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| Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1 | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $339.99
Buy New: $87.92
You Save: $252.07 (74%)
New (76) Used (5) from $87.92
Avg. Customer Rating:  104 reviews
Sales Rank: 57
Format: Dvd-rom
Platform: Windows Vista
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Ultimate
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.2 x 1.6
MPN: 66R-02261
Model: 66R-02261
UPC: 882224661447
EAN: 0882224661492
ASIN: B0013O77GM
Release Date: March 19, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Best OS from Microsoft Yet November 10, 2008
Vista is leaps and bounds over XP. From its increased security, faster start-up times and faster intall times.
I have been dealing with it since Beta 1 and have had zero issues. My machine is used for everything from gaming to development to multi-media. Vista performs as well as, or in some cases better than XP.
I generally recommend that people upgrade to Vista.
With any product, there are of course some downfalls. Some of Vista's include:
Increased resources - although this doesn't come as surprise, as every version has demanded more, I think Vista's resources came as a bit of a shock. It generally runs well, even on slightly low end hardware, I do not recommend anything less than 1GB of RAM, preferably 2GB. You will need a decent size hard drive as well. If you have a low end processor, you will want to stick with XP.
Price - the price is insanely more money than any previous version of Windows. In this, MS seems to be keeping with the trend, as every new piece of hardware and software this generation has almost doubled in price.
In closing, don't believe all those negative ads on TV or internet forums. Vista is truly the best OS to come out of Redmond yet. Go and try it for yourself.
 Unable to install November 4, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was unable to complete installation due to inadequate room on my hard drive. The only reason I'm giving it such a high review is that it has been well received by other people I know who have been able to install theirs, and I will continue to hold onto it until I get an upgrade on my own pc.
Most computers will run slower with this upgrade October 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
There are many pros and cons to Microsoft Vista. If you are buying a new computer, then Vista is a good option. The computer manufacturer will have installed Vista, with all of the correct drivers. The modern computer will also likely be fast enough to run Vista. However, if you are looking at buying this product, then you are likely installing Vista on an existing computer.
I installed Vista on a Dell with Intel hyper threading. This computer now runs about 80% as fast as it did before. I needed to perform screen shots with Microsoft's latest, so this was a good upgrade for me. However, for most computers, that are already running just fine, I do not see why Vista really adds that is worth the performance sacrifice that it will likely exact from older hardware.
Vista does have many features beyond what XP provides. The screens are much cleaner and visually appealing. Security is improved. Though you will frequently get security pop-up's asking if its okay to do something. The improvements to Vista, for the vast majority of users, are mostly cosmetic. It may not be worth the hassle of finding drivers and slowing down your computer just to run Vista.
awesome when it works but makes me throw things when it crashes October 15, 2008
I installed it on two machines. One of them it runs perfectly on but the other one gives me the blue screen of death and crashes at least once a day. I was blown away by the features and beauty that is vista ultimate, just hope the next service pack fixes my problems :)
Best September 27, 2008
Just bought this for my new system and I just love it. It's not good if you have a older computer.
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