installing vista on my laptop

[makemepure]

hello everyone i want to install vista onto my laptop but i have a problem,my laptop has only a cdrom drive, but im also connected to the main computer through ethernet and was wondering can i install vista from my main computers dvd drive and how would it work.
thanks
john

[redwudz]

You could try installing over an Ethernet connection, but no guarantees it would work. Another option with a laptop would be a USB DVD drive, if the OS only comes on a DVD.

Most laptops, at least mine, seem to have the boot options shown when you first start the computer. If it lists LAN, then maybe. If you see no listings, then check the BIOS settings instead to see what boot options you have.

Vista seems to require a fair amount of computing power and a lot of memory, at least the versions I have seen. I would suggest a minimum of 512MB RAM, and a CPU speed of 2Ghz to make it worth the effort.

If you just want the Vista 'look' there are XP themes available that look very similar.