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 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $259.95
Buy New: $139.99
You Save: $119.96 (46%)
New (12) Used (1) from $139.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  145 reviews
Sales Rank: 1467
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Business, Windows 2000, Windows Xp, Windows Vista Home Basic
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Upgrade
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 8 x 6 x 2
MPN: K62632
Model: 66R-00003
UPC: 882224172387
EAN: 0882224172387
ASIN: B000HCTYTO
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Do not upgrade! November 6, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I upgraded to Vista and have had numerous compatibility issues with the previously installed programs and drivers. It's also slower than XP. Not recommended!
Why pay for a bunch of 1s and 0s. It's not a real product! November 2, 2007
6 out of 18 found this review helpful
Imagine you could create in infinite number of copies of any given book. Say a dictionary. Now imagine that you wanted to sell the dictionary. Normal market economics would suggest that you have infinite supply which will far outstrip demand making the price as low as possible.
Now enter software.
The process of making software is a service. A service which should be paid for, but once the service is done what you have is infinitely reproducible. Giving it no real value.
Now enter marketers.
Marketers created the concept of "Productizing". See the pretty box? You don't need that. You're going to throw it away, but it helps you think you're buying something real instead of something that can be infinitely recreated.
So why pay for it?
You don't really have to. Operating systems exist that aren't productized and since this one is infinitely reproducible it will likely be copied.
Get Linux! Ubuntu... it's free!
Horrible October 25, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
And how many years did Microsoft take to develop this?
We all got new PCs at work that came with Vista. I get so sick of agreeing to actions on the computer that I requested it to do. First it informs me of what I asked it to do and asks me if I want to proceed. Then it asks me again if I really wanted to do that. And I thought the little yellow bar in IE was a pain. Vista is constantly loosing the network connection. Setting up/repairing the network is a headache. I don't see any improvement in the startup speed and the OS still crashes frequently. I mainly work with graphics and it is frustrating to loose a bunch of changes because the computer stops responding. I have nothing against Microsoft, but they need to get their act together. I am past the point where I think that tinkering with the computer is fun. I hate spending an hour or two fixing a windows problem before I can do my work. A couple of years ago I switched to a MAC for home. I love it. IT WORKS! I started taking my macbook pro into work. That is how much I hate working on Vista. Hopefully they will replace my horrible Dell workstation with a MAC.
I can't honestly recommend for small networks October 22, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I had to upgrade my Vista to get real networking features that were lacking on the Vista Home Premium that came with my PC. The fax feature also on the upgrade is pathetic compared with WinFax Pro of 5 years ago - it doesn't let you make folders for your faxes, for example.
The main problem with Vista is that its turned the hierarchy of directories upside down to match operating systems like Linux and Unix where users come above documents. Consequently there are fake links for compatibility that freak you out as they don't exactly behave like shortcuts.
It is very hard to do simple tasks that should be automatic - like copying files from an old PC to a new one - Microsoft provides an inadequate tool and copying is very unreliable - you can't just drag and drop a 500 GB of files and expect them to copy reliably - the network should self-heal and continue copying if it times out. It can't recognize old Microsoft operating systems and adjust protocols accordingly. In short, the networking in Windows was bad before this release, now its unacceptable.
Microsoft would have been better running an emulation environment for compatibility on Linux and enhancing that OS.
I turned off the UAC - User Account Control - that asks you to confirm important steps - like installing software. This alone will turn small business and home users to Apple's platforms.
I have a QuadCore HP machine so no speed issues.
I had an awful job integrating 3 other PCs - in fact to get to a Win 2000 server I had to set hard to find parameters. This should all be automatic. I had to play with permissions.
This operating system is ideal for companies that don't want system administrators prying into users documents. It is definitely more secure. However, for a home or small business network where ISPs screen connections, anti-viruses and firewalls are already running then its paranoid behavior is just too much. If you lock every cupboard door in your home, and every room then you might like Vista, if not buy a Mac or Linux machine!
 Bloatware Expensive Buggy OS Shame on Microsoft October 12, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Okay, the reason why I gave it even two stars is that I like the few features that Microsoft added. I like being able to type "uninstall Divx" from the start menu and have the command carried out. I like flipping between windows, and I like being able to go directly to the desktop without having to manually minimize whatever I'm running. I like the games browser. There are a few other cutesy features I like, but remember, I only gave this OS two stars out of five.
Why? Because Windows Vista is bloatware. It takes up too much memory, system resources and hard drive space. My system exceeds the recommended requirements, but that doesn't matter. Everything is slower. I did a test, for instance. I run a dual-boot system. In XP using Internet Explorer, connections and downloads are twenty times faster than using the same software in Windows Vista Ultimate.
It took literally weeks talking to tech support to get it to install and run poorly on my system. In fact, it took so long that Microsoft would not give me my money back when I asked. They said the return time had expired, despite my having shown them that I asked for a refund originally with 48 hours of getting the product. Even talking with Microsoft, it was installed over eight times to fix the problems each last install created. Of course all my hard drives had to be reformatted. I will say however that Tech Support by voice was nice and courteous. They just didn't know how to make the product run any better than I did.
I have never had the backwards compatibility mode work on anything. So, about 70% of my games run on Vista and the rest do not. I'm told to wait for Service Pack 1. I am skeptical that it will be a magic wand to cure all of Vista's ills. Many of my absolute favorite games, some even from Microsoft released AFTER Vista came out, simply do not run at all in Vista. These games run fine in XP Pro, but it is a hassle to reboot into another OS just to play some games. And, of course, the ones that do run in Vista are much, much slower.
An important note is that DVDs and CDs made with Vista do NOT play on CD and DVD players. They are written in a special mode only readable by computers running XP or Vista. There is supposed to be some workaround for this, but I never found it. I wasted a lot of money not only on this OS, but on the CDs and DVDs I burned that would not play. Again, under XP Pro my CDs and DVDs DO play in CD and DVD players.
Let's suppose, for a moment, that all these bugs did not exist and that Vista was completely 100% backwards compatible, running every program that used to run under any previous version of Windows and running them as fast as ever. Even if this were the case, the few nice features of Vista Ultimate would not be worth the cost of admission. Paying hundreds of dollars to have a sidebar, a new start menu and flipping through programs does not do it for me. Microsoft should be ashamed that they didn't refund my money.
The bottom line is that Vista may or may not be a good operating system someday if they cut the price down and release enough patches and service packs to make it run nicely. But right now, it is an overpriced OS for people running overpriced computers to do underwhelming things. And, the more programs you install, the slower it gets. So, Microsoft will probably throw it on the junkpile early and work on a newer OS, leaving those who paid the most for their allegedly best OS out in the cold. They HAVE done this before.
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