vista cost & requirements

[NucleusKore]

Now that you've learnt about the cost of running various version of Microsoft Windows Vista, have you ever thought of trying Linux? It's free to try you know, not to mention free to keep. If you have doubts about installing it with your current version of Windows see this thread, you can have both
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=96132

 

[chesss]

just pirate it dude.. u r 13 years old. It is legal for 13yr olds to pirate software in India

 

[Psychosocial]

^^Lol .

Aero is absent In Home Basic too .

M$ monopoly .

 

[eggman]

just pirate it dude.. u r 13 years old. It is legal for 13yr olds to pirate software in India

lolzzz...........ha ha ha

so funny

 

[Cool G5]

Now that you've learnt about the cost of running various version of Microsoft Windows Vista, have you ever thought of trying Linux? It's free to try you know, not to mention free to keep. If you have doubts about installing it with your current version of Windows see this thread, you can have both
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=96132

+1
And even free to distribute.

 

[TheLetterD]

thugh i a youngt i cant pirate it cuz i use net and dont like iirraatating msgs of genuine advantage.

 

[Psychosocial]

^^I use p1r@t3d Windows Vista Ultimate 32Bits SP1 and I can download automatic updates, install and update software from M$'s official site,etc.

No irritating messages .

 

[kalpik]

@chess: You have been on this forum long enough to know that we do not support piracy. Consider this a warning.

@all: Can we please be on topic now?

 

[narangz]

For normal home usage Windows Vista Home Premium is the best choice. You need atleast 512 MB of RAM. For playing games consider atleast 2 GB of RAM.

Your graphics card must be able to support Aero to run the Aero effects.

 

[chesss]

@chess: You have been on this forum long enough to know that we do not support piracy. Consider this a warning.

Nor do I support piracy
I am merely suggesting him to pirate, so that when he eventually gets pirated vista which lacks features like manual activation and good-looking notification popups he will automatically find out how pirated software takes the 'fun' out of software.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

The funny thing today is that the cheapest windows version is not windows XP, but windows vista. I remember reading somewhere that Vista Home Basic Retail costs 3.5K. Perhaps OEM may be 3K. Thats the cheapest windows you can buy which actually works.

As for Windows Vista Starter, well, considering the cripples it has, you will be better off with DOS and some gui for it.

What are your needs really ?

Starter looks ugly, and has a restriction allowing you to open not more than 3 apps at a time. I doubt you can bear with it.

If your budget can't go beyond 1.7K, I suggest you install Novell OpenSuSE 11.0 and ask any questions you have regarding it here in this forum. Its going to be very similar in its user experience compared to vista, and its free of cost. As far as a clueless newbie to that OS is concerned, its much more functional and easy to use than the crap that vista starter is. And perhaps its biggest advantage is that its an OS designed keeping in mind switchers from Windows Vista.

 

[Psychosocial]

^^True. When you are on budget, always give Open-Source a chance .

And w/ever you do (open source or Vista) dont get Starte Edition. It sux.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

It might sound amusing, but I happen to have a question now, for this thread, regarding my personal issues:

Situation:

Windows XP sucks on my system. Its an old and obsolete OS. I use linux for nearly _every_ thing, but others in my house NEED windows for their work since they don't know how to use linux. My rig is a 2.66GHz P4 Prescott, Intel GMA 900 Graphics and 256MB DDR1 400MHz RAM. 1GB more RAM is soon to come. Going by what someone said in this forum, a 2.0GHz CPU with 1GB RAM is supposed to run windows vista comfortably. I am considering buying Vista Home Basic. I need it to play directx 10 games (in future), and for basic office work and multitasking. Will it do ? At what cost ?

 

[Psychosocial]

^^^Home Basic sux big time. It dosent have Aero and other features. Should cost around 5k I think but I have never bought any Windows as per now . I am using Windows Vista Ultimate 32Bit SP1 and its quite amazing and not as bad as others say.

BUT, for normal office work and DX10 games, it will suffice .

 

[MetalheadGautham]

^^^Home Basic sux big time. It dosent have Aero and other features. Should cost around 5k I think but I have never bought any Windows as per now . I am using Windows Vista Ultimate 32Bit SP1 and its quite amazing and not as bad as others say.

BUT, for normal office work and DX10 games, it will suffice .

My folks at home don't need eye candy. They need a stable OS from Microsoft.

For eye-candy and super security, I use Linux

I heard Home Basic is 3.5K some months back. Whats its current price ?

What worries me is the rumour that Home Basic is not for gamers.

 

[desiibond]

Home basic lacks:

1) Aero
2) bad edition for laptops
3) no media center
4) windows fax and scan
5) windows meeting space
6) windows complete pc backup and restore
7) remote desktop connection
8) windows dvd maker
9) windows games


I don't think home basic is a good choice even for home use when you get home premium for just 2k more.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Home basic lacks:

1) Aero
2) bad edition for laptops
3) no media center
4) windows fax and scan
5) windows meeting space
6) windows complete pc backup and restore
7) remote desktop connection
8) windows dvd maker
9) windows games


I don't think home basic is a good choice even for home use when you get home premium for just 2k more.

1. Don't need when I have compiz fusion
2. Why ?
4. So ?
5. I prefer IRC
6. I backup my windows partitions via linux
7. Don't need that either
8. nah...
9. If you mean solitare and pinball, I DEFINITELY don't need them

 

[desiibond]

FYI, those were meant with home users with no knowledge on PC.

Those things make tasks easier and suits well for starters.

Am not going to argue linuxvswindows

and please for gods sake keep the linux stuff in linux threads and don't try to rub it on everyone.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

FYI, those were meant with home users with no knowledge on PC.

Those things make tasks easier and suits well for starters.

Am not going to argue linuxvswindows

and please for gods sake keep the linux stuff in linux threads and don't try to rub it on everyone.

I don't understand whats wrong with you.
I said I don't need certain features and you say I am dragging linux into this.

I just asked for the cheapest windows which can play directx 10 games (and has inbuilt directx 10 support obviously) which does not have any restrictions like starter. And I also need it for running multimedia, office and internet apps.

First, I hear someone saying Vista Basic would do this job. Next, you advice me to pay a couple of grands extra so that I can get more unwanted features. And now, I am confused if vista basic even does what I want to.

damn!

 

[desiibond]

^^^ You said that you need a stable OS from microsoft for your folks at home and you also want an OS that does good at gaming.

Yep. you can run games on Vista Home Basic but again it lacks so manyfeatures that you might want to have when you want them. Vista Home basic is just a windows xp on dx10.

If you want a stable OS for home use, I would say get Windows XP home for 3.5k instead of windows vista home basic.

But you need a good OS that can do lot of tasks get winxp professional or vista home premium.

xp home: 3.5k
xp pro: 6k

vista home basic: 3.5k
vista home premium: 4.9k


PS: The vista media centre that comes with home premium and ultimate is worth a lot.

movies, music, tv in one app and that too with a clean interface. It's worth using.

do google on home basic vs home premium and you will find answers.

What exactly is the config of pc that you want to run vista on?