[access-uk] Re: Upgrade to Vista
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:42:16 +0100
Just to add to what Tristram says, even if the Vista Upgrade
Advisor says you can upgrade, don't leave it there.
I fell foul of this myself having spent a year or more on
Microsoft's Longhorn beta program, which resulted in Vista.
I had in fact only just purchased a brand new Fujitsu
Siemens all singing and dancing system specifically to do
the testing.
My wife gave me an expensive video card about 3 months after
Vista was officially launched. It failed to install. So I
got on to the card manufacturers and Fujitsu, only to find
that the Fujitsu motherboard was officially NOT supported
for use with Vista.
Having been running Vista for so long without apparent
problems, you can imagine how [expletive deleted] hacked off
I was about this.
My suggestion therefore is to also install Belarc Advisor
(http://www.belarc.com) which is free. This will usually
tell you what Motherboard, video and such like you have,
this allowing you to check vista compatibility with the
manufacturers themselves.
George.
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[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tristram
Llewellyn
Sent: 21 July 2008 16:02
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Upgrade to Vista
I would really do your homework before upgrading an existing
Windows XP machine to VISTA. Have you run the Windows VISTA
Upgrade Advisor on it to see how your PC does. I say this
because whilst I don't quite share the "VISTA is complete
rubbish" group think I dohowever think one should be really
cautious about updating existing machines unless you know
the thing in the round. Those people having a good
experience with VISTA are almost certainly most likely to be
those who brought it with a machine that is also well
specified with the job. For example I think 1GB RAM is your
practical minimum and I think for security you really want
to aim at 2GB.
Just some thoughts.
Regards.
Tristram Llewellyn
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sam Howie
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 3:40 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Upgrade to Vista
Hi
I am about to buy an upgrade from Win XP media centre to
Vista and was just wonting to make sure I am about to buy
the correct upgrade Windows Vista, Home Premium Edition with
Service Pack 1, Upgrade Version (PC) I have checked and my
pc is able to take an upgrade
Thanks in advance
Sam
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