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Old 06-13-08   #1 (permalink)
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Well guys going for a new rig soon so which should I get Vista Ultimate or Vista Home Premium? I will be gettin 64 bit. I will be getting an Asus Soundcard and playing lots of Steam games, so fire away
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Ultimate...duh.
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Ultimate's features suck imo; hardly worth the extra money.

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Well thats 1 for Ulti and 1 against
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I would really like to know this also. Got a friend that wants to swap to U64 this weekend.

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The Home Premium uses less services so its better to me in my opinion, So I say Home Premium x64. If you have extra cash then go for the Ultimate then,but i really dont see much a difference between the two.

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make that 2 against ultimate.. unless you can justify the extra features
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Ult is nice, but not worth the money imo just get 64-bit premium.
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SO sounds like Premium?
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Ultimate, since I got it free .
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