Vista - Re: Vista Home Premium 64 bit Upgrade from Vista Home Basic 32 bitoperating system

Archquark wrote:No. He will have to buy the 64 bit version if he wishes to run 64 bit.
Vista has only one version on each DVD - either 32 bit or 64 bit. If he
opts for the 64 bit version, he should check to ensure 64 bit drivers
are available for all of his devices beforehand.

The vista home basic 64 bit only costs 9.95 delivered to your door, just
go to miscrosft and find the link, the same license for 32 bit works for
the 64 bit version.


If you go to the Home Premium, same thing......the license works for 32
bit or 64. But I think you have to order the 64 bit from microsft
because as I? hear it, no one stocks the 64 bit Home Premium.

Archquark wrote:

He should save his money and wait until October to get Windows 7, what Vista
should have been.
Judging from the release candidate this is a worthwhile "upgrade" where as
the XP to Vista change is kind of pointless.
If you do not know under what specific circumstances you would benefit from
a 64 bit OS there is no reason to choose the 64 bit version and many reasons
not to, most specifically lack of drivers for many peripherals that have
fully functional 32 bit Vista drivers.

botox wrote:Yup! I agree. Been running Win7, both beta and RC, and it is superior to
Vista in almost all respects. Release to the public is supposed to be
sometime around mid October. Pricing has yet to be announced.

"Ricky" <TxTrucker@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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The product key is not the same after you buy the 64bit dvd from Microsoft.
You will need to call them and they will give u a new key free of charge. I
know I had to do this

I just did it myself, and the product key for 32bit was the same key I
used for the 64 bit. You may have had other recent upgrades that
triggered a phone call. I have experienced that after adding other
upgrades, video card, hard drive, memory, etc... to my system too.

Mr. Jon Pope wrote: