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    How do you get the 64bit version of Vitsa Home premium?

    I'm looking to upgrade from XP home to Vista 64bit home.

    Looking on scan, in the details it states:

    Please note 64-Bit Edition DVD is not included in this package. Only the 32-Bit edition DVD is supplied in the box. Information on obtaining 64-Bit edition is included in this package.

    What do you have to do to get the 64bit version? Send off for another DVD or can you download an upgrade?

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    Wink Re: How do you get the 64bit version of Vitsa Home premium?

    You can only send for the 64bit version, if you buy a retail boxed product.
    If you buy an OEM version, you have to decide whether you want 32bit or 64bit... and you can't order the alternative.

    If you'll be buying a retail version, it costs £7.88 for the 'alternative' version - which you order from here

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    Re: How do you get the 64bit version of Vitsa Home premium?

    So I need to order the retail upgrade from Scan, wait for that to come and then order the 64bit version from the MS site? How long does the 64bit DVD take to come?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trash Man View Post

    So I need to order the retail upgrade from Scan, wait for that to come and then order the 64bit version from the MS site?
    Yup, 'coz you need the serial



    How long does the 64bit DVD take to come?
    How long is a piece of string?
    IIRC, mine took about a fortnight, but since a lot depends on the postal system... YMMV?

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    Re: How do you get the 64bit version of Vitsa Home premium?

    Quote Originally Posted by Trash Man View Post
    So I need to order the retail upgrade from Scan, wait for that to come and then order the 64bit version from the MS site? How long does the 64bit DVD take to come?
    More time and money than 64bit OEM minus the less than useless retail support.
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    Re: How do you get the 64bit version of Vitsa Home premium?

    Quote Originally Posted by aidanjt View Post
    More time and money than 64bit OEM minus the less than useless retail support.
    But with the OEM you can't upgrade your machine without having to pay for another licence, is that right?

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    Re: How do you get the 64bit version of Vitsa Home premium?

    Quote Originally Posted by Trash Man View Post
    But with the OEM you can't upgrade your machine without having to pay for another licence, is that right?
    Only your motherboard, everything else you can change until your hearts delight. And, *aghm*, say something terrible should happen to your motherboard, you know, shortly after Nelham is released, it got hit by a bolt of lightening, a call to Microsoft will let you reactivate with the new board, since obviously your old one was depreciated and no longer on the market, and they'll wish your old board a R.I.P. and such.
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    Re: How do you get the 64bit version of Vitsa Home premium?

    Buying the 64-bit Vista HP OEM from the off will save you more money. No point in ordering the upgrade to upgrade an OEM XP license, as Vista will still have that same OEM license. You're not upgraded to a Retail license when you upgrade XP to Vista.

    Save yourself £65 and just buy the 64-bit OEM.

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    Re: How do you get the 64bit version of Vitsa Home premium?

    I have a retail XP licence. I just don't like the idea of not being able to upgrade the MB. I upgrade mine about once a year on average so I don't want to have to buy Vista once a year.

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    Re: How do you get the 64bit version of Vitsa Home premium?

    If it's retail (ie the big box that cost £150-300 or so) then you can upgrade the motherboard as often as you like (and as such the Upgrade would make sense if you intend to keep the Retail license).

    If it was £40-80, or it came with a PC, then it's OEM, and you'll need to buy a new license with every new motherboard.

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    Re: How do you get the 64bit version of Vitsa Home premium?

    The only time you should even consider a motherboard upgrade is with a socket change when you want to buy a new CPU, which means a new system, which means a new license for the new machine anyway, otherwise you're just throwing your money down the drain. And lets face it, £65 for an OEM license isn't exactly breaking the bank.
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    Re: How do you get the 64bit version of Vitsa Home premium?

    Agree. These days I'm not even considering CPU upgrade as a viable option anymore - sockets change so often and even if they don't they still has some revisions that makes your old motherboard incompatible with newer CPUs.

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    Re: How do you get the 64bit version of Vitsa Home premium?

    It took about 2-3 weeks for my 64bit CD to arrive.

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