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Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium UPGRADE [DVD] [OLD VERSION]
![Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium UPGRADE [DVD] [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31YZ5mQgzdL._SL160_.jpg)
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List Price: $159.95
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Manufacturer: Microsoft Software
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: DVD-ROM
Brand: Microsoft
EAN: 0882224173056
Feature: User-friendly software combines the features of Windows Vista Home Basic with even more impressive and user-friendly capabilities
Format: CD
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Microsoft Software
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Manufacturer: Microsoft Software
Model: 66I-00003
Platform: Windows 2000
Publisher: Microsoft Software
Release Date: 2007-01-30
Studio: Microsoft Software
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Features
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User-friendly software combines the features of Windows Vista Home Basic with even more impressive and user-friendly capabilities
Features Windows Aero, an efficient and visually stunning interface that makes it easier to accomplish multiple tasks at once by providing a three-dimensional, real-time, animated view of all of your open applications, and documents
By integrating search throughout the operating system, helps you quickly find and organize large collections of documents, pictures, movies, videos, and music
Includes Windows Tablet and Touch Technology that enables you to interact with your Tablet PC-compatible computer with a digital pen or your fingertip instead of having to use a keyboard
Upgrade from your current edition of Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000 (including Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Media Center, Windows XP Tablet PC, Windows XP Professional x64, Windows 2000)
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Editorial Reviews:
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- Marketing Information: The preferred edition of Windows for home desktop and mobile PCs, with features including Windows Media Center and the Aero user interface, Windows Vista Home Premium delivers the productivity and entertainment that you need from your PC at home or on the go. Product Information - Software Sub Type: Client - Software Name: Windows Vista Home Premium - Upgrade - Features and Benefits: Get things done more easily and intuitively: - Breakthrough design makes your PC easier to use. Integrated search makes it finding the programs and files (including documents, e-mails, photos, and music) youandquot;re looking for super fast Have better protection for your PC and family: - With features including Windows Defender and improved Parental Controls, your personal information, your PC, and your family are better protected than in previous versions of Windows Enjoy entertainment a whole new way: - The dramatically improved entertainment experience - spanning TV and movies, photos, music, and DVDs - will redefine the way you think about your PC Be productive, entertained, and mobile: - Get the most from your mobile PC with simplified power management, easier wireless networking, easier device synchronization and improved Tablet PC support - Language Support: English License Information - License Type: Product Upgrade - License Pricing: Standard - License Quantity: 1 User
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Windows
Comment: Had a problem with the Product Key,
Could not register this copy of Windows Vista upgrade,
Had to exchange it,
Customer Rating:
Summary: maybe it's me
Comment: I do not know if it is me or not however my Intel Pentium 4 w/ HT according to HP is supposed to not only be set up for Vista, but is also supposed to run the 64 bit version. Maybe I did not load the program properly.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A fine upgrade, not great
Comment: I'm blown away by the number of "less than accurate" statement made by people here. I'm especially blown away by the Mac Users who come here to say bad things about a product that they don't even use. When OS X came out there were plenty of problems with compatibility because OS X was a completely different system from System 9 for the Mac. Yet most people have decided it was a good move for Apple.
Vista is like that but it maintained much better backwards compatibility than OS X did. The problem is that Microsoft has 15 times as many users, so when a small percentage have problems, it still looks like a lot of people. Simply because a LOT of people use Windows.
Having used Vista Home Premium for a year now I can say that the product works very well. I dual booted with XP for a month to make sure I was happy with Vista before switching permanently. In that time I found that most of the claims that Vista was buggy and performed badly were false.
The two biggest reasons that people have had problems with Vista are:
1) Not enough RAM, Vista needs a minimum of 1GB of RAM and should have at least 2GB.
2) NVidia graphics drivers. The early drivers from NVidia were horrible and caused numerous problems for people, especially gamers.
I personally never put together a system these days with less than 2GB of RAM, and I am an ATI graphics card user, so neither of these problems plagued me. If you knew these things going into Vista, you would be a lot happier.
Today it seems that MS and NVidia have straightened out most of the problems with the Drivers. So unless you are buying a system without sufficient RAM, Vista is a fine upgrade. Not great, but great upgrades are very rare in the modern software world.
Customer Rating:
Summary: It will make you wish you kept your old computer
Comment: Words cannot express how much I despise this operating system.
Everything has been changed. You will spend hours trying to do something simple.
Norton Anti-virus came loaded. I tried the 2 month trial and ended up getting multiple worms, viruses, downloaders, etc. My computer is continually hijacked in Explorer. In Firefox, it is finally fixed.
It seems Microsoft cared to sell the very best.
In what other industry are you FORCED to buy their product?
They are criminals as far as I'm concerned.
At this moment, I've lost my taskbar at the bottom of my screen. I have no idea where it went or why. I am not even able to pull up control panel to check things.
How can Microsoft make Billions in profits yet sell such shoddy products?
Customer Rating:
Summary: vista premium
Comment: It's funny i've heard so many complaints about this New Windows Vista,
But i Like it and i thought i would't. i bought this to upgrade my desktop and found out it wouldn't upgrade with this version,( even though the Microsoft advisor said it would), so i used it on my New Laptop that had Basic and it's even better. I would reccomend this to anyone that is expereinced with Windows and it's insides.
you need to know What updates to install and do them manually, i turned off the automatic updates after hearing about issues with "phoning home"
and validation issues.
But over all after the tweaks, it's pretty cool.
Amazon.Com ROcks. Thanks
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