| Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit English 1pk | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft
Category: Software
Buy New: $131.29
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 763
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Vista Home Premium
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 0.4 x 0.4 x 0.4
MPN: 1315141
UPC: 882224641944
EAN: 0882224641944
ASIN: B000MFIPDC
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 On a scale of.... November 16, 2008
The caveat:
All my comments are strictly relative to Microsoft products.
I bought this OS after a year with an HP Pavilion that was produced during the great Vista wars when all the branded folks were refusing to build drivers for the new OS. HP had no compatible drivers, even for their bundled peripherals. After a nightmare year in which MS, to their credit, tried mightily but vainly to get my system to install SP1 and zero help from HP, I decided to wipe out every character of that nasty HP bloatware code. It worked. I'm now 100 percent HP free and my system is compatible with the world of computers. It's also much more stable. The problems with 64-bit are largely gone now and I am happy with my system. Anyone fighting with brand name crap-ware should, IMHO, spend the hundred bucks, do a clean installation and get on with life. There are 64-bit drivers galore available now. I've had no problems since the upgrade.
 It's not HORRIBLE but many things will no longer work. November 12, 2008
Vista 64-bit home premium came preinstalled on a new laptop. I purposely selected this option because I wanted a laptop that would be current for about five years. Have used it for about 6 weeks now and it's not as difficult to use as I thought it would be. However, yesterday I ordered a new desktop -- NOT with Vista 64-bit. Am tired of having to upgrade fairly new software just for Vista 64, tired of not being able to hear streaming music, not being able to use my Slingbox, not being able to see certain HTML effects, and not being able to get help for any of this. I also needed something that would work with my other hardware such as printers, scanners, etc. for which there are no Vista 64-bit drivers. By the time Vista 64-bit is ready, five years will likely have passed. Don't buy this unless you're running something that truly needs it or you have another PC that you can count on.
 How to spend less on windows August 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Vista is good. Alot of people talk trash but I enjoy the features, but then the computer I built to go along with this OS is real highspeed-lowdrag (AMD 2.31 GHZ phenom quadcore, 4 GB DDR2 1066HZ RAM, 2x NVDIA 8800GT in SLI configuration, all on one of the worlds best mother boards the ASUS crosshair II formula.)
I needed the 64 bit version to read all of the system memory that I have, since 32 bit will only read 3GB total, including what you have on your video cards. Buying this version instead of the regular version is what will save you money. You are allowed to buy this product even if you arent a system developer or whatever arbitrary term microsoft uses, the draw back is is that you cannot tranfer windows once you have installed it on a computer. Essentially the PIN number becomes tied to your mother board. Your mother board dies or whatever and so does your version of windows.
So yes, this is cheaper, but it comes with a slight risk. I took it and Im happy.
Don't believe the Vista Hate! Get 64 bit Vista Home Premium! July 6, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Vista x64 is a necessity if you want to use more than 3.5GB (or so) of RAM (2GB per application). It's rock solid and has better driver support now (1-1/2yrs after introduction) than when I bought it, but even then, it ran flawlessly on my MacBook Pro and Mac Pro. My Mac Pro has 6GB of RAM, and Vista x64 sees all of it. This is a plus for people who use Photoshop and other high-intensity applications. To tell the truth, I'm not really sure why Microsoft didn't make Vista 64-bit only, since all processors in modern computers are 64-bit. Vista 32 alone takes up over half the available max RAM, and doesn't leave much for applications.
FYI: If you want the best available (non-gaming), fastest Vista computer, get a Macintosh! There have been several tests and comparisons that show that regular PCs, with their outdated BIOS, serial ports, and parallel ports (and sometimes even floppy disks!), can't keep up with a modern, EFI-based computer like all current macs. And Vista was made with EFI (not BIOS) in mind. This, plus the expandability of the Mac Pro to the currently available 32GB of RAM, make it a no-brainer, unless you're strapped for cash. If you want, you can even reformat the Mac to run Windows-only, though why you'd want to, I have no idea...
Summary: If you MUST use Windows, don't believe the haters! Get Vista x64, and get the Home Premium version and save some cash over Vista Ultimate x64. XP is not nearly as secure, and WinXP x64 still has driver issues. Drop 6 to 10GB RAM from Crucial.com into a Mac Pro, and you'll have the best Windows computer available.
64 bit vista June 4, 2008
Vista is now the Windows standard, and rightly so. It comes with many features to let the user interact more comfortably and personally than with previous versions of Windows. Service pack one is out now and many of the errors that ruined earlier versions have been corrected. The only one "problem" I have come across is that the 64 bit version is a complete system hog. I have to 2GB of RAM and idle Vista alone uses 38% of that. In addition, there are a few programs out there that do not work with 64 bit operating systems, but the vast majority however have converted their products to be 64 bit compatible. Not really a problem but worth mentioning. Overall a great product.
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