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Holistic Guidance - Windows Vista Home Basic with SP1
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List Price: $219.99
Our Price: $168.99
Your Save: $ 51.00 ( 23% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Microsoft Software
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Binding: DVD-ROM
Brand: Microsoft
EAN: 0882224660990
Feature: User-friendly software features search and organize innovations as well as improved networking opportunities
Format: DVD-ROM
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Microsoft Software
Manufacturer: Microsoft Software
Model: 66G-02689
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 features search and organize innovations as well as improved networking opportunities
Designed for users with the most basic computer needs
Helps people use their PCs securely and reliably, makes it simple to stay better connected, and is compatible with the widest range of software, devices, and services that people use and trust every day
Rich new interface, innovative ways to organize and find the information stored on your PC, and a multitude of entertainment options with live and recorded TV on your PC
Provides the essential tools and technologies to help protect you whether you are browsing the Internet, connecting to a wireless network, or just reading e-mail
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Editorial Reviews:
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If you only want to use your computer for basic needs, Windows Vista Home Basic is for you. With automatic defenses against malicious software and fraudulent websites, Windows Vista Home Basic enables you and your family to use your computer with greater confidence. Plus, you can use built-in parental controls to make sure your children's computer use is protected and appropriate. So if you only want to use your PC for tasks like browsing the Internet, using e-mail, or viewing photos, then Windows Vista Home Basic is the right edition for you.
See the information you care about instantly with Windows Sidebar and gadgets, which bring real-time information, like weather and news, to your desktop Windows Photo Gallery make it easier to download photos from your digital camera and then organize, edit, view, and share them with family and friends Get up and running quickly using Windows Easy Transfer to automatically copy your files, photos, music, e-mail, and settings from your old PC to your new Windows Vista-based PC Built-in diagnostics look for hardware failures, network problems, and slow performance issues so they can be resolved before they affect you Use basic backup features to safeguard your files
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: Awesome OS
Comment: Windows Vista Home Basic w. SP 1 is the best Windows offering yet, more security, awesome new features and beautiful graphics. MAC OS X and Vista sp 1 are the only way to go for solid operating systems, both offer amazing unique features and you can now run Vista on a MAC. 5/5 Great job Microsoft.
AVOID Linux it sucks...
Customer Rating:
Summary: I despise this operating system.
Comment: And with good reason, too.
Imagine yourself working on a lengthy post for a forum your office uses as a means of communicating with one another, then imagine that in the middle of writing this lengthy post (at which time you're only running your web browser, and have been sitting on the same page for the past 25 minutes) your screen abruptly goes blue and your computer informs you that it has to shut down, deleting everything you'd just been working on with no advance warning whatsoever. Once again: One program running, sitting on the same web page for almost half an hour, and the operating system STILL manages to trip over itself. Remarkable.
Now imagine that this same phenomenon repeats itself no fewer than 2 times a week.
That's why I despise this operating system. I hope my boss gives me a raise one of these days, 'cause Macs are awfully expensive, but after this experience I will never, ever, EVER, under any circumstances, buy a PC ever again. Thanks a *&%#$@%W#!@ bundle, Microsoft. You're a real sweetheart.
Customer Rating:
Summary: U need Vista like you need a hole in the head
Comment: I was warned by every IT person I know - stay away from Vista. Anyway, I bought a new Dell vostro 1400 (very nice by the way - do buy) and it came with Vista Basic. I admit Vista is relee pretty and very cool looking. However, Vista treats me like a second class citizen on my own system.
I should say that the problems stem mainly from my old LEGALLY purchased software that I subsequently installed and that work really well on XP!!!
The last straw is just now when my Corel Paint Shop Pro X (which seems to work ok on Vista) told me that there was an update available but I decided that I would just DOWNLOAD and Save the patch and install later only to be told that I can't save the file to any folder on the system and to:-
"Contact your administrator to obtain permission"
$%#@% I AM the bloody administrator!! There is nobody on this computer but ME! My profile IS administrator. How much more of an administrator do I have to be! Do they mean the administrator of the Microsoft Head Office Network???
It is this message that is driving me crazy. I already gave up and uninstalled my Adobe Acrobat 7.0 because of it, almost pulled my hair out when trying to update Starry Night Orion Special Edition that I got LAST YEAR (need to right click the link and select 'run as administrator').
I am giving serious consideration to ripping out Vista and installing XP on my BRAND NEW LAPTOP. I hear you can get those gadget thingies for XP too. I guess the moral of my story is that unless you are buying completely brand new software that is Vista compliant and new Vista compliant hardware, you are an antique decrepit old fogey and should stay away from such modern sophisticated software as Vista!!
By the way Small Business Accounting 2006 does not work on Vista either
Customer Rating:
Summary: Re-Vista
Comment: On the whole I have been happy with my new Vista Home Basic operating system. I chose Home Basic over the other versions because I felt the extra features were nothing more than eye candy and software bloat that taxes your system resources and ram. One thing I did to optimize my experience with Vista was to install it as a new operating system, instead of upgrading Windows XP to Vista Home Basic. This freed me of any bugs or bad registry data that has collected in XP over the last 5 years. I copied only 4GB of data (important photos and documents) to a usb flash drive, then I rebooted, formatted, and installed Vista. After installation, Vista found all my drivers and downloaded them for me. After the first couple of restarts due to driver and antivirus installation, Vista runs very smoothly, in fact it starts up faster than my XP operating system did. I am docking 1 star due to the fact that the Windows disk defragmentation application no longer displays a status screen and thus you will have no idea how long it will take or how bad it is fragmented. I also feel that Microsoft should have bundled Windows Live OneCare with Vista, since they love to bundle in all their other programs.
Customer Rating:
Summary: How Many Windows, Let Me Count the Ways
Comment: First there's Vista Home Basic which, like all the versions of Vista, has your basic digital media features like Windows Photo Gallery, but it doesn't do Aero. You get Windows Flip, but no 3D and no live taskbar thumbnails. If that stuff means nothing to you, go with it.
Second there's Vista Home Premium. Add Flip 3D and Aero to the version above and the availability to do scheduled backups. Also you get Windows Media Player, which you don't get with Home Basic. Windows Media Center can truly can handle all your Media needs. It comes with HDTV support, Xbox 360 Center Extender compatibility (which means nothing to me as I'm not a gamer), Windows DVD Maker and Windows Movie Maker.
Third there's Vista Business. You get everything you get in the above versions, but no Windows Media Player, but you do get business features like Windows Fax and Scan, offline files and folder support and Remote Desktop. If you're a business person, then perhaps this is the version for you.
Fourth there's Vista Ultimate. With this version you get it all, the business stuff plus the media stuff.
And then there's the Upgrades, like the four versions above, they are all upgrades to the SP1 versions.
So far we have eight versions. The first four, plus the four upgrades. That's eight different prices. But wait, I'm not finished. There's four more upgrades, you can upgrade from Home Basic to Home Premium, from Business to Ultimate, from Premium to Ultimate, from Basic to Ultimate.
That's a lot to digest. Then there's still a version you can't buy, one you've got to be a Microsoft Assurance customer to get, called Windows Vista Enterprise.
That's a lot of windows in the Microsoft Operating System house, but I'm guessing there are only three versions that will be of interest to most. Vista Home Basic, because it's the cheapest. Home Premium, because you get the Aero interface and Windows Media Player, or lastly Vista Ultimate, because with this one you get it all.
I was pretty confused when I started this review and maybe I still am, a little, but I think I've got it all sorted out in my head and I'm wondering if I've been any help to you, dear reader, at all. For the money, Basic is the best deal, but me, I'd go with Home Premium or even Ultimate, because I can afford it and because it's the latest and the greatest.
Now with all that out of the way, do I like Vista? Absolutely. I've been an XP girl for way too long. I didn't upgrade straightaway when Vista first came out, because I'd heard all the horror stories. I have Vista now and I'm happy with it. Will I go back to XP? Answer, no. I've got Vista now and I'm sticking with it.
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