There are four flavors of Vista.
Home, Home basic, Business and Business Premium.
Of the four the upper two are the best of the bunch and from what I
understand the only ones MS Legal to run on parallels.
However you will also pay a premium.
Also note that when you get into Vista there are numerous programs
that have not been tweaked for Vista.
The first question that needs to be asked is, if she is installing
Parallels and wants to run Windows is she doing it for a specific
piece of hardware or software?
If she is doing it for a particular piece of hardware do they have
Drivers for Vista? Will it run in Vista? if it is software the same
questions should be asked.
I can see no reason to buy Vista Business or Business premium if what
she wants to do will run in XP. (Price for XP 95-105 and up. Vista
Business 259-up)
I have no problems with XP. I run an antivirus (Free) and have my
system behind a router with a firewall. I use Eudora for my email
and I trash all email and attachments I do not know!!!!
Stewart
At 06:42 PM 9/23/2007, you wrote:
Vista is more than XP with security turned on. It's built in. Since
security, or the lack there of, is one of XP's major flaws, I say that's
sufficient reason to choose Vista.
If you're going to use Parallels, keep in mind that you must buy a business
edition of Vista (vs one of the home editions) to legally use it with
Parallels or receive any Parallels customer support.
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
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Prince of Peace
Ozark, AL SL 82
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