Vista 64-bit

ok I been looking online to shop for a ultimate edition of windows vista 64 bit, but I'm a bit confused because I'm seeing big price differences on diffrent websites. I looked at best buy and I think they were selling it for $300+ then I went to newegg and tigerdirect and I found it for diffrent prices around $170 or $180. So my question is if I were to buy it from newegg for 170 bucks would I be ok? oh and I forgot to mention I need to standalone version, not the ones you upgrade from home version to ultimate or I think there's also versions that you upgrade from xp to vista. thx in advance.

ok I been looking online to shop for a ultimate edition of windows vista 64 bit, but I'm a bit confused because I'm seeing big price differences on diffrent websites. I looked at best buy and I think they were selling it for $300+ then I went to newegg and tigerdirect and I found it for diffrent prices around $170 or $180. So my question is if I were to buy it from newegg for 170 bucks would I be ok? oh and I forgot to mention I need to standalone version, not the ones you upgrade from home version to ultimate or I think there's also versions that you upgrade from xp to vista. thx in advance.

Z_scorpio_Z

Get it from Newegg, It is the same thing product. The $300 is for somebody who isn't smart enough to price check.

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