I think you mean she has Vista Basic, not Home. Vista Home Premium is the
version with Media Center. Note that laptops do not run vista home premium
well unless they are new, expensive or upgraded--hard to do with a notebook
computer. If she already has Home Premium and does not have the right
hardware, it reverts to Basic. She would need a tv tuner to take advantage of
all Media Center's features. Home Premium works better on a desktop or a high
end notebook. Have her run the windows upgrade advisor on her vista disk to
see why she might want to reconsider the upgrade.
"No Spam" wrote:
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> Long story...a friend has a new Dell laptop with Vista Home. She wants
> Vista Premium for the Media Center stuff.
>
> Is it possible to upgrade over the existing installation, so that apps,
> etc. do not need to be reinstalled?
>
> What would be the cost? I don't think she wants to pay $120 for a full
> copy of Vista Premium.
>
> Any other thoughts or suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>