Okay, Anyone Doing the Sims/Vista Rhumba?
J. M. Pescado:
Always, ALWAYS, wait for the pirate version of ANY Windoze. The Pirate version is always the safest and most secure, so always hold out for Pirate Edition.
Assmitten:
Okay, I'm glad I asked. That's all much clearer now. :-\ Thanks to the one person who came in and is actually using Vista. I guess I'll be one of the guinea pigs, too.
I desperately needed a new computer anyway. This one has become an abacus. Here's to the non-thrill of seeing my first cinematic. :P
I have XP sitting around. Maybe I can just run it off that. Thanks for the link, SaraMK.
Weaver:
You could setup a dual boot system with Windows XP Professional x64 and Windows Vista both as available operating system.
That way, you can trial Vista and use XP for The Sims 2. Here's the Wiki article on dual booting and guide for working with XP and Vista.
Most important step is to create a seperate partition or install individually on seperate drives to avoid any conflicts.
Paperbladder:
If the computer doesn't have internet access, I think you can activate Vista over the phone like you could with XP.
Pes, there's already pirate versions of Vista out there but it's not as idiotproof as it was before since all versions require activation. There's 3 methods that are used to activate these copies that I know of, the first involves swapping the RTM activation with RC2 which will last until July 31. Another's setting up a KMS server that pirate Vista connects to every 6 months to activate, and finally there's messing with the clock to give almost unlimited time until requiring activation. Of course, the DRM isn't hacked out of any of version yet but it's only a matter of time since a security researcher has already cracked it.
smvb:
Here is an article I read this morning regarding games and Vista:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2090646,00.asp
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