Vista Editions

Lee H

Hi

I have been reading about the differences between all the Vista editions

I read that Vista Home Basic doesnt support creating video DVD's

Could this be overcome by installing Nero, just curious as to how they are going to sell DVD Writers with this version of Vista

Lee H

sthomas

I think that statement means that Vista Home Basic does not support creating Video DVD's out of the box. If you install 3rd party software you should be ok. Although avoiding Windows Vista Basic may be the best thing to do in my opinion.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/editions/default.mspx

tibul

I agree with sthomas post, personally i would go for atleast the premium edition but personally im going for the business edition one becouse i dont need media centre and two the business edition has remote access and is cheaper than the ultimate edition.

LukeQuake

Going for ultimate edition myself, I want to play about with all of the new features

tibul

If it wasent becouse the ultimate edition is over £300 then i would probably have gone for that, but the only thing etc with the ultimate edition over the business one is the media centre thing which i've been using the ultimate edition since beta 2 and have never found a use for media centre.

endersftd

What versions of Windows can use the upgrade version of Vista Ultimate? According to the MS website, it looks like only XP and Win2K. So no 95/98/ME, correct?

Also, does the upgrade disc do one of those things where you don't have to have the older OS installed, but only need the disc to the old OS for verification? Would it work if the disc to your current OS was the upgrade disc? So if all I have is a retail XP upgrade or 2000 upgrade disc, Vista should just ask me to insert the disc and then proceed to do a clean, full install, correct?

kujayhawk93

endersftd wrote:

Also, does the upgrade disc do one of those things where you don't have to have the older OS installed, but only need the disc to the old OS for verification? Would it work if the disc to your current OS was the upgrade disc? So if all I have is a retail XP upgrade or 2000 upgrade disc, Vista should just ask me to insert the disc and then proceed to do a clean, full install, correct?

I don't think that will work. I've played with the Business version and the only way to do an upgrade is to boot into your current operating system and run the Vista setup. If you boot off off the Vista DVD, the upgrade option is not available, only a clean install. I don't know if all versions are like this, but I'm betting so.

endersftd

I could live with that (having to have an earlier OS installed, and then performing a clean install via upgrade). I'm still curious on what earlier Windows versions can upgrade to Vista (I'm still suspecting only 2000 and XP). Thanks for the info.

tibul

yes only 2000 and xp can be upgrade to vista, you can also upgrade between versions of vista i.e. premium to ultimate

endersftd

Thanks, tibul. That's exactly what I needed to know. You guys are the best.