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Software : Windows Vista, Ultimate Edition with Service Pack 1, Upgrade Version (PC)
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Windows Vista, Ultimate Edition with Service Pack 1, Upgrade Version (PC) from: Microsoft List Price: £203.99 Vegetarian Books Price: £166.48 You Save: £37.51 (18%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: DVD-ROM Brand: Microsoft EAN: 0882224661508 Format: DVD-ROM Label: Microsoft Manufacturer: Microsoft Model: 66R-02262 Platform: Windows Vista Publisher: Microsoft Release Date: April 04, 2008 Studio: Microsoft Sales Rank: 1287 MPN: 66R-02262 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Not a worthwhile upgradeA few months ago I bought a new laptop which came with Vista Home Premium pre-installed. I've now had the opportunity to compare Vista to my desktop PC's XP installation. In summary Vista doesn't make a compelling upgrade. Memory usage is considerably higher, the default User Account Control setup is so overbearing that I disabled it completely and from the perspective of the end user the new features seem to be mostly related to visual tarting up and transparency effects. These new features add nothing much to productivity. The frequency and volume of critical security patches to apply seems to continue as with XP. There are some useful features but most of these can be added to XP by using existing free applications. Not a worthwhile upgrade. Rating:  - A few irritations but more stable than XP SP 3 so worth tryingI have been using XP for more years than I can remember and I recently girded my loins and purchased a laptop with Vista Home Premium and I have to say I have been pleasantly surprised. My lower spec dual core laptop with Vista seems to have better performance than my much higher spec quad core desktop running XP. I would also say that Vista is more robust and I have not yet had a program stop responding, which is a common occurrence with XP. I find Vista's need to confirm your permission to do virtually anything on the machine a bit of a pain but in general , transferring across to using Vista from XP is painless. The only problem I have had is with networking Vista to XP and I still have to resolve this issue. I purchased my Laptop ... Read More: Rating: - If it ain't broke...I imagine that the people most likely to read reviews of an operating system are those who are thinking of upgrading their system, rather than those buying a new computer. In other words, this review is intended for those who are thinking of replacing XP with Vista on a perfectly good computer. I would strongly recommend that you hang on to XP while you can. I am not a Microsoft basher. I think XP is an excellent operating system. Once a few teething troubles were sorted out, XP became a reliable, easy-to-use operating system that could take any amount of abuse. I have no doubt that after a few more updates Vista too will become dependable, safe and idiot-proof and the bugs will be sorted out. I don't mind minor bugs too much in a new system ... Read More: Rating:  - Decent OS; I have no desire to switchFrankly, I love Vista. While the minimum system requirements are higher than XP, they are by no means unreasonable, and the result is an OS that's easily as fast as Linux or OS X, and one that is much better laid out as well. Small touches abound. The start menu has been condensed into one box instead of opening a potentially gigantic list of programs, and discrete info and link boxes are peppered throughout, making it infinitely easier to slip from one related task to another. A particularly nice touch is that the address bar showing your folder location includes a drop down arrow for every folder you've had to go through to reach it, with a list of all the folders contained within them, meaning that you can navigate back through into another ... Read More: Rating: - Don't know what all the moaning is aboutFirst off, I'm not a Microsoft worshipper, but I'm not into bashing them just for the sake if it either. Initially I listened to the negative comments on Amazon and the net and decided not to upgrade. But when I first encountered it on a laptop at work, I found myself thinking Vista wasn't so bad after all. So in the end I decided to upgrade my home PC and am glad I did and wouldn't consider going back to XP. So let's look at the usual complaints. You DO need a powerful and compatible PC. If in doubt you can download a utility from Microsoft to check your current hardware. I would recommend this. I suspect that a lot of people are moaning because they didn't check first. Backwards compatibility is not as bad as they say ... Read More: |
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