Windows Vista Ho./Prem./Ult. Retail or OEM?

[mrbigsexy]

I'm building a system, and I will get a Quad Core processor. I would like to make the most out of it, and am considering getting Vista, but the price is really making this decision tough.

Is Ultimate worth anything over the Home edition? I can't seem to find any specifics about what their differences are, just generalizations like "More fun", and "Keeps your hardware from failing."

Ontop of not knowing what edition to get, I don't know if I should get OEM or not. I hear that if you get OEM you make a decision between 64 or 32 bit OS, but will there be problems with the 64 bit ultimately making me switch back to the 32 bit version?

Does anyone have any recommendations out there?

 

[cohen]

I recommend getting Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit edition. You will have everything you need.

64 bit is better, it supports 4GB +.

 

[Encryptor]

This all depends on what your going to use the Computer for, some Companies have yet to release drivers for 64bit Windows, but some open source drivers are available, also some games seem to have problems with 64bit, although this is becoming less of a problem.

I personally would stick (at the moment) with 32bit Windows, this will help with Compatibility issues with some hardware,software. Also some people have reported better FPS (frames per second) in games with 32bit than 64bit.

So really in the end it comes down to the usage of the Computer, also as Cohen says 64bit will use all the memory (if you have 4gb+), 32bit Windows Vista(sp1) will see 4gb but only use around 3.2gb.

I have multi-boot Linux/Windows, my Windows is Vista Ultimate 32bit and runs/works well.

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