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Question about upgrading Vista

Sojourner7Sojourner7 Registered User regular
edited November 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
Somewhat related question, dont' mean to derail the thread.

I got a desktop I've been meaning to work on that's currently got 4 gigs of RAM, 2.6 Ghz processor and a 8600 GT video card, but it's running on Windows Home 32 Bit. I plan on maybe upgrading the video card fairly soon, but I was wondering any issues I should be aware of before I upgrade it to Windows Ultimate 64 bit?

I'll admit as far as OS software stuff goes I'm not as up to speed as I'm like to.

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  • PheezerPheezer Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
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  • SunstrandSunstrand Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    From what I've heard Ultimate is overkill for a home user. I would just get Vista home premium 64bit, it's what I have just upgraded to and the only issues I have is that I have been through multiple wireless network cards due to shitty drivers.

    Oh be sure to know that you need to run a 32 bit browser if you want things that use flash to work, it had me confused for a bit.

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  • I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell UpI'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Sunstrand wrote: »
    From what I've heard Ultimate is overkill for a home user. I would just get Vista home premium 64bit, it's what I have just upgraded to and the only issues I have is that I have been through multiple wireless network cards due to shitty drivers.

    Oh be sure to know that you need to run a 32 bit browser if you want things that use flash to work, it had me confused for a bit.
    big second from me.

    also just make sure there's a 64 bit version for all your drivers before you make the upgrade

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I went with Professional for XP, but I went with Home Premium for Vista.

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    Unlike XP, the higher-tier editions of Vista didn't offer anything that I needed.

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