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 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $159.95
Buy New: $64.99
You Save: $94.96 (59%)
New (21) Used (3) from $49.89
Avg. Customer Rating:  280 reviews
Sales Rank: 389
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows Xp, Windows Vista Home Basic
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Upgrade
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 6 x 2 x 8
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: K62627
Model: 66I-00003
UPC: 882224173056
EAN: 0882224173056
ASIN: B000HCZ9BG
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Licensing January 30, 2007
17 out of 26 found this review helpful
Im somewhat disappointed in this product, not in the actual product itself but the licensing terms behind it are too constricting. Once you install this version of windows on your computer you cannot install it again on another computer. It costs $50 to buy an extra license and for families it gets quiet expensive. All I wanted to to is put vista on my main computer and laptop and to charge an extra $50 just so I can use a product I already bought on 2 computers seems outrageous. Also the upgrade version involves you having a previous version of windows on your computer before installation which also seems idiotic considering installing a new OS is better with a clean install so it will run smoother. If I were windows I would have given 3 serials per box just so people with multiple computers can install, if Microsoft still thinks each household only has one computer theyre sadly mistaken and im sure not going to buy extra licenses for a product I should already own.
 You are going to like Vista December 26, 2006
17 out of 27 found this review helpful
Like the first reviewer, I have been beta testing Vista for six months,
and have been running RC-2 (Build 5744) since it was made available to
people in the test program.
Increased security and the ease to find any file by just going to "search"
are but two of the new features I think you will enjoy.
Since I send a lot of picture and video files, having a small thumbnail available for all files at time of entry into the system, was a big improvement.
Much has also been said about the 3-D and flip page features and other
bells and whistles. (many of these require a very good graphics card)
Be sure to run the Vista test program available on the Microsoft website
to see which version of Vista will run best on your computer.
You will find Vista very easy to use, and an improvement over Windows XP.
 Microsoft tried this time, and did pretty well November 29, 2006
3 out of 14 found this review helpful
Pros: Nice interface, decent integrated firewall, integrated antispyware (though weak)
Con:
XPS was a disappointment October 18, 2006
8 out of 33 found this review helpful
This isn't a review of everything in Vista!
The Financial Times says Vista has two really big new features: an unbreakable security kernel, and a new document format, XPS, touted as a big threat to pdf. They said the security kernel will be.. changed? weakened? as a result of EU legal pressure. But I tried XPS today, because I badly need better compression than the awful adobe version 4 my division just got with its copier. Adobe 4 gave 5+ megabytes for a 35 page scanned document! I read it in, "printed" it out as XPS, using the only instructions I could find on the MS XPS web site. Result: no reduction in size, but huge reduction in quality! (By comparison, Adobe 7 would give much better cmpression for scanned images, when I tried it at home; CVISION and Adobe Image Capture beter yet.) I hope there will be better news in the future... but this is now...
OK Amazon- Am I ordering the 32 Bit version here, or the 64 Bit? October 15, 2006
10 out of 38 found this review helpful
Amazon needs to label their Vista section. As I write it is unclear to me which is which. Thus, I am unable to preorder.
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