Would Vista work on this laptop ?

Right .. My laptop

Im looking at putting Vista Ultimate on it

Specs : Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.66Ghz - 1GB PC5300 667Mhz Dual Channel Ram - 120GB Sata II HDD - Intel Mobo

Would it work ?

Im also looking at getting 2GB PC5300 667Mhz Ram .. which is the max for this laptop



Cheers

 

Why wouldn't it?

 

I'd certainly recommend the upgrade in memory, but yep, should be okay. Check beforehand that everything built in has Vista drivers, e.g. the webcam.

 

Vista would work fine... as for your video card, I don't know with it will support Aero...
However, Microsoft created a nice tool that detects your hardware and shows you what is compatible and not.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...83-C24F-4863-A389-3FFC194924F8&displaylang=en

Just a note on it, because you don't have a TV-Tuner, it may tell you that you cannot support Media Center (or Home Premium)... just ignore that one (I don't have a TV-Tuner, and Media Center runs just fine). If it shows that everything is fine and suggest anything AT or ABOVE Home Premium, you will know that Vista should run fine.

 

Yeh aero will work . ive had vista on when i brought it . but was a little slow ..

Just hope the ram works in my laptop .. otherwise im £20 down . .. i just brought some off ebay

 

So you had Vista on it and you are wondering if it would work? So the purpose of this thread is???

 

sorry i wanted to know if Ultimate would work fine .. because it had Home Premium on it before

 

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/systemrequirements.mspx

Ultimate has the same requirements as Home Premium...

 

You could try Vista 64-bit, if you have it. It will be a bit more powerful for your 32-bit application and run 64-bit programs, you will see a increase performance in Vista, but nothing major. Also, although it is set the 32-bit version of all Media Center and Windows Media Player, you can use the 64-bit edition with 64-bit codecs, and enjoy an even better performance increase on your video, which COULD (I don't have a laptop to test this, I could be 100% wrong) lead to a slight battery life increase when you are watching movies.
However you have to make SURE that 64-bit drivers exists for everything inside your computer and peripherals. And you could have some hardware where the 64-bit driver sucks (but I'll be surprised) which could lead to a decrease in performance.

 

May I ask why you want to upgrade from Home Premium to ultimate?

Just the fact that you ask is a good indication that you won't need the extra features ultimate offers over Home Premium.

It would be like going from XP home to XP pro which, for a home user, is pointless. (in most cases)

Unless you really want dreamscene. (Which is a really bad idea on a laptop.)

oh, and Ultimate won't run any faster than home premium.

 

because im running XP Pro Sp2 at the min ... and ive got Ultimate with Sp1 Intergrated with my Legit Vista Ultimate Key i got from MS

 

May I ask you why you had Vista (Home Premium) installed, and then swapped to XP (Professioinal), and now want to go back to Vista (Ultimate)?

 

The OP probably wants the bling factor.

Either that, or Bitlocker... or Fax tools etc...

Andy

 

You need a compatible mobo for Bitlocker Encryption...
But perhaps he wants the advance Backup feature, and advance Networking features (Business Edition) all the same time with Media Center and all Windows programs (Movie Maker, etc..).