Suprachargedtt Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Ive been loking over the net to find the answer but still not sure which way to go, Im upgrading my PC with a motherboard bundle from Novatech.co.uk and ive been told i will need a new windows disc as i only have the original restore disc supplied with my emachines 4yr old tat! The question is shall i buy normal XP or Media centre XP or go for Vista? i dont know the pros and cons of either hence why im asking for advice on here as im sure a few of you do, so please share the wealth.... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSteve Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Do you need media centre? Vista isn't yet available but most copies of XP now come with a free vista upgrade once released Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geneb Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 mate as long as you have the original license sticker your ok u just need a windows media disc which you can purchase for about £5 off ebay thats if you were running xp home just get xp home media disk you dont have to buy the product all over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprachargedtt Posted December 28, 2006 Author Share Posted December 28, 2006 i only use my pc for internet and films etc so i didnt know what benefits if any media centre would bring me? The XP disc i have is only a restore disc, it came with my pc so its not a full copy of windows as far as i know? or is there a hack or something that will let me use that instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 i only use my pc for internet and films etc so i didnt know what benefits if any media centre would bring me? The XP disc i have is only a restore disc, it came with my pc so its not a full copy of windows as far as i know? or is there a hack or something that will let me use that instead? If you use your PC for internet and films - stay with XP - no need to upgarde to VISTA which will only eat more of your machine resources like CPU, memory etc. On your computer case there should be somewhere nice greenish sticker with information about your system "Windows XP Home" or Proffesional - and serial number for your Windows version. You can use this serial number even if you will get copy of Windows XP Home (or Proffesional) from anyone. You are not paying for CD with software, you are paying for licence to use it (which is prooved by Serial Key) So in simple words: check case for sticker, find out what XP you using (Home or proffesional - I bet on Home), write down serial number, get copy of XP from friend (ask him to burn one for you) and wooalaa - you can go through "joy" of installing anf configuring WinXP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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