| Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 Upgrade | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $129.95
Buy New: $66.99
You Save: $62.96 (48%)
New (43) Used (9) from $61.55
Avg. Customer Rating:  89 reviews
Sales Rank: 77
Format: Dvd-rom
Platform: Windows Vista
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Home Premium - Upgrade
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.5
MPN: 66I-02388
Model: 66I-02388
UPC: 882224661324
EAN: 0882224661263
ASIN: B0013O54P8
Release Date: March 19, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Upgrade to Windows Vista Home Premuim. Is brand new, factory sealed. 100% guaranteed. Will ship USPS Priority mail
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| Customer Reviews:
 Pretty, but sluggish October 5, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Above all else, an OS should always be responsive to user input. When I click on multiple files and select delete, I don't want to see a "Preparing to delete." message. This is lazy programming on the part of Microsoft. When I right click a broken shortcut to delete it and the PC spends 30 to 40 seconds trying to find the link, this is ridiculous. On a regular basis my computer locks up for minutes while Vista is "thinking".
Maybe many PC users don't know any better and think this is the way computers work. I've used Apple, Linux, and Windows computers. None of them are perfect, other OS's usually do a better job than Vista. With Microsoft's large resources you would think they could put out something much better than this. All the time spent on "eye candy" would have been better spend on the back end making the OS more efficient.
If Vista looked the same as XP but ran faster and was more responsive, would users thought it was better? I don't know. I just know that PC's are much more powerful than they were just a few years ago, and Vista still manages to drag them into the mud. Faster PC's aren't a license for bad programming...
 It's vista... what else can i say October 4, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
it does what its suppose to do, i did have one problem during ordering though. the website makes the product seem like it a full version of vista with the service pack 1 as the upgrade(even though they prominently showed a picture). luckily i wasn't at home when the product arrived and was able to order vista basic in order to use the upgrade. other than that slight problem, as i posted in the title... its vista. it could be better. I've been a windows user since win95 and even had a chance to dabble a bit with (blah) win3.1. when you look back at those OS's, MS has come a long way. OH and one more thing. If you are looking for the 64-bit versions of ANY of the vista software except for ultimate, you have to order the 64-bit DVD after you get the product. kind of an inconvenience since they make you pay for the shipping and i think for the DVD itself. after i learned that and saw how fast my comp ran with 4gb of ram (for some reason premium recognizes all 4gb while basic only sees 3.77gb) i decided to just hold on to the other 2x2gb sticks i have for safe keeping.
Hardware? Be sure! September 30, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Overall, I am happy with Vista. Don't let the bad hype make you think twice about upgrading. All the programs I use have been running properly on it.
The issue I had with it was on installing it. You really do need at least a DVD rw optical drive. You can get the product from Microsoft on cds for another $10.75. Then when it's time to validate the install, you'll get a message to purchase another license. Don't worry, eventually their database will be updated so you can validate the product. I did not know this, and found the process to be very frustrating.
Upgrade? Definitely. But make sure you have upgraded your hardware first. Have at least 2 gigabytes of RAM as well. One gig will run it, but not well.
 Impressed! September 30, 2008
I seldom ever buy anything when it first comes out and Vista was no exception. Once all the 'bugs' are worked out of a program, then I consider the purchase, but also expect to not pay full price when it was first available either. Amazon allowed me to find the program at almost half the original price with the same quality. I am very impressed with Windows Vista and have had no problems once I upgraded my whole computer to be compatible with the newer program! BE SURE and have at least 2GB of RAM though as Vista takes almost an entire GB to run!
 The Master Thief Strikes Again September 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Don't expect your old software or peripherals (printers, scanners, etc) to work on this piece of crap. They might...but don't count on it. Oh, and if you've heard that you can downgrade back to XP if you don't like Vista, be forewarned: this only applies to the Business Versions. Home versions, forget it. "You are, as they say, SOL"--Gregg Keizer, Computer World.
So we're stuck with whatever Lord Gates commands us to use. Once more.
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