fex Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 Do all the retail versions of Vista contain both 32bit and 64bit versions
Jimbob Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 Do all the retail versions of Vista contain both 32bit and 64bit versions Not to my knowledge. The 32bit versions are available in retail outlets, but can be upgraded to 64bit through Microsoft i think. 64bit Vista O/S's are available in retail outlets as well (the boxes are marked with which bit version is in the case)
fex Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 Not to my knowledge. The 32bit versions are available in retail outlets, but can be upgraded to 64bit through Microsoft i think. 64bit Vista O/S's are available in retail outlets as well (the boxes are marked with which bit version is in the case) Hmmm. They don't like to make it easy..... I'm just wondering if it's worth buying....or is it worth waiting till Windows 7 gets released. Windows 7 is planned for a release this year right?
Wesley Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 Aye this year if all goes to plan. I have 64 bit edition of Vista, works quite nice, I recommend! I also switched back to Windows a year ago after having a Mac. It was fun to mess around with a Mac, but they're not that useful to me.
Shorty Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 Not to my knowledge. The 32bit versions are available in retail outlets, but can be upgraded to 64bit through Microsoft i think. 64bit Vista O/S's are available in retail outlets as well (the boxes are marked with which bit version is in the case) I'm pretty sure you can't upgrade from 32-bit vista to 64-bit. If you purchase an upgrade version of 64-bit Vista it is for upgrading from an older or cheaper version (Home Premium to Ultimate, for example) of the OS, not from the 32-bit version. You'd have to buy a new copy of the 64-bit Vista and do a fresh install. Edit: it's worth noting that a vista serial key will work for any bit version, although that might not be the case with an OEM (pre-installed on system) version.
Blue_Ninja0 Posted March 14, 2009 Posted March 14, 2009 I thought that all Vista packages came with both the 32 and 64 bit editions disks.
Jasper Posted April 29, 2009 Posted April 29, 2009 Hello, I'm Jasper and you may remember me from such threads as the Apple iThread (deceased). I recently installed Windows Vista on my Mac and I have to say: it runs pretty smooth. I like it. It even keeps the internet connection steadier than OS X could (on the same hardware) and I have no troubles with it whatsoever (I can't put it to sleep though, because it doesn't wake up (but that's hardware related) and the boot time is loooong because it gets confused with my macintosh partition, telling me to format it because it isn't Windows compatible - ten times before it's found the windows disk). Only one thing: does anybody know better audio drivers (for my mac in this case), because the audio is reeeaaally sloppy with the drivers apple delivered... I have an iMac (2007) 24". The Apple iThread is gone, so I wondered if any of you might know.
Pantsu Man! Posted April 29, 2009 Posted April 29, 2009 Not to butt in front of Jasper but I've got a small question. I have a Vista Home premium 64bit OEM disc installed on a machine already. Is it possible to install this Vista disc onto a new Mac Pro?
Pantsu Man! Posted April 29, 2009 Posted April 29, 2009 Nope, I'm asking on behalf of my sibling. Although I want to get a macbook sometime.
Jasper Posted April 29, 2009 Posted April 29, 2009 Not to butt in front of Jasper but I've got a small question. I have a Vista Home premium 64bit OEM disc installed on a machine already. Is it possible to install this Vista disc onto a new Mac Pro? No problem, since I can answer your question, having a mac and all. :wink: Yes you can, but it will give you some problems because OEM discs aren't really good at working on other computers. Apple delivers you the drivers on the MacOS install disc, so actually it shouldn't give a problem. it might, since it's actually designed just for that computer, but I know you can install OEM discs on any computer if you have the right drivers to use... But the sound still won't be great.
Shino Posted April 29, 2009 Posted April 29, 2009 Hello, I'm Jasper and you may remember me from such threads as the Apple iThread (deceased). I recently installed Windows Vista on my Mac and I have to say: it runs pretty smooth. I like it. It even keeps the internet connection steadier than OS X could (on the same hardware) and I have no troubles with it whatsoever (I can't put it to sleep though, because it doesn't wake up (but that's hardware related) and the boot time is loooong because it gets confused with my macintosh partition, telling me to format it because it isn't Windows compatible - ten times before it's found the windows disk). Only one thing: does anybody know better audio drivers (for my mac in this case), because the audio is reeeaaally sloppy with the drivers apple delivered... I have an iMac (2007) 24". The Apple iThread is gone, so I wondered if any of you might know. For something with such a standard hardware as a Mac, I imagine there must be some driver out there.
tapedeck Posted May 4, 2009 Posted May 4, 2009 Gah, help needed. Got a new laptop - has Vista (not a fan - miss XP). Basically when I turn laptop on it says limited connectivity to the net (wifi) then after about ten secs it is fine. After that my connection is hit and miss. It may be connected for an hour or less, then it just keeps dc'ing. Sometimes it cant even find the router. I could be stood next to it. I've reset all things including laptop/router. I've even LAN connected yet it works fine (even though the router says there's no connection when LAN connected when I use the setup disk I got with the router...it's a BT homehub.) So now I have an unstable internet on Vista only. To compare I had my old XP laptop running/iPhone connected and this new laptop running yesterday and the new one kept losing the connection (and the router on discovery) whereas the iPhone and XP laptop were fine. Anyone got any clues? I'm new to Vista and it's clearly doing my head in. (In network and sharing centre I have network discovery switched to "on".)
McPhee Posted May 4, 2009 Posted May 4, 2009 Gah, help needed. Got a new laptop - has Vista (not a fan - miss XP). Basically when I turn laptop on it says limited connectivity to the net (wifi) then after about ten secs it is fine. After that my connection is hit and miss. It may be connected for an hour or less, then it just keeps dc'ing. Sometimes it cant even find the router. I could be stood next to it. I've reset all things including laptop/router. I've even LAN connected yet it works fine (even though the router says there's no connection when LAN connected when I use the setup disk I got with the router...it's a BT homehub.) So now I have an unstable internet on Vista only. To compare I had my old XP laptop running/iPhone connected and this new laptop running yesterday and the new one kept losing the connection (and the router on discovery) whereas the iPhone and XP laptop were fine. Anyone got any clues? I'm new to Vista and it's clearly doing my head in. (In network and sharing centre I have network discovery switched to "on".) It's not a Vista problem, either the driver or the hardware is nackered. There shouldn't be any new laptops shipping with compatability issues. To be frank it does sound pretty disgraceful, the main reason to buy a pre-built machine is because the manufacturer should have the kinks ironed out. If there isn't an update on their website and they don't have a solution then i'd send it straight back...
Ellmeister Posted May 12, 2009 Posted May 12, 2009 Need some urgent help please! Logged on this morning, and a funny dinging sound was made (sorry about inability to onomatopoeiacally describe stuff) then it came up saying "There has been an unauthorsized change to windows. Then directs me to a site to validate my windows. To which it has the cheek to say its not genuine. I can assure you it, it came with this laptop when I got it for my birthday pretty much a year ago. On normal log in it won't show up any vista like the bar is missing. I can get onto the internet but only by changing sites. WTF
Gizmo Posted May 12, 2009 Posted May 12, 2009 Hopefully on your laptop somewhere (or on the box it came in perhaps) you'll have an authentification code. If you validate and put that code in you should be fine. If it still doesn't work after that, someone else must have used your authentification code, and on detection of this it's decided that you are the one who stole it.
Ellmeister Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 Its a windows update that is doing this. So everyday I turn it on after it secretly updates at night I have to go back a few days. Is there any way to sort this issue out?
McPhee Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 Phone MS and tell them you're having authenication problems, explain what happens. They should be able to sort it out from their end easily enough.
Shorty Posted May 14, 2009 Posted May 14, 2009 Check that it's not a phishing scam, are you definitely being redirected to microsoft.com? If it's a scam you have malware issue.
Jasper Posted May 14, 2009 Posted May 14, 2009 Hopefully on your laptop somewhere (or on the box it came in perhaps) you'll have an authentification code. If you validate and put that code in you should be fine. If it still doesn't work after that, someone else must have used your authentification code, and on detection of this it's decided that you are the one who stole it. Not if you have the sticker with the code on your computer, or have they changed that?
tapedeck Posted May 14, 2009 Posted May 14, 2009 It's not a Vista problem, either the driver or the hardware is nackered. There shouldn't be any new laptops shipping with compatability issues. To be frank it does sound pretty disgraceful, the main reason to buy a pre-built machine is because the manufacturer should have the kinks ironed out. If there isn't an update on their website and they don't have a solution then i'd send it straight back... Sent it back - got a replacement all is fine now. Thanks for the advice, t'was doing my napper in!
Pantsu Man! Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 I wonder if anyone can help. A few years ago I bought a laptop which was in the time frame of buy it and get a free upgrade to vista. I just want to know if there is any way to fresh install vista onto the machine which is as simple as possible to do. And if I can sell a Toshiba P100-208 anywhere to anyone.
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