vista home premium and 64 bit $$$$

Ken spake thusly on 1/21/2007 4:42 PM:
> In retail packages your key will work with both 32 and 64bit. The ultimate
> will come with both but other versions will ship with 32bit and have
> information on how to obtain the 64bit dvd

I'm curious, where did you obtain this information? My understanding was
that all Vista retail DVDs had both the 32 and 64-bit version on them.




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Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

"Scott" wrote

> Ken spake thusly on 1/21/2007 4:42 PM:
>> In retail packages your key will work with both 32 and 64bit. The
>> ultimate will come with both but other versions will ship with 32bit and
>> have information on how to obtain the 64bit dvd
>
> I'm curious, where did you obtain this information? My understanding was
> that all Vista retail DVDs had both the 32 and 64-bit version on them.

No, they come on separate DVDs. Latest info is that for Ultimate, both
upgrade and full, both x86 and x64 DVDs are in the box. For other versions
only one comes in the box with info on how to send off for the other.


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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

CompUSA

Ultimate:
http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...Vista_Ultimate

"Note: Windows Vista Ultimate ships with 32-bit and 64-bit DVD and information on obtaining 32-bit
CDs, additional fees may apply."

Home Premium:
http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...a_Home_Premium

"Note: Windows Vista Basic, Home Premium and Business all ship with 32-bit DVD and information on
obtaining 32-bit CDs or a 64-bit DVD, additional fees may apply."



"Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message news:uc04sWrPHHA.4104@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
| "Scott" wrote
|
| > Ken spake thusly on 1/21/2007 4:42 PM:
| >> In retail packages your key will work with both 32 and 64bit. The
| >> ultimate will come with both but other versions will ship with 32bit and
| >> have information on how to obtain the 64bit dvd
| >
| > I'm curious, where did you obtain this information? My understanding was
| > that all Vista retail DVDs had both the 32 and 64-bit version on them.
|
| No, they come on separate DVDs. Latest info is that for Ultimate, both
| upgrade and full, both x86 and x64 DVDs are in the box. For other versions
| only one comes in the box with info on how to send off for the other.
|
|
| --
| Rock [MVP - User/Shell]
|

Since x86 is 2.6GB and x64 is 3.6GB it is pretty obvious that you cannot get
both on the same 4.2GB dvd. It would be like putting two pounds of peanuts
in a one-pound bag. They do indeed come on separate dvd's.

"Scott" <geekboy@angrykeyboarder.comatose> wrote in message
news:Tihth.179581$It4.91057@fe03.news.easynews.com ...
> Ken spake thusly on 1/21/2007 4:42 PM:
>> In retail packages your key will work with both 32 and 64bit. The
>> ultimate will come with both but other versions will ship with 32bit and
>> have information on how to obtain the 64bit dvd
>
> I'm curious, where did you obtain this information? My understanding was
> that all Vista retail DVDs had both the 32 and 64-bit version on them.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com
>
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

Colin Barnhorst spake thusly on 1/23/2007 1:53 PM:
>
> "Scott" <geekboy@angrykeyboarder.comatose> wrote in message
> news:Tihth.179581$It4.91057@fe03.news.easynews.com ...
>> Ken spake thusly on 1/21/2007 4:42 PM:
>>> In retail packages your key will work with both 32 and 64bit. The
>>> ultimate will come with both but other versions will ship with 32bit
>>> and have information on how to obtain the 64bit dvd
>>
>> I'm curious, where did you obtain this information? My understanding
>> was that all Vista retail DVDs had both the 32 and 64-bit version on
>> them.
>>
> Since x86 is 2.6GB and x64 is 3.6GB it is pretty obvious that you cannot
> get both on the same 4.2GB dvd. It would be like putting two pounds of
> peanuts in a one-pound bag. They do indeed come on separate dvd's.

I've since confirmed this. But I was originally assuming a dual-layer
DVD-ROM.

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Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:53:54 -0700, "Colin Barnhorst"
<colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote:

>Since x86 is 2.6GB and x64 is 3.6GB it is pretty obvious that you cannot get
>both on the same 4.2GB dvd. It would be like putting two pounds of peanuts
>in a one-pound bag. They do indeed come on separate dvd's.

But what if the two peanuts are identical? There's a lot of overlap
of the same files. It is definitely possible to fit "more" than the
specified capacity of a disc. In fact, there's been an all in one
(AIO) edition of Vista since 11/11/06. It has every edition from
Starter to Ultimate, N, x86 and x64, all on one disc. The ISO is
4,651,550,720 bytes, which fits just fine on a standard 4.7GB DVD
disc. Yes, it's an unoffical "scene" release, but Vista is mostly
useless unless you have a valid Product Key.

As to why MS didn't package it all on one disc: too confusing to
endusers. Most users aren't aware of the challenges of x64, so they
make you take an extra step to install it.

Mach
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