Vista upgrade on other machine?

Question

Just ordered the Vista upgrade for my laptop. Couple questions:

1. What if I want to use the upgrade on another new machine (desktop) to gauge performance? Can I install the laptop-upgrade Vista disk on another machine, and if it works speedily enough, use the new desktop Vista upgrade back on my Dell laptop?

2. I suppose that I am not allowed to use both XP install and the upgrade Vista at the same time (dual boot)?

jmwills · Answer

I read today that you will be required to install the upgrade from inside an existing install of Windows, so if you want to go back, it's clean install time.   How can you compare laptop vs desktop?

tripmaster · Answer

You mean it's an upgrade, not a clean install? Ugh. I hear the upgrade path really mucks things up. If I want to nuke the HD and start over, I cant use the Upgrade disk?

Hoping to use desktop to get a sense of the performance hit, if any, Vista is gonna bring. My M1210 has a Geforce card and is peppy but want to make sure a Vista install isnt gonna make it unbearable.

jmwills · Answer

If what I read is tru, then the Upgrade disc will go thur the formatting process on it own but would have to start from within an existing installation.

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Vista upgrade on other machine?

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