| 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: 86
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:
 WHAT UPGRADE? August 26, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
HORRIBLE!!!Everybody including Bill Gates knows it!!
Why change something that was working great??? i.e. Windows XP!!!
upgrade? no, THIS IS A DOWNGRADE!!!!
A COMPLETE DISASTER August 25, 2008
nothing works. two camcorders (sharp and sony), two MP3 players, a scanner, my maxtar hard external hard drive, my kids internet machine, my belkin mouse, almost ALL my software like PrintShop, business management and accounting, etc..nothing works. After spending months with tech support from all these companies, I gave up, and got my old XP computer back on line.
Vista is pure GARBAGE. If you want to toss out all your expensive toys, get VISTA. They even messed up the great Windows Media 2005 experience,..now it's a god awful slog to get anything done.
In the six months I suffered with Vista, I couldn't find ONE SINGLE thing it does better than XP. Unbelievably, it does everything WORSE,..you can't perform a single function without being pestered by "are you sure?" a pop ups. No wonder they're getting Seinfeld to hype this mess,..it is a JOKE!
Vista doesn't support several programs. August 24, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been a dedicated Windows user since Windows '95. The problem with this operating system is several of your programs that were working perfectly well with XP will not work at all with Vista HP. There are not enough drivers to support the numerous programs that a user might have on their computer. And it's been over a year since Vista was released. It seems to me that this could have been rectified by now. I'm thinking about upgrading to ultimate so that I will have all the necessary drivers that are offered. When I'm ready to use a program I don't want to see a message that says "Windows Vista Does Not Support xxxxx xxxxx." I even bought one of those programs that supposely had all the drivers that Vista HP needs, which was a waste of money. My advice is if you're going to buy Vista, go ahead and spend a few more dollars and get the Ultimate Version.
Warning: Stay away! August 24, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Vista is not compatible with many devices and applications. I bought a Toshiba laptop with it pre-installed. It was constantly blue screening on me due to video driver issues. All I did was try to use an additional monitor to extend the screen. Additionally, Citrix and many other enterprise applications do not support it. Last, the DVD drive was not being recognized by the OS. I do not know if this was a Toshiba problem or a Vista issue but it doesn't matter. I blame Microsoft for allowing their vendors to certify their systems when they flat out do not work with the OS. I couldn't even downgrade Vista to XP Pro because most hardware vendors have devices on their new laptops that do not have drivers for XP. I returned the laptop and spent a lot more money to switch to an iMac with a OS10/XP dual boot configuration using Fusion. As an IT professional, I can't mess around with constant OS issues. I have to be able to run whatever software my clients need me to. So, in short, stay away from Vista unless you want to experience total fustration.
 It's not as bad some people say it is August 18, 2008
Ok. To be honest when Windows XP came out I thought it was the worst thing ever. I had constantly fix things or reinstall due to errors that were not fixable. Fortunately, over the years it became stable and ran well. Now on to Vista. This is my first Vista computer and must say so far so good. I haven't had any significant crashes or things of that sort. StartUp is REALLY fast compared to XP, it might be due to the fact that I have a faster processor as well as more memory in this new computer, but it still is pretty fast. Search function is much improved if say so myself. Type in the first couple of letters and boom you got what you're looking for. Much of other things haven't changed much ideally wise, but just in appearance. Installation of drivers is easy. I haven't had any problems installing new hardware. While Vista does have some nice things in it, it does suffer from some compatibility issues with some things like Musicmatch Jukebox 7 (errhh can't use it anymore won't work with Vista) which is a downer because I use it often. Hopefully, Microsoft will fix these in the future with another update. 4 stars. Pretty Good.
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