A Few Things I Would Like To Be Clarified Before Upgrading To Vista

[a7med_360]

Hey im going to upgrade soon to vista (hopefully comes nxt few weeks according to moduslink guy) but first i wanna understand things clearly because ive read many post blogs etc and all have different situations all i want to know is

1)Do The Drivers For The AR21s Come With The Vista
2)Will it come with the pre-installed software that actualy came with my laptop when i
bought it?
3)Ive read many places the upgrade cd wont allow me to actually upgrade but have to do a
clean install?
4)I have a C:\ Drive and a D:\ Drive ive read somewhere in this forum that it will affect
the vista installation.
5)The partition that has all the pre-installed driver software will it be deleted? And
will vista support all the installations on the partition?
6)Many people to have problems with there motion eye camera with vista why is this?
7)Will all the buttons on the laptop work once i install vista?
8)How easy is it to adopt vista from xp in a more techinical view such as
registry's,services etc?

I cheacked online my order status it says it has been received but no date when they will ship it man from modus link said nxt few weeks.....but i ordered it in feburary

Thanks

[a7med_360]

anyone

[MORLICH]

Look, I have heard rubbish things from vista, it's a slog on laptops that run less than 1GB of RAM and all the rest. You are probably best sticking with XP. If you are interested in Vista I am afraid I can't help, sorry.

[a7med_360]

Is dual-boot possible?

[MORLICH]

All I know is that the buttons on your laptop should all work, it's just a newer OS system. Some people have said that it's just like the XP system but with fancy graphics. You shouldn't have any or many problems installing it.

[a7med_360]

thanks but i would be really greatfull if anyone answers these questions because im on the line between upgrading to vista or staying with windows xp...... DUAL BOOT is that possible or am i just asking for too much from my laptop

[kee-lo_]

I researched point 3 for you:

3)Ive read many places the upgrade cd wont allow me to actually upgrade but have to do a 

Yes, it does a clean install. So backup everything on there that you need. I doubt it deletes the recovery partition but I can't say that for 100% sure.

[a7med_360]

Well whats the point of calling it and upgrade..........so why not just go buy VISTA ULTIMATE?

[Thalamus.]

Well whats the point of calling it and upgrade..........so why not just go buy VISTA ULTIMATE?

The Vista express upgrade disc's include the drivers, utilities and pre-installed software, whereas the retail Vista doesn't..

[a7med_360]

but dont they come on seperate discs??