Building a computer for a friend--need expert advice
SpaceDoll:
From what I understand, pirated Vista is pretty hard to keep activated. As most of her computer experience is from an early 90's high school programming class, I think she will be fine with XP. I do hope to build a computer to run Vista x64 someday (and of course I don't want to pay for it), and wouldn't mind experimenting now, but if it takes a lot of keeping up with, I won't inflict it on her. She likely won't know the difference!
crunk:
It isn't that I found it hard to keep up with, it was that by saving money/cutting costs on a computer and then slapping Vista Ultimate on it the thing barely ran. It now sits in my closet waiting to be cannibalized into something more interesting. Such as a trashcan.
SpaceDoll:
I would only do Home (Basic or Premium) for my friend's system. Something OEM would be easier to deal with, activation wise, but you're so right about this particular computer not playing well with something like Vista Ultimate! I would just worry that she would update and the activation would be borked. She will have to have auto-update on, I'm sure, and I also suspect she will not be very diligent about backing up files, so the idea of having to reformat and reinstall Vista is not only unpalatable, but also completely plausible. I will probably set the system up with XP, and then offer to upgrade it to Vista if she wants. She will be so excited about the new toy, she won't want to wait for me to do anything else. ;)
Mootilda:
In general, Vista requires twice the computer specs of XP; don't even consider using Vista for a low-end computer. Also, there's no use building a computer for some vague future, since you will pay a premium now for components which will be much cheaper in the future. The one exception that I can think of is memory; it can be difficult to find inexpensive memory once a new type of memory comes out, so it's probably worth upgrading the memory now.
swmeek:
Lose the Celeron and get a Core2Duo.
Even the cheapest model will outperform a Celeron any day of the week.
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