I have just bought a new laptop which came with OEM Windows Vista.
However, because the purpose of this laptop is to take out DJing, I want an OS which is 100% stable. Vista hasn't crashed on me yet, but I'm a cynical kind of guy and the reviews aren't good, I'd ideally like to wait until at least SP1 until I trust it...
My home desktop machine has XP, and since a recent re-format it's running sweetly. My question, then, is this:
As I see it, I have paid for 2 legal licenses on 2 machines; one for XP, one for Vista, albeit both of them OEM licenses. Is there a way I can use my XP disc to install on the laptop in place of Vista, and would it work (and activate) properly, given that I would need to be on-line with both, and need to use stuff (including Media Player 11) that requires Genuine Advantage?
However, because the purpose of this laptop is to take out DJing, I want an OS which is 100% stable. Vista hasn't crashed on me yet, but I'm a cynical kind of guy and the reviews aren't good, I'd ideally like to wait until at least SP1 until I trust it...
My home desktop machine has XP, and since a recent re-format it's running sweetly. My question, then, is this:
As I see it, I have paid for 2 legal licenses on 2 machines; one for XP, one for Vista, albeit both of them OEM licenses. Is there a way I can use my XP disc to install on the laptop in place of Vista, and would it work (and activate) properly, given that I would need to be on-line with both, and need to use stuff (including Media Player 11) that requires Genuine Advantage?