ColTom2

Hi Dale:

Thanks for your informative input. My biggest question that I have now is
how do I select to dual boot in the Vista upgrade process. What options
should I look for in the upgrade to be sure and implement the ability to
dual boot?

There is no doubt now as to whether I will elect to dual boot, but only
how?

Thanks


"Dale "Mad_Murdock" White" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
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> As with any new OS, there is going to be problems. People on these forums
> took the plunge and upgraded and then found out, they had some problems
> and then didn't have a way to go back.
>
> In my work, I have to use a VPN client and PCanywhere. I finally got a
> working VPN client, but PCanywhere isn't available for Vista yet.
>
> If I dual boot, I get to fiddle around with Vista and learn it's quirks
> and problems and if by some chance I have a really daunting problem, I can
> always go back to XP. If nothing else, when I'm testing out games under
> vista, I can go back and see how it behaves in XP. Sometimes, both OSes
> show the same problem. Here in this forum, some people would scream how
> Vista sucks and Microsoft screwed them !
>
> I'm actually triple booting, XP, Vista32 and Vista64. Because I'm hearing
> all this flap about 64bit and how it's the future and all that and so I
> wanted to see was there in advantage or extra problems. Being able to go
> back to Vista32, I can see whether it's a problem with Vista64 or if both
> have the problem.
>
> In 6-9 months from now, there won't be much need in dual booting, as Vista
> will stabilize, Applications, drivers and hardware will get caught up and
> Vista will run on par with XP in a generic sense. Right now, going pure
> Vista is just too much of a unknown gamble.
>
> If nothing else, Dual booting lets you find out, if you're going to have
> any compatibility problems. You may find out you do, at which time you
> revert back to XP and delete your Vista boot. If everything runs fine, you
> delete your XP boot and go pure vista.
>
> How does dual booting making your OS complicated ? You get a menu, before
> you ever boot your OS, you choose your OS and off you go. There is nothing
> complicated about it.
>
>
> "ColTom2" <nomailaddress@none.com> wrote in message
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>> Hi:
>>
>> Why would or what advantage is it to upgrade to Vista Premium with dual
>> booting capabilities? If one is going to upgrade then why not just
>> upgrade.
>>
>> Frankly I don't see the purpose or advantage of dual booting other than
>> making you OS more complicated. Maybe someone can explain why?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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