Re: Upgrading to Vista?

"robothouse" wrote

I am currently looking into buying a new, high-end PC (most likely
Alienware). I see that Alienware currently has a savings of $100 off of any
PC. However, that offer is ending soon and I am planning on ordering it
before then.

One of the plans that Alienware offers is a free upgrade to Windows Vista
Home Premium with the purchase of a new PC, even before Vista comes out (they
ship you the DVD). I, however, have never installed a new operating system on
a computer before.

My question is: how hard will it be to upgrade the PC, which would be
running Media Center, to Vista? Do I just pop the DVD in and it does
everything? Do I have to uninstall Media Center. Do I have to format the Hard
Drive?

In addition to R. McCarty's response there are Vista newsgroups where you should post Vista questions. One of them is microsoft.public.windows.vista.general.



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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

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