Notebook Reviews – Windows Vista Ultimate Extras go live

Anyone a little dumbfounded as to why their copy of Vista Ultimate didn’t have any Extras, fire ‘er up and get ready to update, because with those extra bucks spent on the extremest of all Windows, you, sir or madam, earned yourself an Ultimate-only version of Texas Hold ‘Em, “BitLocker and EFS enhancements”, and a few security fixes. Hooray. Peep the pics in the gallery, you Windows lover, you.

[Big thanks to E.J. Dyksen]

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It looks like some folks upgrading to Vista may be in for a bit of surprise when they take a closer look at the installation instructions, with Ars Technica reporting that Microsoft has decided to shake up the upgrade procedure a bit this time around. The main change is that, unlike earlier versions of Windows, you apparently won’t be able to simply use a license key from your old OS to install one of the upgrade editions of Vista on your PC, with Vista instead requiring that Windows XP or Windows 2000 already be installed. Those looking for a clean install won’t be entirely out of luck, however, with Vista offering the option to back up your old OS and install Vista into a fresh directory. Although that’ll no doubt be a small consolation to those looking to start from scratch on a PC without shelling out the big bucks for a full version of Vista, with them now having to go through two complete installations to get up and running.

[Via Slashdot]

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BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-time

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Alright, so we’re reporting to you live from the big Windows Vista launch; you might not stand in the freezing cold for Vista, but we did for the big launch event here in NYC. It’s bones-cold, but we’re hoping they’re gonna let us all in shortly to see Bill give another speech about the real awesome power of Windows, so stay tuned!