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Holistic Guidance - Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 Upgrade
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List Price: $129.95
Our Price: $94.99
Your Save: $ 34.96 ( 27% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Microsoft Software
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Binding: DVD-ROM
Brand: Microsoft
EAN: 0882224661324
Feature: User-friendly software combines the features of Windows Vista Home Basic with even more impressive and user-friendly capabilities
Format: CD-ROM
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Microsoft Software
Manufacturer: Microsoft Software
Model: 66I-02388
Platform: Windows Vista
Publisher: Microsoft Software
Release Date: 2008-03-19
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
Includes all of the Windows Media Center capabilities for turning your PC into an all-in-one home entertainment center; enjoy music, photos, and DVD movies
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Editorial Reviews:
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Upgrade to the preferred edition of Windows for home desktop and mobile PCs. Windows Vista Home Premium includes Windows Media Center, which helps you more easily enjoy your digital photos, TV, movies, and music. Plus, you'll have the peace of mind of knowing that your PC has a whole new level of security and reliability.
Windows DVD Maker - Burn your photo slide shows & home movies to a video DVD and watch them on a DVD player or PC Windows Movie Maker - Capture, edit, and publish your digital home movies in standard or high-definition format Instant Search & Windows Internet Explorer 7 - Quickly find what you need Elegant Windows Aero desktop experience with glass-like menu bars, Windows Flip 3D, & Live Thumbnails Automatic backup of your files, such as your digital photos, music, movies, documents Built-in parental controls. Supports the Parental Controls Games Restrictions for ratings from the Korean Game Rating Board (GRB) Enhanced MPEG-2 decoder to support content protection on Media Center systems configured with Digital Cable Tuner hardware You are now required to enter a password hint during the initial setup of Windows Vista SP1 so you don't forget it later Upgrade from Windows XP or Windows 2000
System Requirements 800 MHz processor & 512 MB of system memory 20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space Super VGA graphics support
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Windows SP-1 Upgrade
Comment: Although I purchased this as an upgrade, it did not work on my HP Laptop.
It over-wrote all files! Fortunately, I had backed up my computer. It took over 15 hours for full restoration.
Beware if you have not backed up your data you may loose everything on your machine.
Customer Rating:
Summary: So Little for So Much
Comment: I've been a Windows user since... Windows 1.0. I purchased a Dell laptop with Vista on it and I must say that after the first 24hrs of honeymoon (looking at the pretty new mouse trail, listening to the new sounds, etc...) the really bloated and inefficient OS starts to show its ugly face. It operates like its predecessor with a more visual and accoustical punch, but esthetics aside, like an American SUV, this thing is a hog. It takes a ton of RAM, a lot more of CPU speed and a bucket load of HD space. Frankly the security and other upgrades are miniscule when you compare to all the things the OS requires to run smoothly.
In the end you get a couple new pony tricks instead of a tighter security integration and easier usability experience. All of this is at a heavy hardware premium. Many simple tasks and operations start to become a headache as they are over complicated to execute leaving you with an uneasy feeling of why you got this damn thing... Stay with the older OS.
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Summary: Vista Upgrade, a challenge - Are you sure you want Vista?
Comment: The all-purpose upgrade is only 'all-purpose' after several hours on the phone and in chat sessions with very courteous and willing people from far, far away. Seems MS forgets to include all the set-up steps in their
'works with XP & 2K' upgrade to Vista. Oh, and did you know that you will lose your reliable laser printer and many of your other PRE-Vista hardware and software tools....either MS doesn't speak their language or they do not speak Vista. It is like going back to the early days of IBM....the new model comes out and you can toss the old one, only MS is not the maker of the com-pooters...??? Apple keeps looking better and better, though so much more priceyl; if Mr. Jobs weren't such an eletist, marketing at the highest prices and caring nothing about the consumer's wants or needs....
You will appreciate the Vista help folks, when you finally are able to be transferred to them....they have a special department just for helping you load the software....if that doesn't give you a clue as to the holes in their programming, you will find out when you load the DVD. Good luck.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent
Comment: I guess I am one of the few who like vista. I feel it is the best os from Microsoft bar none.Even compared to xp sp3 which is faster than sp2 Vista is still faster on my system anyway. Works very well with my computer what can I say I am satisfied.
Customer Rating:
Summary: My Vista SP1 Review
Comment: Vista is great very nice interface, fast boot times (faster then XP).
But a word of caution you need a newer processor (I would recommend a dual core), at least 2 gigs of Ram, and a descent video card. Also do not expect that your older programs will all run under vista many older versions will not, expect to be upgrading afew programs. But after trying it out for two months now I will not be going back to XP, There was certainly some frustration and learning involved in changing to a new operating system but eventually XP will no longer be supported and you will have to make the change.
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