Microsoft Vista
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Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 This is the most complete edition of Windows Vista - with the power, security, and mobility features that you need for work with fun ... Read More
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Microsoft Windows Vista Business SP1 Upgrade If you own a small business, why not Upgrade to Windows Vista Business? It's the first Windows Operating system designed specifically to meet the ... Read More
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Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate with Service Pack 1 Upgrade Elegant Aero interface, Safeguard your PC, More entertainment , Get better connected...
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Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 1 - DVD Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 1 is the operating system for homes with advanced computer needs.
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Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic Service Pack 1 - DVD Windows Vista Home Basic Service Pack 1 is the operating system for homes with basic computing needs.
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Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic Service Pack 1 - Upgrade DVD Windows Vista Home Basic Service Pack 1 Upgrade is the operating system for homes with basic computing needs.
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Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate UPGRADE [DVD] The most comprehensive edition of Windows Vista, Vista Ultimate Upgrade (DVD-ROM) is the first operating system that combines all of the advanced ... Read More
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( 43 reviews )
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Posted: Apr 5 2008
Is not worth all the hype. All I have experienced is a least three crashes a day. I'll probably revert back to my all OS or try a non-windows OS.
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Posted: Mar 21 2008
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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Posted: Mar 20 2008
The service I got from Amazon was great. I have an iMac, and the only reason I ordered Vista, is because there are still a few vendors out there that don't make their product for Mac, so Windows is a necessary Evil. I put Windows on my Mac hard drive just to run those few programs. Once the vendors make their product for Mac, then bye bye Windows.
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Microsoft Windows Vista Business UPGRADE [DVD] The Microsoft Windows Vista Business Upgrade (DVD-ROM) helps your business run more efficiently than ever before. Designed to keep your network ... Read More
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( 13 reviews )
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Posted: May 4 2008
The product did not work with my system. I don't know if I can return it.
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Posted: Mar 21 2008
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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Posted: Mar 14 2008
As an upgrade, this version just does not work. It hogs all the CPU power your system can put out. I wasted alot of man-hours on this version and regret buying it. I recently bought a new Mac Pro with 2 quad core Xeon CPUs, and tried installing vista on the Mac with Boot-Camp, and to my suprise, vista finally works. However most people do not have a Mac Pro, so again, I would say "don't WASTE your money". Either stick with XP, or buy a Mac.
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Microsoft Windows Vista Business FULL VERSION [DVD] The Microsoft Windows Vista Business (DVD-ROM) helps your business run more efficiently than ever before. Designed to keep your network running ... Read More
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( 22 reviews )
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Posted: Jul 10 2008
What is Windows Vista? A faied Mac-wannabe. Honestly, I you're tryin to copy something. At least do it good! Windows Vista is slow with a whole bunch of annoying things that pop out at the most annoying tims. DO NOT buy it. I like XP much better....
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Posted: Jul 7 2008
Do NOT believe all the knee-jerk garbage you're hearing about Vista, as 90% of it is pure crap that people are pulling out of thin air. This same thing happened when Windows 2000 was released in 1999 and again when XP was released in 2002. Everybody hated each of them until the next version of Windows came along. Then, suddenly, they LOVED the older version and tried to cling to it. Not only pathetic, but now very predictable. Time to set a few things straight. Fact: Windows Vista was in development a whole year before Windows XP was even released. Microsoft has been working feverishly on this OS for 6 years. Nearly EVERY Microsoft product that comes out was extensively tested by a public usability testing program. Microsoft doesn't let anything out the door until all the usability testers (the general public that come to visit the Microsoft facility in Redmond, Wa) say they like it. Vista was OK'd by both internal and external beta testers in addition to the usability test program, or it never would have been released. I have personally done usability testing at Microsoft 18 times now, and I know how this process works. Microsoft releases software by consensus, and Vista is what the people themselves ASKED FOR. Fact: For its entire life, the virus magnet that is known as Windows XP has been solely responsible for the onslaught of spyware, malware and waves of viruses. Not Mac. Not Linux. Not DOS. Not Unix. It was Windows XP. Even loaded with antispy and antivirus software, WinXP STILL gets infested and slows to a blue-screening crawl. As you read this on your XP box, I guarentee that you have spyware on your system (and probably viruses too). Run a scan and see for yourself. Fact: Though complaints about Vista's UAC are many, the Internet is not filled with Vista users begging to be saved from viruses and spyware they can't recover from. Those poor souls are pretty much all XP users. Fact: OF COURSE Vista is going to be slightly slower than XP on the same machine - just like Windows XP was slower than Windows 2000, which was slower than Windows NT4, which was slower than Windows 98, which was slower than Windows 95, which was slower than Windows 3.1. This is the natural way thigns are SUPPOSED TO BE AS HARDWARE GETS FASTER AND FASTER. C'mon, what do you honestly expect? New operating systems are about new features, not "running faster" (anybody that knows anything about operating systems knows that new versions are NEVER faster than the previous version, no matter what operating system it is - just take a look at any Linux distro, which has long since been a textbook example of slow, ever-increasing bloatware). It's up to HARDWARE to make things run faster, not the OS. Your system not fast enough? GET FASTER HARDWARE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE DOES. Has everyone forgotten that today's hardware is anywhere from 4-10 times faster than than the hardware that was available when XP was first released? And that Vista runs at virtually the same speed as XP once booted up only with tons of new features? And that soon you will need a new OS to even be able to operate the dual quad and dual octo-core systems in the horizon? C'mon, people, get a grip. Fact: Since SP1 came out, Vista runs GREAT. I can run pretty much any Win32 program I want in Vista. Some of the few remaining software products currently being described as "Non-Vista compatible" can be made to work under Vista if you do a little reading and tweaking. Fact: Turn UAC (User Access Control) off if you want Vista to behave like XP and not prompt you for everything. It's as easy as un-checking a checkbox in Control Panel (User Accounts). Note: This will drop Vista security down to the same "virus magnet/pants down" level as Windows XP. Fact: Are you a gamer? Then you already know that DirectX 10 is Vista-only. All you XP gamers can sit in your own drool if you want to. Meanwhile, we Vista users are walking around in the same games you are - only with DirectX10, which turns it into walking around in a movie. Fact: Think you don't like Vista? Waiting for Windows 7 to come out in Q1 of 2010? You might be interested in knowing that Windows 7 is merely a re-packaging of Windows Vista - just like Windows XP was a re-packaging of Windows 2000 because 2000 didn't sell well (see for yourself at the command prompt - type "ver" and take note that Windows 2000 is Windows version 5.0 and Windows XP is version 5.1). Windows Vista is version 6.0. Dig up all the screen shots of Windows 7 you can find on the internet - take note that the version number is Windows version 6.1, and that it's still very much Windows Vista. So get used to Vista. Better yet, GET Vista, or you'll eventually be two Windows versions behind when 7 comes out - which won't be until 2010, and then that version of Vista will be around for 5 years until the next version. Vista's here to stay, folks. You have a choice of slipping into obsolescence with XP or you can move forward with Vista and Win7. For me personally, Vista has been spoiling me rotten. Every time I get up from my Vista machines and sit down on my XP machines, it feels like I'm sitting down on a machine in "Safe Mode". Vista makes XP feel old, limited and inadequate. The search functions of Vista alone remove all need for clicking through layers of start menus - this alone makes XP feel like an antique. I wont even get into how cool the Aero interface is, or SuperFetch, ReadyBoost, or the other many new features that make Vista MUCH faster than XP. BTW: No, I do not work for Microsoft. I'm the CIO of an Internet 3D media development company that makes it's living by looking and moving forward. Clinging to the past and fearing change would get us nowhere and eventually bury us.
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Posted: Jul 6 2008
I wouldn't have bought it voluntarily, but a few months ago I needed a new notebook and had a hard time finding what I wanted with XP installed on it. So I took a chance on one with Vista. What I found is that the negative commentary about Vista is all too true; if anything, Vista's critics are too kind. What can you say for a new OS in which one of the most basic functions---Search---is literally unable to find files by their exact names? I've never found one file on my notebook using Search. And although Vista's graphical interface is undeniably attractive (this explains my 2 stars), most notebooks don't come with the memory to run it. I upgraded to 2 GB in order to make it usable. Even though I'm aware that Microsoft and their PC manufacturer hostages always pull this trick, it still rankles when an expensive new business notebook is pretty much useless for basic word / email / spreadsheet programs with 1 gb of ram installed. Even with 2 GB I had to do a lot of streamlining, tuning, and tweaking to get Vista to run smoothly. Forgive me for clinging to the antiquated idea that this is the software designers' job, not mine. Thankfully there is a lot of information online showing how to do all of this, but it shouldn't be so necessary. I'm not sure why anyone would pay for Vista as an upgrade or stand alone OS installation if they have a choice. Maybe by SP3 the people at MS will have this thing straightened out, but of course by then they'll have moved on to their next OS nightmare, expecting all of us to come along too. What fools we all are.
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Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate FULL VERSION [DVD] The most comprehensive edition of Windows Vista, Vista Ultimate (DVD-ROM) is the first operating system that combines all of the advanced ... Read More
Overall Rating:
( 39 reviews )
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Posted: Jun 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.
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Posted: May 29 2008
They took away all the things you were used to and replaced it with slowness. Why???
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Posted: 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.
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