sohum
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I'm pretty sure the upgrade prices were only valid for upgrades from Vista.
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MattW
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Nope, you can upgrade from XP with the same licenses, just you need to do a full install.
Kshitiz_Indian
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I just read two pages of that article and it looked like an amateur effort. He's saying that OSX is the "price" winner at being $29, only so easily ignoring the enormous amount of extra money which is actually spent when buying a Mac.
Moreover, I don't feel OSX vs. Vista is a fair comparison. OSX code is so clumsy apparently it can't run on anything else than their small amount of Mac brothers.
MasterBlaster76
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I have Win XP on C:\ and Win 7 on F:\ . Can I keep it like that? It would be a great help if I didn't have to swap them around; I still want to keep XP, just in case of any issues. Is it best to go for the 32 or 64 bit version (you can go to 4gb with the 64 bit one, can't you?)
sohum
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Are you dual booting? You should be able to keep the same rig, though be careful to choose the right partition when you're installing/upgrading the retail version.
As for 64-bit vs. 32-bit, personally I'd go with the 64-bit. You can use up to 192GB of RAM (if you have Pro, Enterprise or Ultimate) or 8-16GB for other versions. Of course, if you're using old hardware, you will have incompatibility issues.
MasterBlaster76
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Thank you.
Yes, will be dual booting. As long as I can choose the partition to install Win 7 in, I'll be fine. As for old hardware, I don't think I'm using any. Most of my specs are in my sig.
Cricketman
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Some of these PC users can't seem to achnowledge that Mac's are, infact, very very good machines. No hassles of viruses, a very smooth and stable operating system (calling it clumsy in comparison to Vista is laughable IMO).
I use PC's at home, and we have Macs at school. The macs win hands down, much zippier, no lag, user friendly, and hassle free. You don't need to 'maintain' it like PC's either, with defrag, virus scans, firewalls (well, you don't need as much as windows) that just clog up the computer.
Although it must be said I don't mind using PCs, I love my Vaio. But I am looking forward to switching to a Macbook Pro when I head to college in two years.
just my .02.
I use PC's at home, and we have Macs at school. The macs win hands down, much zippier, no lag, user friendly, and hassle free. You don't need to 'maintain' it like PC's either, with defrag, virus scans, firewalls (well, you don't need as much as windows) that just clog up the computer.
Although it must be said I don't mind using PCs, I love my Vaio. But I am looking forward to switching to a Macbook Pro when I head to college in two years.
just my .02.
I've administered a mac system of about 40 computers and yeah they're easy to use and generally reliable. Mac OS X screwed a lot of the schools though as many spent large amounts of money on software which now only runs in Mac OS classic.
Cricketman
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Yeah, the classic and OSX are two completely different things, it was a total overhaul.
But we do have some OSClassic only apps at our school. Whenver we open them, it simply opens the application in that operating system. I'm not sure what exactly that is, it could open a virtual machine or something.
But we do have some OSClassic only apps at our school. Whenver we open them, it simply opens the application in that operating system. I'm not sure what exactly that is, it could open a virtual machine or something.
Mac's are hassle free and virus free but compared to the PC's, the % of people using Mac's is very very low. Hackers and virus programmers target PC systems and write viruses and trojans for PC's because a huge number of people use PC's. It all boils down to the popularity of the PC's. Also the Mac's are very costly. You can get a PC laptop for $500. But a Macbook costs $1000 and above. Mac's have been there for a long time but it just has not caught on with people as much as PC's and so they remain where they are. The OS of Mac is not as user friendly as Windows. Hard to get used to for novices of Mac.
Cricketman
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The OS is just as easy IMO. It's just a dock!
That $500 laptop is a waste of money, and is probably full of low quality parts and materials. All Mac products are built of high quality and obviously the price will be more.
There are more PCs because there are more companies that sell them. HP, Dell, Acer, etc etc etc. Mac's are only built by Apple.
In the end, you get what you pay for.
That $500 laptop is a waste of money, and is probably full of low quality parts and materials. All Mac products are built of high quality and obviously the price will be more.
There are more PCs because there are more companies that sell them. HP, Dell, Acer, etc etc etc. Mac's are only built by Apple.
In the end, you get what you pay for.
