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Old 01-30-2007   #2 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Mikey
The hardest thing about upgrading to Vista from XP was getting the DVD's out of the box they came in......It is a stunning OS and faster then XP.....I upgraded to the Ultimate version......It was super easy but did take some time for it to install....But remember XP takes up two gigs of space Vista Ultimate takes up eleven.....If you get the DVD version it comes with two DVD's one for 32 bit and one for 64 bit.....If you get the CD version it comes with five CD's......You do have to have a workhorse of a machine to run the ultimate but less for the basic and home versions.......I remember all the negative hype about SE, ME, XP so it just seems to follow....I did have a couple of software applications that did have issues.....Screen Shot Maker and an FTP software application.....Other then that everything works perfect.....Also remember with any new install you need to go into Start/Run/MSCONFIG/Selective Startup/ and uncheck almost everything that is checked in startup and services.....That is why a computer seems to be soooooo sloooooow after an install of a new OS.....Once you have done that you will be blown away how fast your computer will be....No matter what OS you might run......Also this is different then XP....Some things you will recognize but some things are new and you will have to learn......Overall it blows XP out of the water.....
any screen shots Mikey?? would love to see some.
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