Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 From:Microsoft , Microsoft Software ,
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Binding: DVD-ROM
Brand: Microsoft
EAN: 0882224661317
Format: CD-ROM
Weight: 80 hundredths-pounds
Label: Microsoft Software
Manufacturer: Microsoft Software
Model: 66I-02387
Packaged Height: 150 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 740 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 70 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 540 hundredths-inches
Platform: Windows Vista
Publisher: Microsoft Software
Release Date: 2008-03-19
Studio: Microsoft Software
Feature:
- 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
Product Description:
This is the preferred edition of Windows for home desktop and mobile PCs. Windows Vista Home Premium delivers the productivity and entertainment that you need from your PC at home or on the go. It 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. Whether you're balancing your checkbook, studying for school on your mobile PC, watching a downloaded or recorded movie, or sharing your favorite photos with friends on a custom DVD, the experience is much better on a PC running Windows Vista Home Premium.
Windows DVD Maker - Burn your photo slide shows & home movies to a professional-looking 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 valuable digital photos, music, movies, documents Built-in parental controls
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
Customer Reviews:
Messy, 2008-07-05
Installing this edition of Windows Vista has been rather frustrating. I suppose it's too early to judge definitively whether it has been worth it. Despite my machine bearing a "Windows Vista capable" sticker, it proved to be something less than that. It took seven hours to upgrade from Windows XP. I ran the advisory program beforehand to determine if my laptop could handle Vista. The results said "OK", but when the OS was finally loaded it turned out my computer was woefully short on RAM, and several of the drivers wouldn't work (including the printer.) I managed to track down drivers on the web that would work, and installed more memory myself. So it took me a couple of days to get everything in order. I'm still getting annoying notices about "program incompatibility", so I still have some tweaking to do.
Basically, Vista is just a somewhat more souped up version of XP--it's just another Microsoft program, nothing revolutionary. Although the media center is kind of cool, and the backup system is proving to be useful. I was cursing Microsoft the first few days I ran this, but am getting used to it. (I suppose I'll have to if I want to keep using their products, when XP is finally phased out.) I'm thinking of trying Ubuntu for comparison's sake. This whole experience has kind of opened my eyes about alternatives in operating systems, so it hasn't been a waste. You could do worse than trying Vista, although be forewarned about the problems I mentioned before.
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