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| Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1 | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $339.99
Buy New: $110.00
You Save: $229.99 (68%)
New (75) Used (5) from $110.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  104 reviews
Sales Rank: 72
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:
 good stuff for newer hardware June 17, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Microsoft Vista is not unlike XP when it 1st came out; everyone wanted to stay with windows 98 or 2000; XP wasn't kind to older hardware; due to it's design, some really old games and such wouldn't run; it needs more memory - it needs more this and that ... Vista is as revolutionary as XP was in its day; Vista's enhancements are in the security arena ; the most boring part of the system. I would strongly recommend it for new pc purchases ; look - you need to embrace change - it's our only constant. Vista does a lot of good for security; some good for graphics, and is a paver stone for the future. Give it a honest try - you'll love it on new hardware!
 Vista is poor June 13, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I see very little improvement over XP. Microsoft rushed this product and the quanity of updates proves it. It's not worth the 300 bucks it costs and you're going to have even more problems than you had with XP - just different ones. A prime example of " not ready for prime time".
If it ain't broke... June 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Windows Vista Ultimate with Service Pack 1 is the OS that Microsoft created for people who want to work and play on the same machine using Windows based software. Games take up a lot of memory and space and cause a lot of crashes, and Vista is supposed to have addressed this.
The first issue is whether or not to install over your existing OS - which I won't. I have an external hard drive where I do a backup - or a copy - of my hard drive in case I a.) don't like Vista or b.) lose my data and need something. Then I wiped my internal drive and installed Vista clean.
I use a lot of Microsoft Office functions and media & entertainment software, not to mention surf the internet and shop online, so the anti-theft and safeguard features were big pluses for me. I liked the back-up and restore once I got it installed, too. But I found that beyond the gloss, there weren't a lot of big differences from XP. It used a lot more memory and resources to run, which is one major reason a clean install works best.
The best advice I can recommend is that if is isn't broken, don't fix it. If your computer is running on its OS without problems, then don't upgrade. If you need something new, start over and just get a new unit with Vista already installed, so that you won't have any previous data to complicate the installation.
Now this is more like it June 12, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
In comparison with the Windows Vista home edition...I have to say that the Ultimate version wins hands down. The graphics is somewhat similar although I prefer the ultimate version. This seems a bit user friendly. Although these might be considered moot points by some, these are the primary reasons why I prefer this to the home version.
 Drain You June 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've had a lot of time to work with Vista on two different machines: a powerful desktop and an even more powerful laptop. I've not only explored the ins and outs of Microsoft's newest Operating System, I've run detailed benchmarking tests repeatedly and analyzed the results.
I've tried very hard to see the reasons for the way Vista was designed, but the bottom line is that the OS is simply terrible. Nice graphical updates to the look and feel don't justify the performance hit, and features that are designed to enhance performance instead behave like band-aids designed to keep Vista running.
Superfetch spends more time devouring resources than it does improving performance. ReadyBoost will equally devour a USB key with no visible gain to performance...if you can find a USB key good enough to pass the high bar that Vista demands. I have no idea if the new Disk Defragmenter actually does what it should, but it doesn't seem to be helping.
None of this takes into account the many, many Security watchdog "features" that stop you repeatedly to re-ask your permission (and can still fail with permissions errors despite your approval), nor does it address the "Digital Rights Management" (DRM) problems that cause both of my Vista machines to randomly be helpless at CD or DVD playback. I've stopped trying to get Windows Media Player to work with these items, and I avoid Windows Media Center with horrid memories of how badly it worked.
Vista's inconsistency is most damning of all. Parts of the interface are completely redesigned and add multiple steps to accomplish simple tasks. Other parts of the interface surprise you by showing you the exact same dialog windows and feature settings that every version of Windows has had since Windows 95. It should be pointed out that Service Pack 1 does not provide any performance improvements that I have been able to see: I still have programs and games, new and old, randomly crashing on me. I still have odd freeze-ups and scary moments where it seems the system will completely stop responding...only to breathe a sigh of relief that it was just another security prompt trying to fight its way to the front of the mess.
The bottom line is that I am extremely disappointed in Windows Vista, and surprised that Vista--even with Service Pack 1--is as erratic and poor as Windows Me. I do not recommend it.
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