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Well I've been fighting with MS with this about a week now...I'm going to be buying a new copy of an XP OS, Media Center or Pro not sure which yet, as I need a new one & I have some X-Mas moneys coming myway soon...
So I was checking out Newegg & they have the OEM's out there with a Vista upgrade coupon...so I starting looking into that further as I saw a review post made by a few people who purchased it.
Basically the version of Vista you can upgrade to is based on the version of XP you buy or got with the pc you purchased...this is from memory...couldn't find the link again...
XP Home - Vista Home
XP Home Media Center - Vista Home Premium
XP Pro - Vista Business
Well if I go with XP Pro which is what I use now, I'd be looking at getting Vista Business which I sure as hell don't want...I want Home Premium or Ultimate.
So anyway I've emailed MS 2 times asking them this & gotten copy & paste botted msgs which absolutely do not answer my question at all & then in one of their msgs they said if the email didn't answer my question I could call & ask them in person. So I did that & the guy was like we don't know anything about Vista but I have a note here...guy on phone reads it, and it is some lame sales speach about how great it will be & that it will be out next month for purchase. I told him that is no help I already knew that info. So he gave me another email address to try for the Vista people.
So I emailed them last week & am still awaiting an reply. So I'm hoping someone here knows the answer to my question as there has got to be some MS employees here on this site in secret.lol
My question is this...
Whatever copy of XP I get (Pro or Media Center) can I pay the difference if any if I wanted to go from the version I'd get with the OS I got to a different one? So if I got XP Pro could I pay some extra & get Ultimate instead? If so what would the cost be for this? Or could I go with XP Pro & instead of going with Vista Business could I get Vista Home Premium for no additional charge since it is a lower version of Vista compared to business?
Thanks...
PS-regardless of what version of Vista I get with the upgrade coupon I'm not going to install it till they get the bugs worked out of it & everyone is supporting it via drivers etc, and possibly also after the first SP is out for it.
So I was checking out Newegg & they have the OEM's out there with a Vista upgrade coupon...so I starting looking into that further as I saw a review post made by a few people who purchased it.
Basically the version of Vista you can upgrade to is based on the version of XP you buy or got with the pc you purchased...this is from memory...couldn't find the link again...
XP Home - Vista Home
XP Home Media Center - Vista Home Premium
XP Pro - Vista Business
Well if I go with XP Pro which is what I use now, I'd be looking at getting Vista Business which I sure as hell don't want...I want Home Premium or Ultimate.
So anyway I've emailed MS 2 times asking them this & gotten copy & paste botted msgs which absolutely do not answer my question at all & then in one of their msgs they said if the email didn't answer my question I could call & ask them in person. So I did that & the guy was like we don't know anything about Vista but I have a note here...guy on phone reads it, and it is some lame sales speach about how great it will be & that it will be out next month for purchase. I told him that is no help I already knew that info. So he gave me another email address to try for the Vista people.
So I emailed them last week & am still awaiting an reply. So I'm hoping someone here knows the answer to my question as there has got to be some MS employees here on this site in secret.lol
My question is this...
Whatever copy of XP I get (Pro or Media Center) can I pay the difference if any if I wanted to go from the version I'd get with the OS I got to a different one? So if I got XP Pro could I pay some extra & get Ultimate instead? If so what would the cost be for this? Or could I go with XP Pro & instead of going with Vista Business could I get Vista Home Premium for no additional charge since it is a lower version of Vista compared to business?
Thanks...
PS-regardless of what version of Vista I get with the upgrade coupon I'm not going to install it till they get the bugs worked out of it & everyone is supporting it via drivers etc, and possibly also after the first SP is out for it.