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 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $159.95
Buy New: $67.99
You Save: $91.96 (57%)
New (20) Used (7) from $39.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  280 reviews
Sales Rank: 319
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: K62627
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:
 Best Windows Ever February 1, 2007
8 out of 28 found this review helpful
Vista just blows away every thing, not with its visually stunning graphics, but whats under the skin, its light years ahead of mac or linux in terms of functionality that it provides, so many components for programmers, and every thing works! apple and mac only make a simple os, microsoft writes os, languages, office software, productivity tools etc etc and they all work. deserves every single penny.
 Waaahhhh! January 31, 2007
16 out of 38 found this review helpful
Your OS now looks similar to mine (stomp, kick, scream)! How dare you!
For a group that fancies itself as being so cool, the Mac crowd certainly is a bunch of whiners. Stop your anti-Microsoft ranting and go back to your $3,000 toys and the 10 or so software programs that it supports. Let the people that have actually TRIED Vista comment on it OK?
How a Mac devotee can review a Windows OS is beyond comprehension, because if you are such a Mac loyalist I believe you can lose your Club Card for using a Microsoft product.
I've only had Vista for a day now, so it's too early for a comprehensive review. But it looks sleek and was easy as pie to install. I'm sure we'll get the first SP in a couple of months though as the bugs are discovered.
Mostly cosmetic upgrade but well worth the price of an upgrade January 31, 2007
8 out of 13 found this review helpful
Buying this at Midnight at Compusa on launch, I was excited to upgrade to Vista mostly because the interface was upgraded to a much more 21st century look. The upgrade took exactly 3 hours on my Pentium 4 HT, 1.5 gig ram , 128meg ATI Radean PCI express, and a lot of hard drive.
The vista advisor was correct about everything before upgrading and said Aero would work and it did, even with this 2 1/2 year old computer. The OS is much more applish with the glassy look and it actually looks much better than Apple OS 10.
Reading these reveiwers is like listening to someone who never even tried a Windows product. I'm sure the low scores are apple people. Well I've tried both immensely and love both but sorry Apple, Microsoft has the upperhand this time.
Everything installed perfectly except for one minor glitch that took a while what it was. IE 7.0 was stalling and (not responding) everything I would click my favorites. I called tech support who was extremely helpful (except for the person I couldn't understand as the call was coming from India), not that he didn't know the OS, but I had to hang up and call and request a good english speaker. That guy, Anthony, helped me as much as he could, he even explained that he was a Beta user so knew the system pretty well. But he didn't know how to get the problem to stop after much trouble shooting. Finally, I clicked security tab in Properties and clicked off protect and the thing works beautifully.
Its hard to believe but the OS runs faster than XP which really surprised me. Even though McAffe won't work on Vista (yet) I got a free 90 day trial of Live Care which is MS's version of security suite and it works nicely. For $160 upgrade its not a bad deal to feel like I have a whole new computer
So what if it looks like a Mac? January 31, 2007
10 out of 23 found this review helpful
So everyone says it looks Mac-like, whats the big deal about that? This is a plus for many people particularly lower ages who want a mac but lack suffiecient funding, as Macs are rather expensive to buy everything at once. Sorry, had to blow some steam, but honestly I think it is a good thing that they look more Mac-like. Apart from that, I think the new OS should work great with the exception of the newly nicknamed Windows "nanny". It is possible of course to turn it off but the computer does try to control you every now and then. I would give it 4.5 stars if I could
New Features January 31, 2007
26 out of 36 found this review helpful
I've used a beta copy of Vista since early in its development, and using XP after getting used to Vista really is a pain. The new user interface really makes it a lot more fun to use, and makes a lot of common tasks like file searching and basic maintenance stuff like defragging your hard drive and keeping Windows updated a lot easier.
Vista shares some features with OS X, but remember that Vista's been in development years before OS X was released. Many of these features have been in Vista since early, pre-release builds predating OS X.
My biggest gripe is that it *does* have hefty hardware requirements (make sure you go to Microsoft's website and run their Upgrade Advisor!) and uses about double the memory XP does. If you have a fast enough PC to run everything in the ultra-shiny mode and you're currently running XP, you really have no excuse not to upgrade right now and enjoy a much smoother Windows.
Other than the user interface, the new built-in DVD authoring software is amazing, and plays nice with Windows Movie Maker. I personally like the new Windows Media Player better than most others I've used, and Windows Explorer is a lot more secure in Vista due to technical changes they've made since XP.
If not, wait until you buy your next computer; get Vista then. Also, beware a lot of griping from anti-Microsoft zealots with axes to grind; go to your Best Buy or Circuit City or wherever and see if you can use a Vista computer and see for yourself before buying.
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