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| Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 Upgrade | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $129.95
Buy New: $67.95
You Save: $62.00 (48%)
New (44) Used (11) from $54.09
Avg. Customer Rating:  88 reviews
Sales Rank: 34
Format: Dvd-rom
Platform: Windows Vista
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Home Premium - Upgrade
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.5
MPN: 66I-02388
Model: 66I-02388
UPC: 882224661324
EAN: 0882224661263
ASIN: B0013O54P8
Release Date: March 19, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Upgrade to Windows Vista Home Premuim. Is brand new, factory sealed. 100% guaranteed. Will ship USPS Priority mail
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| Customer Reviews:
 Simply fabulous! November 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I highly recommend Vista Home Premium. The safeguards that you can choose to turn on or off for children are fanatastic! Our system runs much soother now that we have this installed, and we have less security problems as well. The installation was super easy. With SP1 already on the installation disks, the process didn't take long at all. It is also great not to have to learn a new operating system like you do with Mac. All the rumors about Vista being bad are simply not true!
 AWFULL. I went back to XP November 10, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Vista is like parents treating you like a 10 year old who doesn't have permission to do anything on the computer because you're too stupid to know what it is you want to do. I HATE IT. You no longer have access to your computer. If you try to see your temp folders to delete temp files, you can not do that. If you've uninstalled a program via add/remove programs and want to remove the files and folders that always get left behind, you can't. You are only allowed into the areas of your computer that MS deems you will not be able to do any damage. If you go to a web site that has special features you want to view, you can't and you can't change your setting to allow access to things you feel are safe that MS have decided you don't need to have.
None of my USB devices work except one printer. There are no USB wireless 802.11 devices that work, unless you want to spend several hundred dollars on gaming devices for networking. After two years of working with MS, trying to get all my computers talking to each other, they were never able to help me get my Vista machine working this my XP machines. I spent more time letting people access my computer remotely than I was able to spend on my computer... I wonder how safe that it.
I went back to XP and now EVERYTHING works, my wireless devices, printers and my network is working as it should. Vista my be prettier and have need glow and glass features, but as a working computer, it stinks. If you can't get a computer with XP, save yourself the frustration and agravation and get an APPLE!
makes a slow computer November 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The visuals and some of the ideas of this operating system are great. It is also relatively easy to install.
The problem is that it takes too many resources. The result is that
bigger computers, with more memory, more hard disc space, perform, at best, as a computer with a fraction of the capacity using xp or even better, linux.
You need at lest 2gb RAM to run it. November 8, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
People that are having problems with vista, don't have the recommended RAM size. Vista takes 1gb of memory. You need 1 gb extra to run applications. At least 2 gb total. Otherwise it will crash or be slow.
Its really fast and smooth in my computer, and frankly, my computer is not that expensive. Its a lower end toshiba. Still, it works better than XP. Sorry if I'm hurting some people feelings, who are too attached to XP. But I'm just sharing my experience. Too bad if it didn't work for them.
Vista is totally the opposite of what I heard on the internet. I heard that it was terrible. Not so.
I bought it bundled in a Toshiba A205-5000, with 2 GB RAM.
Vista launches Internet Explorer in 1.5 seconds, the clucky Rhapsody interface in about 2 secs. It shuts down in about 3 seconds flat without any questions whatsoever. I was about to give up on windows, and just install Linux or get a Mac. But since MACs don't have third party hardware and Linux its to complicated to install, I was dragging my feet to get Vista and it proved me wrong.
It won't work well with less than 2 gb ram.
I think the people that are having problems overlook this fact.
I have no complaints so far, and I've been using it for over 1 month non-stop.
Obviously a lot of programs and hardware won't work with it, since it just recently came out. But just as XP, it will catch up. I remember people hating XP when it first came out too. Deja Vu.
 Be warned! This does NOT contain the 64bit version DVD! November 4, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought a retail upgrade copy of Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 - Installed using 64bit DVD - No problems.
I then bought a retail upgrade copy of Windows Vista Home Premium SP1. Problems ensued! There is no mention anywhere on the packaging that this doesn't contain a 64bit DVD, just the 32bit one. Technically you are purchasing the 64bit software, but in order to install it you have to pay $10 online to Microsoft for them to ship you the DVD. Plus in order to get it in a timely fashion (5 business days), you have to pay an additional $6 shipping.
The fact of the matter is if the retail package doesn't contain the 64bit version it should be clearly marked as such! With enthusiasts taking advantage of cheap deals on RAM (you can now get a 4GB kit for $40! - 32bit operating systems will only recognize 3GB give or take), there will be more and more people in the market for Vista that will run into this exact same issue as I did. The old analogy springs to mind, "it does exactly what it says on the tin", only in this case it does exactly what it says on the tin; after a lot of trouble shooting on Microsoft's website, and extra chunk of change, and 5 to 10 business days! Microsoft just needs to make it clear what they are selling and perhaps start shipping two SKU's - one for 32bit and one for 64bit.
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