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| Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition UPGRADE with SP2 | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $89.99
You Save: $10.00 (10%)
New (17) Used (6) from $79.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  90 reviews
Sales Rank: 163
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Windows Xp
Color: 1-user
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Upgrade with SP2
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.8 x 1.9
MPN: n09-00985
Model: n09-00985
UPC: 805529831421
EAN: 0805529831421
ASIN: B0002423YK
Release Date: September 28, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: New. Ships asap. Customer satisfaction is our goal. We offer a 7 day return policy on anything that is defective or grossly misadvertised. Make contact within 7 days and receive a full refund. You will also be reimbursed for the return shipping. There is a 15% restocking fee for all orders cancelled by buyer or returned non-defective. International/APO/FPO/PO addresses are welcome here. Bulk discounts are also available. Orders are shipped via USPS First class mail (1-7 days). Expediated is available on select items and are shipped via USPS Priority Mail (1-3 days). Larger items may be shipped via UPS Ground (1-6 days), insured. Tracking is available on UPS shipped orders. All orders are shipped within 2 business days from Iowa.
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 excellent January 15, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
i upgraded to xp on a machine that was running me ... it was a highly unstable os and required rebooting 4-6 times per day when it became overloaded while running multiple programs ... this came to an immediate halt with the conversion to xp ... it's not a mac os by any means but it's a definite bump up if you're on me or 98...
 Try Windows 98, or better yet Mac OS X January 9, 2006
8 out of 33 found this review helpful
This operating system is a joke.
Seriously it makes me laugh, they seem to replicate more and more features from Macintosh with each release of windows. Apple invented all of the ideas that are the base of this operating system inthe early 1980's. Such as the idea of having an interface based on windows- ( you know the boxes with maxamize tabs and such). Oh and this thing is GREAT when it comes to security. Not only can a 12 year old hacker completely ruin your documents and mabybe even your hardware but you can accidently ruin your own comptuer if you aren't very very careful. Let's talk about bundled software. Oh I love internet explorer NOT. If your computer was a house using internet explorer would be the equivilent of leaving your front door open and inviting theifs into your home. Also this operating system comes with literally nothing useful- in it you will find something to the effect of a word processing program and a crappy movie editing program, anythign else you find will not fit your needs and you will need to buy more software. Say for example you buy XP, and you need microsoft word. The operating system will cost you about 100 and the office suite will cost 150+. If you own a macintosh you can simply buy iWork for 79 which is a better product for less. Windows is and always will be inferior to Macintosh.
Get a Macintosh.
MS *REALLY* messed up when they released XP and it continues! January 8, 2006
16 out of 37 found this review helpful
I'd avoid Windows XP AND XP Pro like the plague! Nothing but slower and slower processing, no DOS base if your files get infected or corrupted to boot into. If you feel you MUST buy an expensive Microsoft product (that BTW has you buying more MS products that are otherwise free on LINUX operating system, which BTW has many versions that are free too! AND are open-source, meaning that you can pick and choose what you wnat on your computer AND it will run 32, 64 and even 128 bit programs, which NO version of MS's prducts do!), BUT if you feel that you MUST have MS Windows, then Windows 2000 Pro is the way to go. It is by far the most stable Operating system MS makes! This year (2006), I was told by a MS employee that they are coming out with Windows 2006 that is for 64 bit processors only, thus if you "upgrade", you'll have to likely buy a new computer to go with the new program (unless you already spent entirely too much money on a 64 bit computer) AND you'll be adding to the millions of computers that are already in landfills, thus creating an environmental problem!
Every person I know that has XP has a multitude of problems with XP, and in "Microslop Style", they are STILL trying to fix Windows 2000's problems and crating more updates to this day!!! (Some of which I *suspect* aren't actual upgrades, but instead are created with intentinal glitches which are designed to screw up your computer so you'll buy a new one!)
If you want a great, reliable and stable operating system for your computer, get LINUX! YOu can make it run just like Windows, but be *SURE* you also buy LINUX-compatable peripherals, such as your camera, printer, etc.!!! (Some are for Windows only, which is why there are *SO* many antitrust suits against Microsoft apparently!!!) If you buy software that can run in LINUX, then you'll be able to use it for ANY operating system! (except perhaps for some deranged crap that MS puts out!)
XP crashes the more it is used, runs slower and slower the more it is used, and the programming is simply sloppy (anyone who's ever programmed even in BASIC can tell that by the way it runs!)
AND BTW, LINUX has so much freeware that you won't need to buy other extremely expensive programs as there are a multitude of free programs for photo processing & editing (which is better than the leading brand name program for this very purpose AND is easier to use, educational games for the kids, editing for movies, and on and on! LINUX is set up by the user, and while it may take a bit of work to set up is well worth the effort AND will save you tons of time and money in the long run!
LINUX is not only free, but is also nearly virus-free! (and if you set up the firewall and antivirus software correctly then not only will you NOT get infected, as with Windows, you can (for entertainment) set up another free program to watch those viruses, that were written by simply mean people that outta be jailed for life, simply splat onto a file if you wish - not affecting your FREE LINUX operating system OR the programs you run on your computer (AND BTW, you can also use the Windows emulator for those Windows programs you already have, but after time will likely get rid of them for better and FREE LINUX open-source programs, BUT LINUX will still be able to play your games, run your financial software (and more securely) and OH! Did I mention that on LINUX it's all FREE (including the operating system and Windows emulator???!!!???)
I think Microsoft is getting ready to simply put themselves out of business with the poorly-written software they put out. I have a SMALL partition on my HD that has Windows 2000 Pro on it for my old camera and goofing off, but when I get my new one, Windows will be history. Nearly everyone I know is converting to LINUX (especially the XP users that are RUNNING to LINUX because they are tired of their computers crashing!)
MS blew it when they released XP (worse than they blew it before with their other OSs that need constant updates to even run properly, and whn they blew the updates, everyone with XP had their computers blue-screening (crashing) and thus not working at all.
All I can say is Microsoft better come out with something better, more stable and complete (and with a LINUX or DOS-based back-door if computers are messed up by viruses, bad programming in the Windows program itself, etc.) or they are going to put themselves right out of business! They've lost me and many people I know as a result of XP's release.
XP is easy to work at first for novice computer users (but then it's not any more to learn how to use LINUX, but after time, it seems inevidible that it WILL CRASH and those irreplaceable pictures, recipes, etc. may be gone after it does!
 The Amazon Product Description is Wrong! December 31, 2005
This product is an upgrade from other, older versions of Windows, such as 98, 98 SE, and ME. It is NOT meant as an upgrade for XP itself. You can get Service Pack 2 from Microsoft for FREE. If you own XP already, don't buy this. If you own an older OS, don't be put off buy the incorrect information in the Amazon description. XP is a great home OS, much better than what you have today!
Five Stars With a Note of Caution About Upgrades December 19, 2005
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
XP has worked all right on one of my computers. For those who have been having nothing but trouble and for those who are about to try an upgrade from 98 or Millennium Edition, I have one observation that might be valuable: not all motherboards are compatible with XP. One of my computers has the Elite Group P6STP-FL motherboard, and I discovered at Microsoft's site (http://testedproducts.windowsmarketplace.com/results.aspx?bCatId=42) that XP won't work with that motherboard. That was confirmed by the manufacturer of the motherboard. If I were to try to upgrade to XP from Millennium Edition on that computer, I already know I would probably come to grief and would be best off to leave well enough alone. (Or I could install a compatible motherboard.) So I would advise anyone to check for hardware compatibility first before buying XP and trying to install it.
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