windows vista ultimate for approx £105 thats not bad at all, hope us in the uk can get hold of it at that price (doubtful) :shadedshu

ebuyers had it up for pre-order for quite some time now £115

www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/123060

Damn, that is a good deal, if I were going to buy it that is~! :)

Is there any site I can go to that could scan my computer to see if my system can support the new operating system?

GrkPontio85Is there any site I can go to that could scan my computer to see if my system can support the new operating system?

www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeadvisor/default.mspx

if you have 6mb free space

AMD scanner gave me:
You have: Microsoft Windows Vista Professional (Build 6000)

a new version? :wtf:

Aren't these Vista OEM?

EastCoasthandleAren't these Vista OEM?

Yes retail is both 32bit and 64bit

i'm gonna order myself a vista home premium oem this week.i dont think i will be installing it straight away tho'.

deals are great but im going to wait till dx10 gets bit and crysis is released also i would like to get it with the service pack

i'm gonna "sit on it" till i think its worth installing.i'll stick the disc to the wall till then:laugh: .at least i'll have it already when i feel like putting it on.

I got vista business free from my university about 2 days ago... will probably install it once good security software is available for vista (non-beta versions)...

Preferably I'd use bitdefender with COMODO when they eventually get them out...

xylomnI got vista business free from my university about 2 days ago... will probably install it once good security software is available for vista (non-beta versions)...

Preferably I'd use bitdefender with COMODO when they eventually get them out...

Why don't you just put a hardware firewall/router in front and be done with it. Software "security" apps are pointless.

overcastWhy don't you just put a hardware firewall/router in front and be done with it. Software "security" apps are pointless.

Hackerwise/inbound, you're absolutely right. However, you have to factor in the whole "user error" part of the equation, as a second line of defense. For example. There was this time that I was fooling around with google, and saw an interesting program. Having disabled the turd Mcafee calls virus protection, I clicked the linky. Google gave me a warning saying "this may harm your computer". I thought I was smarter than that, so I without hesitation clicked the link, downloaded, double-clicked the exe....and promptly got two trojans. Took me a good 48 hours to get the first part off, and then there were various remnants that were hidden for MONTHS.

Anyways. The point is that people make mistakes, people get too close to a virus, and people may not recognize a malicious program when they see one. Antivirus, antispyware, and an outbound firewall are good to make sure a user doesn't do anything stupid. However, if you trust yourself, you should be fine with just low-impact AV and a spyware scanner every once in a while.