which M$ OS would you get

[DSM4Life]

I lost my CD key and i am super ****ed off. I just got all my parts in from newegg built my system , refomatted and now i can't reinstall windows because i lost my key. I called M$ but they are closed at this time.
I am so mad i am just going to buy a new cpoy tomorrow at Best buy, my question. Do i just get M$ home again or window pro 64 ? any real difference ?

[SeasonalEclipse]

Get home. 64 bit has many driver issues along with game play issues. And home is cheaper and has basically the same things. Im on home right now and I do not notice any differences over it compared to my XP Pro Rig outside of it saying XP home on my start menu. If you want a 64 bit OS go with Vista whenever it comes out. It should be built around 64 bit tech unlike XP 64 which is just a bugged up remake of XP Pro.

[Heat]

Kind of depends. If I was in a business or doing some serious academic work, I would go with a Windows OS but otherwise, I would not spend another penny on OSes anymore and go Linux.

I think XP Home is fine. I have Pro and really haven't much of a difference except for EFS and domain support which I doubt you would need.

Do you have a 64-bit system?

[Heat]

PS - backup your cd key - type it in notepad, encrypt that file with pgp or truecrypt and attach it online and email the file to yourself.

[DSM4Life]

i have a 64 bit ready system just not the OS. I think i might go do home again. I can't beileve i can't find this damn key, i been looking for about an hr or two.

[DSM4Life]

well looked on best buy site and they want 188 for it :eek:

Ordered from newegg for 89.99 now i just have to wait wait wait :bang head

[jivetrky]

That difference in price you could have had newegg add Next day shipping :) (although I always get my stuff in 2 days fron them with their standard shipping)

[pik4chu]

Get home. 64 bit has many driver issues along with game play issues. And home is cheaper and has basically the same things. Im on home right now and I do not notice any differences over it compared to my XP Pro Rig outside of it saying XP home on my start menu. If you want a 64 bit OS go with Vista whenever it comes out. It should be built around 64 bit tech unlike XP 64 which is just a bugged up remake of XP Pro.


3 things

A. the differences between pro and home are not noticable in a 'home' environment.

2. Having experienced the last few Betas of Vista.. I wouldnt come close to that thing with my wallet. It will be bloated to hell (comes on a DVD after all, will have to check the final install size but I think its over 6gigs..) And if you want to get the full features it will cost you a bundle. Not to mention its not scheduled for release for quite some time and Id think you would want to use your computer before then :)

C. Im sure eventually we will all upgrade to it.. but frankly if you like the look of it you can pretty much get a 3rd party app to make XP look like Vista (read, OS X) so its not the best thing since sliced bread. Did have some neat improvements but not even close to enough things to warrant an upgrade/purchase.

[DSM4Life]

That difference in price you could have had newegg add Next day shipping :) (although I always get my stuff in 2 days fron them with their standard shipping)
i did get next day :) but it is sat and i don't think orders go through till monday. I wanted it 5 mins ago.

[pik4chu]

i did get next day :) but it is sat and i don't think orders go through till monday. I wanted it 5 mins ago.
newegg wills hip on saturday if you ordered it fairly early (like before 2pm or something)

[DSM4Life]

I just hate waiting , i have this new system upstairs and can't even use it. I need my BF2 ! :mad:

[bobthemoo]

I just hate waiting , i have this new system upstairs and can't even use it. I need my BF2 ! :mad:


lol i kno the feeling. I had to sit around waiting for ages to complete my psu mount, get my new psu and attempt to install it. then my dad just comes along and asks if i want a new case! :bang head

[benbaked]

my suggestion is to install linux today to play around with it, make sure hardware works together and whatnot; then call microsoft tomorrow and maybe they can check some receipts or whatever and get you a new key...save you some money. :thup:

[ericcase]

You definitely made the right call between XP64 and XP Home. Good luck with you're new rig.:thup:

[DSM4Life]

I already quickly put my order in for newegg. Since i have off work today and tomorrow if i didn't put my order in with newegg then i would have bought it from best buy so i could get up and running.

This is the system:

ASUS A8N-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Opteron 165 Denmark 1000MHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor
OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI ATX12V 600W Power Supply
CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model Twinx2048-3200c2
XFX PV-T71G-UDE7 GeForce 7900 GT EXTREME (520MHz) 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

I am just looking at it sit there on my desk using my dads old @$$ computer, :rolleyes:

[jivetrky]

I already quickly put my order in for newegg. Since i have off work today and tomorrow if i didn't put my order in with newegg then i would have bought it from best buy so i could get up and running.

This is the system:

ASUS A8N-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Opteron 165 Denmark 1000MHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor
OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI ATX12V 600W Power Supply
CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model Twinx2048-3200c2
XFX PV-T71G-UDE7 GeForce 7900 GT EXTREME (520MHz) 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

I am just looking at it sit there on my desk using my dads old @$$ computer, :rolleyes:

Nice...that'll be an awesome setup!