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 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $269.99
Buy New: $128.50
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Rating:  109 reviews
Sales Rank: 201
Format: Dvd-rom
Platform: Windows Vista
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Home Premium
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 66I02387
Model: 66I-02387
UPC: 882224661256
EAN: 0882224661256
ASIN: B0013O54OE
Release Date: March 19, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Worthless as a HTPC OS August 28, 2008
Installed about a year ago without any problem on Vista certified hardware. It was running ok with one annoying problem - it was constantly loosing the video settings every time I reboot. Then these wave of security patch start to roll in. I only use the PC for watching blu-ray movies and after installing 100+ security patches, the system is so slow that I cannot finish 90 minutes movies without rebooting the operating system. Microsoft eventually did fix the video resetting problem (one of those 100+ patch fixed it), but OS is pretty much useless for doing what it is design to do.
Now I have to make a decision to add additional memory to satisfy this memory starving OS (I am currently running with 2 GB) or wipe it clean and install Windows XP.
Never got it loaded... August 22, 2008
I'm still awaiting on help for this, but decided to review anyhow.
When I received Leopard for my Macbook, I loaded it myself, no problems. Just followed the instructions.
When I received Windows vista for my Dell, I checked to make sure I had the correct amount of memory and capabilities, and it froze up. Several times. I even got the blue screen of death. So I called support, but was on hold too long, and having five children, I simply wasn't able to wait.
So, I went back to my XP. Everything is working fine, no Vista, though.
Still Way Short of the Mark August 5, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I tried installing this on a somewhat older laptop (but which should have met the criteria for Vista). The result was less than stellar. It took me three tries before it fully finished the install, taking almost three hours.
But the fun really started when it finished the install, as all of a sudden it decided that it wouldn't recognize the hardware for my mother-board based ethernet or my video configuration (it defaulted to the generic video driver). Searching for the appropriate ethernet files on another computer (as I obviously couldn't access the net with the laptop) was an exercise in frustration. When I did finally find what I thought were the right driver files, I placed them on a ramstick and tried to transfer them to the laptop - nope, Vista didn't recognize the ramstick as a viable drive.
Having now invested almost a full day trying to get this to work, I finally gave up and re-installed my XP operating system. Until Microsoft gets a lot more support for legacy hardware and comes complete with at least default drivers that can give at least minimal functionality with such hardware, I recommend that this OS be avoided.
---Reviewed by Patrick Shepherd (hyperpat)
 Vista . . . improvement, but more needed July 27, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Vista seems like a Microsoft version of a Mac OS except it is slow and irritating in all the areas it falls so far short by comparison. Granted though, it has to secure a computer against a whole lot more viruses, etc than a Mac OS is expected to do. Given a level playing field in that respect, it is hard to say which would truly be better. This software certainly won't dissuade me from my loyalty to Macs but I really do appreciate the efforts Microsoft is making in terms of improved graphics, search functions, etc. And my one year old son certainly prefers the Windows Media Player visualizer over the one on iTunes. Apparently, it's better than any of his videos!
Windows Vista Home Premium July 27, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Windows vista not as good as windows xp, wish I would not have spent money for it.
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