Vista is gold

[Asus]

That's right, it has gone gold

 

[DEATHMASTER]

ok

 

[VictimOfScience]

Too bad we consumers won't see it until next year though, right? Ugh. Oh well. Need to upgrade a bit anyway....

 

[Dynasty]

*waves goodbye to anyone still using '98*

Is it still true they are going to prevent all updates for 98? Basically to TRY and force people to upgrade? Well, the 'zomfg my virus protection will no longer be up-to-date people' anyway.

Still, cant wait for it. Im getting sick of the XP layouts haha.

 

[hungryduck]

about time

too bad I only use OS X now.....

 

[Cole]

Sweet! Can't wait!

 

[giant384]

o0o not a bad price for home premium 159.00!!! wooo

 

[Uriel]

Yahoooooooooooooooo!
I'm excited!
....cept the part where i have to pay $200, but other than that, w00t in my pants!

 

[Dancingwllamas]

*waves goodbye to anyone still using '98*

Is it still true they are going to prevent all updates for 98? Basically to TRY and force people to upgrade? Well, the 'zomfg my virus protection will no longer be up-to-date people' anyway.

Still, cant wait for it. Im getting sick of the XP layouts haha.

98 support was suspended earlier this year, but it's been supported a lot longer than many OS's.

 

[lePobz]

So you mean i'll have to stop using 3.1?

 

[Link]

I think people using 98/me should have thier computers taken away. And I think this because they expect me to fix the ****ing thing when it won't do what they want. Its not frikking broken, its running 98!!!

*Edit - How does the licensing work? I have only ever bought OEM xp before, and not changing my pc without a new copy sucks. Say I bought ultimate, is that a personal licence for life? As in, I can move it to a new build, as often as I like provided I'm not still using the old one?

 

[Cole]

*Edit - How does the licensing work? I have only ever bought OEM xp before, and not changing my pc without a new copy sucks. Say I bought ultimate, is that a personal licence for life? As in, I can move it to a new build, as often as I like provided I'm not still using the old one?

You will be able to install it I believe up to 10 times as long as mobo\hd is the same.

However with Xp we could always phone in and get it done. Hell I gave my friend a copy like that. I've probably done it 10 times over the phone for Xp. It's simple. You can probably do the same with Vista.

 

[Link]

Thats the same as xp then. So whats the difference between retail and oem, apart from a lack of manuals?

 

[Hazar]

I'll wait awhile kthx

 

[ailevation]

I better start saving to upgrade.

 

[giant384]

Thats the same as xp then. So whats the difference between retail and oem, apart from a lack of manuals?

basically just a box lol.