A few Qs?
1)My XP version doesn't pass the Microsoft Authenticity test so does that mean the Vista upgrade won't work?
2)Which version is best. I do a lot of DVD burning, movie creation etc but have all my own software so was thinking just basic Home or will I miss out on critical features
3)Is the price pretty much the same wherever u go?

Vista is a completely different Operating system, if you buy the full valid version AFAIK you will have to reformat computer and reinstall the new Operating system.
Vista IMO is shit, its for more advanced users of the PC.

Yeah thats what I intend to do. I've got a pretty high spec pc so it should run Vista OK. I've got 4gb RAM. You're right it is a pile of shit, I've used it before, but I think with the SP2 now out it should be a bit better?

install XP with service pack 2 pre-installed if that is the update you are trying to do , you can slso get rid of the Authenticity error

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Got so sick of Vista on my new laptop I ditched it & went Ubuntu.
Couldn't be happier. Going to change my home desktop/server too now.

Linux FTW !!!

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How do u bypass Authenticity?

plus 1 on that

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Stay away. Vista sucks.

Im running XP with Service Pack 3. All is good.

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Ive never seen the big issue with Vista. You all say its crap but it does everything i need to do and doesnt fuck up at all. Only problem i see is that it takes up more space on the harddrive to run it.

Meh.

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same here. i love it.
i dont really see a big difference

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