to call MS and reactivate as long as you have not
moved the Windows install to a new machine.

- Aaron

 

And you believed them? They're Best Buy employess, for goodness sakes!

B.S. Not to put too fine a point on it. There is nothing in the OEM
EULA to preclude on reinstalling the same license on the same (original)
computer as many times as necessary.

Doh!


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