School Provided Vista Buisness 64 bit

[sandmannight]

My school offers free OS and so I have a copy of Vista Buisness 64 bit. My question is would this be fine to use on just a gaming machine?

 

[shortstuff_mt]

That OS would work fine on a gaming computer. It's basically Vista Home Premium without the media stuff. Here's a link to the comparison of the different versions of Vista:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/compare-editions/default.aspx

 

[geofelt]

The price is certainly right. If you ever want the home premium functions, I think you can upgrade to ultimate for a fee after installation. Since ultimate and business retail are only $20 different, I imagine that is what it would cost.

 

[sandmannight]

Would a school version have SP1? Is that a must?

 

[geofelt]

Would a school version have SP1? Is that a must?

Who knows? Ask. It does not matter,though, when you apply all of the Vista updates, sp1 will be included if it wasn't there originally.