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| Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate FULL VERSION [DVD] [OLD VERSION] | ![Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate FULL VERSION [DVD] [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/418ejZRV7AL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $399.95
Buy New: $179.00
You Save: $220.95 (55%)
New (21) Used (3) from $179.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  149 reviews
Sales Rank: 1441
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista, Windows 2000
Media: DVD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.6
MPN: 66R-00002
Model: 66R-00002
UPC: 882224172370
EAN: 0882224172370
ASIN: B000HCTYTE
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Is this supposed to be an improvement? June 18, 2008
I have countless issues with Vista Ultimate-without Service Pack 1. My "Vista-certified" hardware is always having trouble functioning. Downloading new drivers has proved futile. I fix one problem, and then another shows up. I thought this was supposed to be an improvement over XP? What a downer... Get a Mac, they work far better.
 Not what you want May 29, 2008
They took away all the things you were used to and replaced it with slowness. Why???
 Great OS, only one compliant May 27, 2008
There are some quirks to Vista. It's not always very intuitive either. But then again all things have some learning curve to them. Generally I have been very happy with Vista. If I had to guess why there are so many problems with other users is they use Vista as an upgrade, not bothering to flattening/formatting their hard drives and beginning afresh. There are plenty of tips that can be found online to solve most problems otherwise and most of these tips are just familiarizing people with Vista.
The only real compliant I have about Vista Ultimate, and maybe all the Vistas, is that although you are listed as the administrator, you're a protected administrator without true full rights. I used Spybot SnD and it would not allow me to remove all the adaware because I was not a true administrator. Only after unlocking the full rights and logging on the true administrator could I remove them. YUCK and what a pain.
went back to xp -- forget trying to do pro audio with vista! April 19, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
do not buy this.
fewer software/hardware companies really care enough to release working drivers for vista because they know its a flop.
i got this with a laptop, and i wish i had the option to take xp, but certain laptop manufacturers are in bed with microsoft.
dont be an annoying jerk and need to impress others with how much like a mac your pc looks. you want to use a computer because it works, not so you can pretend you are doing stuff and look like a moron who paid too much for their equipment... (like a big portion of mac users are!)
i went back to xp and didnt look back! dont be fooled by the nicer looking solitaire game and whatnot. believe me, its not worth it.
forget doing pro audio on vista, by the way. you will meet only frustration.
 Vista is Working Fine for Me March 21, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have XP running on a bootcamp partition on my MacBook and it is doing just fine. I spend most of my working time in Word, hardly ever using any of the other programs in the Office suite. However, I use the Adobe products Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator a whole bunch. Other than that I play solitaire, watch videos and, of course, use both Explorer and Firefox when I go online. That's about it for me, software wise, and XP handles it all without fail, without crashing and without giving me any headaches.
And I will miss it when I upgrade to Vista, however my machine can handle the upgrade, so I'm giving it a try.
Okay, I like the look and feel of Vista, however it's not as snappy as XP or even System X. I like the AERO bit, quite snazzy and one of the reasons my machine runs a bit slower, I suspect, however I'm loath to turn it off as it's so cool.
Word works fine and that's to be expected. My Adobe software runs well too. The browsers, no problem. I did have to upload a printer driver, but that only took a few minutes and I was good to go.
I've read a lot of reviews by people who are having problems with Vista and I'm getting the SP1 upgrade any day and I'll instal it, but I'm not experiencing the problems others appear to be having. Maybe because it's because I only use four or five programs on my Machine. I don't use iTunes or Windows Media as I still listen to my CDs the old fashioned way and only then if I don't have the phonograph record.
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