Colin
Mon Jul 07 06:03:09 PDT 2008
"jcavatar" <jcavatar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F2CB5D75-7A9A-43D0-AC30-EF9603DF77F3@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
>> "jcavatar" <jcavatar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:5B5B5C7D-F62E-41FA-BA2E-67FF2150F31B@microsoft.com...
>> > But all i can find is OEM For system builders... Am I missing
>> > something,
>> > have
>> > been to newegg.com, bestbuy.com, and circut city.com. But only Newegg
>> > has
>> > 64bit, but sold as for system builders, and circut city and bestbuy
>> > only
>> > seem
>> > to have 32bit edition as far as i can tell, all it says is vista home..
>> > ect.
>> >
>> > Does the Software install either version, or do you need a specific
>> > version?
>>
>> NewEgg does carry all the Vista retail editions. What edition are you
>> looking for?
>>
>> You have to use the 64bit dvd to install the 64bit version. The product
>> key
>> for the retail edition you buy works for both the 32bit version and the
>> 64bit version of the same edition. You pick which version (32bit or
>> 64bit)
>> to use by using the appropriate dvd.
>>
>> To buy a Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, or Vista Business for
>> 64bits,
>> you first buy the regular package and then order the 64bit dvd for
>> shipping
>> and handling ($10) from the Alternate Media website at
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/1033/ordermedia/default.mspx.
>> These
>> editions come with only the 32bit dvd in the box. The boxes have
>> instructions for ordering the 64bit dvd as above. They generally arrive
>> in
>> the mail in about a week.
>>
>> If you buy Ultimate you get both the 32 and 64bit dvds in the retail box.
>>
>> Rather an odd arrangement, but that's how Vista is distributed.
>>
>> Any retail Vista box you see on NewEgg, upgrade or full edition, will
>> entitle you to both dvds.
>>
>
> I see, Actually, the Newegg home editions do not come with 64bit from what
> i
> am looking at now, Though now that i know what i am looking for i see the
> bestbuy editions have both disks and is being sold for 10 dollars more
> than
> thier newegg counterparts.
>
> Thank you for your responce, I use to think i Was PC smart but if you
> don't
> keep up for a few years (To much time playing mmo's) you tend to loose
> yourself :P
The reason that the NewEgg listings don't show 64bit versions is that there
aren't any that are 64bit only. They all have 32bit dvds and a coupon for
the 64bit dvd. All MS Vista retail boxes come that way except Ultimate
which has both.