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 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $159.95
Buy New: $54.99
You Save: $104.96 (66%)
New (21) Used (6) from $51.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  280 reviews
Sales Rank: 793
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: 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): 6 x 2 x 8
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 882224173056
Model: 66I-00003
UPC: 882224173056
EAN: 0882224173056
ASIN: B000HCZ9BG
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Avoid Vista at all costs August 19, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have just three days ago purchased a new computer from Dell with Vista already loaded. It has been three days of frustration dealing with an unresponsive computer that takes forever to deal with the simplests of tasks. Removing AOL . . . 1/2 an hour. Removing Norton . . . another 1/2 an hour and I am not exaggerating. Starting up the computer takes forever. I am fairly knowledgeable about computers. I am a internet support agent who has been hearing complaints since day one about how slow this operating system and now I know what they are talking about. The excitement of buying a new computer has been totally destroyed by this unwieldy operating system. I am seriously considering sending this computer back to Dell and buying a Mac.
Don't waste your money! August 14, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I upgraded a 3.0ghz Duo Dell and found that Vista is nothing an overpriced windows skin. There are absolutely no benefits to the OS compared to XP. Just get XP pro and load windowblinds and yahoo widgets and save yourself a headache and $200.
Hate is a strong word...But if the shoe fits... August 8, 2007
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Man this program is a total nightmare. Stick with XP. The system freezes up and crashes often. Good luck finding drivers that will actually work for your printer, scanner, and digital camera. Some of my older software is not even accepted by the system. The pre-installed internet explorer 7 is insane too and you don't even have the chance of installing version 6. I tried solve this by installing Mozilla Firefox, but Vista makes it difficult to do this as well. I am no computer expert. I just want to surf the internet and be able to print things from time to time. I DON'T want to spend my time finding millions of new drivers and patches for a system that should NOT have never been released until the bugs were worked out!!!! Thanks Microsoft...
 Why is everyone complaining? August 6, 2007
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Why is everyone complaining about this OS? Now that drivers are available there should be less complaints. The only complaint I have is the install(upgrade) was a nightmare but once up and running it is an excellent, awesome OS. During the upgrade process I had to switch from my PCIE video card to the onboard one and I also had to unplug ALL of my USB devices except for my keyboard and mouse. The install kept failing until I did this it said my computer isn't Vista compatible even though upgrade advisor said it was. Also the install took about 2 hours!! But even though I had these problems I LOVE this OS. So all said I would recommend this OS just unplug your USB devices and use a basic video card during install and you'll be fine. If I didn't have the install issues I would have given this 5 stars. One more thing, my DVD burner hardly worked at all in XP and now I have no issues with it so far.
vista August 6, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I bought a new computer that had Vista preloaded. By itself, Vista may be OK. The only problem is that NOTHING I already own works with it. My Palm, CLIE, Printers (two of them), Scanner (both of them), and camera all require new drivers which are not supported in Vista. Several of my software applications, including ADOBE Acrobat, SCANSOFT Paperport, Partition Magic, and PALM software (I have three different models) no longer work either and are not going to be made compatible. To get VISTA compatiblilty you need to by the latest version AND THEN DOWNLOAD THE PATCH (In one case I had to install IE 6.0 in order to get the patch to install because it would not download with IE 7.0!) If you want to justify a complete hardware refresh, then Vista is the way to go. Just standby as nothing works with it. On a side note, Vista also "took over" 150Meg of my 160Meg hard drive and will not partition it to anything smaller. It's not using the space, it just won't let it be partitioned to a second partition. If you go to Vista, be prepared to spend a lot of money. I think that I will buy another copy of XP and remove Vista. It's a lot cheaper.
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