[access-uk] Re: Upgrade to Vista
- From: "Sam Howie" <sam.howie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:26:12 +0100
George
Are you saying that even through my PC says it is vista ready I should check
the components myself before I upgrade
Sam
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
George Bell
Sent: 21 July 2008 16:42
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Upgrade to Vista
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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Tristram Llewellyn
Sent: 21 July 2008 16:02
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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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