will it be a good idea to upgrade from win. xp  to win. vista?
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Dont try the first releases it can make problems. However Microsoft had checked Vista to hackers and claimed it as the best but i dont trust it yet! Wait for the pro version.
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if your pc came with me you are over due to upgrade anyway. check hp.com dell.com and local stores for a good deal. the new pc will have more memory larger hard drive  faster cpu etc.. and yes will come with win xp. if you wait for a few months  when vista is released they will be giving away the xp preloaded pcs to make way for the new ones. xp will not fall aside for vista very quickly so do not worry about getting a out of date os also hp and dell say they will offer a low cost upgrade to vista if you purchase a pc from them within 1 year of vistas release.
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Answer :\n\nYES YES U CAN...\nsee\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/upgrading/sysreqs.mspx\n\nits said "64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features"...\n\nAND\nhttp://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail~dpno~416844~name~Windows+XP+Home+Edition+with+Service+Pack+2+-+Upgrade+Package~mfg~N09-00985+++++++++++.asp\n\nfor the "Service Pack 2"\n\nMy Recommendation :\n\nDON'T DO THAT... buy some RAM (at least 256).... just for the sake of XP.
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Download the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor from Microsoft website. Then install it onto your computer. Run the application and it will let you know if your current good machine is good enough to run Vista.\n\n\nNote: Vista will be available in 5 flavours. Basic to Premium.
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I have beta tested Windows Vista, and yes it does look pretty. But that is not the only changes , there are actually some new cool features on there that will be very useful. Only prob is it is a little more demanding then windows XP is, so not everyone will be able to upgrade right away. As far as it bieng buggy.....its Windows , what can we say haha
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do you want a buggy version allways pick up the latest version.... then wait a few months and find out whats so good about it and then decide weather it's worth even upgrading...\nI can remember win98,, boy 95 was better and faster, and didnt need as much memory.\nI skipped till 2000 came out.
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CONS:\n\nWindows Vista is massively bloated. the install requires ~6+ Gigs, (nearly 3 times the size of an average XP installation.) Upon installing it, i was unable to run Rise of Nations, a Microsoft game. It is the pinnacle of bloatware (software that has been really increased in size with few new features. \n\nWith this bloating, it will require an extremely powerful machine, and will consume a large amount of your Ram (I had 1 GB and it was really consuming it.\n\nVery limited out of the box hardware support. XP has much better support for sound cards and modems. Also, some of your driver discs will not work under vista, and you will need to wait (hope) that your hardware manufacturer makes new drivers for vista.\n\nPRO(s):\n\nIt looks really pretty. This same affect can be gotten for your XP (free) by searching yahoo for "Vista Inspirat pack." Which makes your XP look like vista.
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First Windows Vista is delayed until early 2007, so no need to do anything right now.  Most hardware purchased recently, if it is sufficiently powerful will be adequate for Windows Vista. I have the beta version (Community Technology Preview) running as a second boot partition on my PC and it seems to run fine.  One thing I did have to do was to upgrade my video card from the on board video to a separate nVidia card.  For the Aero UI (transparency effect), you'll need this.  Windows Movie Maker and other applications (like DVD Maker) probably won't run without it either.\n\nFor comparison I have a 3.2GHz 1GB machine, 250GB drive (with an auxilliary 300GB added later) and an nVidia 6800GS video card.\n\nWhether you want to upgrade is up to you, but I can understand wanting to be ready.  As someone else noted, since the product was delayed such that Microsoft will miss the 2006 Holiday Shopping period, they are going with a 'Windows Vista Capable' sticker instead.  Look for manufacturers to start selling PCs with this sticker later this year.
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Yes in one of three ways. If you ge the upgrade version of Vista, you could either upgrade to Vista or do a clean install(this is possible as long as the Vista CD recognizes an XP installation already. Or if you have the full CD, you can repartition and have both an XP and Vista partition.
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I Do not beleive its worth the effort. If you really want to give your system a little up beat, I suggest you download the Official Royale Theme, which Microsoft released for xp go to\n\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Themes/Royale-Theme-for-WinXP.shtml\n\nOther functionalities which will be in the Vista include widgets, you can download Yahoo widgets, which is a cool piece of software\nhttp://widgets.yahoo.com/\nlastly for the Vista integrated fast search will be quite fast, you can achieve a performance close to it by download google or yahoo desktop search. \nAll three of these softwares come without spyware and adware and they will give your system a temporary boost while you can continue to wait for Windows Vista's next january release :-)
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umm yeah the windows vista build will have a diffrent file system but its to big or a monster to run on a older computer its going to  have high requirements i hope i answered your question in the way you wanted
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You can do whatever you want, i mean, i've seen WIN XP runnin on really old computers, and i couldn't believe it myself, so if someone answers "NO WAY" they obviously don't speak by experience.\n\nBut, anyway 16 MB is actually not much, if it runs, you're in for a hard time ;-)
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Here is a webpage that goes through the upgrade process for win2000 to xp hopefully it helps:\n\nhttp://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_2kupgrade.asp
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No. As the installer CD assumes that you have prior windows installed on your system.\nYes. What you can do is if you can find a lower version of windows (98/Millenium) and install on your system and then upgrade to WinXP using your upgrade CD. Make sure you are using the licenced version.
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There is no way u can install just part of Vista. If u like the sidebars and taskbars so much i recommend you to download the vista transformation pack which changes the look of your WIndows XP into Windows Vista. The link for the download is \nhttp://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/Vista-Transformation-Pack.shtml\nBut be careful if u want to restore urself to the original Windows XP, then u should have the Windows XP CD
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they're kind of vague, as it hasn't been released yet, but i think it would work.\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/hardware/vistahardware.mspx
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No, just make sure the PC is "Vista Capable" and you get the option of upgrading the OS to Vista.  If they don't give you the option to upgrade for free, then keep looking. You will find one.