Thread: Windows VISTA cost... :-(

There's some really good stuff about Vista, which is very informative, on this site:

http://www.apple.com/getamac/

have a look, they're fascinating....

GQ

Originally Posted by Quiggers

There's some really good stuff about Vista, which is very informative, on this site:

http://www.apple.com/getamac/

have a look, they're fascinating....

GQ

all that talk about macs just made me hungry

Hey Grizzly

I am a teacher if you need an academic version.

Is it worth upgrading to Vista

Wazza

Microsoft have given up trying to police the academic/student versions. The version offerd now is just a cut down version of the full price package which can be sold to anyone.
What is great value until the 28th May is the full suite of Microsoft Office 2007 being offered to uni students for $75.00 for a lifetime licence. It's only available by download ( 502mb ) for registered students at Australian universities.

where do u download that version from?

Have mates that are Uni students


Cheers
Wazza

Go to www.itsnotcheating.com.au

Thanks for the info guys. If it wasn't for needing a license for my wife's PC I wouldn't be upgrading the Vista, however I figured if I was gonna buy a license then I might as well get a Vista one as I'll need one eventually (my wife needs Windows in order to work-from-home for her on-call).

As for other OS's - well I've got OS X on my MacBook Pro, which is great for most of the things I do at work. Linux? No thanks, I want a system that does what I want with minimal of fuss - I don't want to be stuffing around compiling and trying to figure out why this website doesn't work and these video settings don't do what they're suppose to and and and...

.. and before you scream and jump - I work with Unix & Linux (because they *are* different) every single day, I don't want to go home and have to stuff around with them too.

My home PC is a gaming PC, best platform for gaming is (whether you like it or not) Windows....

Some of my friends wanted some hardware so I ended up getting the OEM copy at the same time. Unfortunate issues with the OEM copy are:

- You can choose to purchase the 32-bit OR the 64-bit. If you paid the full price for the retail have a "free upgrade" from 32-bit to 64-bit if you like (you need to pay the postage and media costs).

- The OEM version can only be installed on 1 motherboard, it's completely non-transferrable. The retail version can be transferred between machines / motherboards. Having said that I only purchased my machine about this time last year and have no plans on upgrading within the next 2 years. At that time it'll be a major upgrade and the motherboard will go and I will purchase a new copy of Vista for another $170.00.

Considering the full retail cost is $370'ish, I'm still saving $170 for the next 2 years (OEM cost is about $170)... so I don't see it as an issue as such.

Be aware that Vista will break all your apps. I reverted to XP as getting it all to work was too hard.
As an example:
Nero didn't work
Pinacle video editor required a 120mb beta patch
Canon Camera software required large updates
Mailwasher didnt work
My Skype wireless handset didn't work reliably
etc etc.......
I'm in the computer industry and I'll be waiting a while before I go back, Vista looked nice though ))

Regards,
Tote