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Old 01-23-2007, 09:00 AM
Nick Le Lievre
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Vista Home Premium 32bit via Vista Express Upgrade

I`m getting the free Vista Home Premium 32bit upgrade for my Acer laptop
(cost is actually £ 14 for shipping) and as I have a Core 2 Duo 64bit CPU I
was thinking why don't they offer an upgrade to 64bit version but my guess
is they won't be bringing out 64bit drivers for the laptop.

So I was wondering despite the driver issue could I in some way request a
64bit version from Microsoft would my licence transfer to the 64bit version.
If I was able to download a 64bit version of Home Premium would I be able to
use it with my existing licence.


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Old 01-23-2007, 02:00 PM
Carey Frisch [MVP]
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Re: Vista Home Premium 32bit via Vista Express Upgrade

No. There is no compelling reason to install a 64-bit version of Windows Vista
on a laptop computer, especially if the laptop manufacturer does not offer 64-bit
Windows Vista drivers for the laptop's unique hardware.

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"Nick Le Lievre" wrote:

I`m getting the free Vista Home Premium 32bit upgrade for my Acer laptop
(cost is actually £ 14 for shipping) and as I have a Core 2 Duo 64bit CPU I
was thinking why don't they offer an upgrade to 64bit version but my guess
is they won't be bringing out 64bit drivers for the laptop.

So I was wondering despite the driver issue could I in some way request a
64bit version from Microsoft would my licence transfer to the 64bit version.
If I was able to download a 64bit version of Home Premium would I be able to
use it with my existing licence.


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Old 01-24-2007, 05:15 AM
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Re: Vista Home Premium 32bit via Vista Express Upgrade

"Nick Le Lievre" <nicklelievre@jerseymail.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
news:45b63dd7$0$1103$834e42db@reader.greatnowhere.com...[color=blue]
> I`m getting the free Vista Home Premium 32bit upgrade for my Acer laptop
> (cost is actually £ 14 for shipping) and as I have a Core 2 Duo 64bit CPU
> I was thinking why don't they offer an upgrade to 64bit version but my
> guess is they won't be bringing out 64bit drivers for the laptop.
>
> So I was wondering despite the driver issue could I in some way request a
> 64bit version from Microsoft would my licence transfer to the 64bit
> version. If I was able to download a 64bit version of Home Premium would I
> be able to use it with my existing licence.[/color]


So how much memory does this laptop have then? Do you even know why you
want 64-bit? I guess not.

ss.

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