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| Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $269.99
Buy New: $135.00
You Save: $134.99 (50%)
New (40) Used (4) from $135.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  118 reviews
Sales Rank: 210
Format: Dvd-rom
Platform: Windows Vista
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Home Premium
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
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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| Customer Reviews:
 Windows Vista Home Premium w/SP1 October 25, 2008
I have downloaded the CD into my computer for about a month now. So far Windows Vista has been operating fine. I little different from Windows XP and previous upgrades, once you get use to it it becomes easier to operate.
I have noticed several computer crashes lately from something that is causing it. I read an article about Vista crashes and it said it maybe due to Internet Explorer. So far I have not found the cause(s), so I'll just keep looking for the answer.
I do like the program and like the way it operate rather easily on the computer, and would recommed it to anyone who wants to upgrade.
Nice upgrade October 23, 2008
Despite it's bad press, Vista is a nice upgrade for new computers (2007++) that have mostly new software. The Aero UI is excellent and the addition of Direct X10 is really beautiful for games such as Crysis.
If you like windows- and who doesn't?- and your PC is relatively new? Then Vista is the OS upgrade for you!
A solid choice for new PC hardware October 14, 2008
When Vista first came out, I heard nothing but complaints about how much didn't work with it. So, I decided to wait.
Recently, I purchased Vista Home Premium for my PC (Intel dual core E2600 chip, 2 GB RAM, 500 GB SATA HD, nVidia graphics card with 512 MB onboard video memory) to run alongside my XP Service Pack 3 installation.
When I installed Vista, it didn't have built-in drivers for my video card (instead, it ran in a SVGA-only mode) or sound card (Creative Labs XFi). It automatically found my network card.
However, its built-in troubleshooter provided helpful links to the vendor's support websites for the sound and video card, so I could get the drivers.
Although Vista automatically downloaded and installed drivers for my USB Canon printer when I turned it on, it couldn't find drivers for my USB scanner (it is 4 years old) and said the device wasn't supported by the manufacturer.
I've installed Office 2003 Professional, Spore, Flight Simulator X, Nero Burning ROM 8.0, the TomTom software, Java 1.6 and haven't had any problems running any of these.
So far, the only glitches I've seen are:
When I burned a music CD from Media Player---once, the Player created a coaster. When I reburned the same songs to a new CD-R, it worked fine, so it might have been the CD-R.
Once, the mouse seemed to go away. However, I saw this in XP Pro as well, so it might have been the batteries going low in my cordless USB mouse.
The biggest change from XP is the slick new user interface, and that Vista takes 500 MB more of RAM to run (the Sidebar takes 100 MB by itself). Vista Home Premium also includes Media Center which lets you browse music and video and show it on your TV. You can also use Media Center to create a DVR by purchasing a video capture board.
The biggest question is this: Where is Vista good and not?
Vista is a good OS if you have pretty new, stable hardware, and all of your peripherals (USB scanners, printers, modems) are reasonably new.
If you have peripherals or hardware more than 2 years old, or less than 2 GB of RAM (you can purchase 4 GB of Corsair RAM for $[...] from [...]---RAM is cheap), Vista won't meet your needs.
Is Vista a good OS? Yes. Is it a nice upgrade? Yes. Does it have any "must have" features? No.
 Reinstallation and formatting disaster October 7, 2008
I've been refomatting and installing OS for over 26 years and this is by far the worst, messed up version I've ever worked with. For example, CHDSK (Check disk) told me that there isn't enough disk space to rewrite a file when I have over 200g of free space. I have been working on this for over 30 hours and have had to reboot and/or reformat and resintall over a dozen times and I'm still sitting here waiting, and have been waiting for over three hours, and it still hasn't shown me the "choose a language" screen.
As far as Media Center, which didn't work the first time it was intalled and I never could get it to work right, it's OK. I just haven't seen anything worth dealing with the instability of this.
Next time I buy a computer I will either go with an Apple or try to get one with XP.
Now I'm going to go investigate using Linux.
After SP1 you should not be afraid of Vista...as much. September 26, 2008
Microsoft continues to shield attacks about Vista, though many are based on heresay and preconceived notions of the MSFT culture. If you sit down and give Vista a try, and if you get a new PC anywhere anymore you probably don't have a choice, you might not have any complaints.
First of all, a lot of the early reports of bugs in the program have been addressed and fixed in SP1, so users should not rely on what their friends have told them about Vista...as the ONLY source of information.
Secondly, my thoughts are based on my experience in Windows. I will admit that I am an avid PC user and tend to be a little more friendly to MSFT than some other people because I am very comfortable in the Windows environment. But with that said, Vista showcases Microsoft's worst innovative technique. With each release of Windows or Office, Microsoft has been trying to make the user experience easier. They say, "We know what you are doing so we will go ahead and do it for you." And often times they are wrong. They are taking some of the organization away and making things hard to find and displaying what some algorithm assumes you were looking for. And I wish Microsoft would stop doing this.
I prefer Windows to MacOS. I like that things follow a simple organizational pattern and everything can be neatly put away in Windows. But don't worry, it's still there, you just have to wade through some new Vista flare to get there.
And that is my biggest gripe with Vista. Rather than keeping the ease of use that Windows XP has and just beefing up other areas, the company seems to have opted instead for making Vista a mutated product. I wish they would eliminate some of the confusion and just call it Microsoft Vista and remove Windows from the product name.
I'll adjust to it like anything else and before long Vista will be the new standard.
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