Windows XP Pro. What Vista version is comparable?

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Jean-Paul Ladue

I run Windows XP Pro w/SP2 here and am planning on running Vista. My
question is, what version of Vista is going to be comparable to the Windows
XP Pro that I am running now? I saw the list of different versions of
Vista, something like 7 different flavors I believe, and it's confusing me.
Can anyone help? Thanks. :-)
 
Windows Vista Business Edition is probably close in my opinion. Go for the
Ultimate Edition though if you can afford it as it is the "no compromise"
version.
 
Travis said:
Windows Vista Business Edition is probably close in my opinion. Go for the
Ultimate Edition though if you can afford it as it is the "no compromise"
version.
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"afford" also covering hardware requirements?!


Roy
 
My specs are P4 3.4Ghz, 1GB RAM, BFGTech Nvidia 6800 Ultra OC, SATA on the
MOBO, SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum, and the usual optical drives.
 
There are no upgrades that you need to do unless none of your optical drives
are DVD.
 
Good news then. My one optical is a CD-R, and the other a DVD-R which is a
Sony that does both + and -, but I suppose thy all do both formats lately.
:-)
 
Jean-Paul Ladue wrote:
| I run Windows XP Pro w/SP2 here and am planning on running Vista. My
| question is, what version of Vista is going to be comparable to the
| Windows XP Pro that I am running now? I saw the list of different
| versions of Vista, something like 7 different flavors I believe, and it's
| confusing me. Can anyone help? Thanks. :-)

The Business version, especially for a laptop or business computer. It has
the networking / remote etc. capabilities that enable laptops and
businesses. Both Home versions lack these features.

[Windows Vista Versions]
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/versions/default.mspx

[Scroll down for Comparison Chart on Winsupersite]
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_editions_final.asp
 
Then you're all set. My mother's computer also has a Sony DVD burner. It's
a DVD-RW burner. It's the older generation where it's maximum burn speed is
4x. (Bought in in December of 2004.) Nowadays, most of them are 16x.
 
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