Not to worry about a Vista "upgrade" as it's not an upgrade in the same
vein as other, prior Microsoft OSes have worked. The Vista upgrade
process is really more like a migration - settings and programs are
gathered, Vista is installed, then the migrated settings and programs
are put back again.
I would recommend that if you're worried about failure/reinstall that
you look into an imaging product that can create a perfect offline image
of your computer and store it for those rainy day problems.
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"Brett" <public_at_cygen_dot_com> wrote in message
I need a new desktop but am not sure if I should wait until Vista is
released in January or buy an XP box and upgrade via a free Vista coupon
(HP). I imagine the hardware (4GB RAM, 250GB HD, dual core Intel) I buy
now on an XP box will be just fine for a Vista upgrade. The question
mark for me is what may be the differences in the long run between
working on an upgraded Vista box verses a full install of Vista. Maybe
hardware that doesn't doesn't brand itself with Vista or something and
ends up causing problems when I upgrade.
I also wonder what a restore will be like with a Vista upgrade. I'll
have to restore the original XP then upgrade to Vista everytime. Any
comments are welcome.
