Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium FULL VERSION [DVD] [OLD VERSION]
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Software Reviews of Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium FULL VERSION [DVD] [OLD VERSION]
Customer Review: Caveat Emptor..Wait for SP1 Release
Summary: 1 Stars
I would strongly recommend waiting at least until Service Pack 1 (SP1) is released before using Vista. This is supposed to be in April 2008.
I like Vista and many of its features...that being said it doesn't yet seem to work properly/reliably. I have spent about 40 hours with Tech Assistance on Vista operability issues since I got my new Dell laptop two weeks ago. If you want an operating system that will function properly out-of-the-box Vista is not yet it.
I think if you are just using Vista to interact with MS Office you will "generally" be okay, but it has a lot of issues in interacting with third-party software. There are also issues with the use of the sleep and hibernate programs, which often seem to cause the computer to freeze and require a hard re-boot (especially on laptops). Apperently these issues are well known but not yet fixed -- and no one mentioned this to me so when it happened repeatedly I thought there must be something wrong with my computer. Apparently, computer freezing in coming out of sleep mode is just one of Vista's several unresolved flaws.
Customer Review: Windows ME all over again!
Summary: 1 Stars
Fist, I'm no beginner and my system is an HP with a fast Duo Athlon processor, 3gb of ram and Vista preinstalled by the factory.
If you were unfortunate enough to remember WindowsME then you know why Vista is only getting 1 star, they are equally as bug-ridden. I have been using Windows since 3.0 and have used every flavor with mixed success. I know how to tweak settings and manually steamline a Windows OS. Vista is not cooperative. It's top heavy with pretty blingy glitz that hogs system recourses and slows even the best behaved applications to a crawl. Then there's the issue that not all software is compatible or works properly in the new OS. Worse, even after turning off most every feature I could including indexing, Vista still engaged in computer-freezing disk writes that lasted for 10's of minutes at a time for no apparent reason; Microsoft help is at a loss to explain. Vista is bloatware of the worst kind and is no more safe than XP. Avoid it if at all possible!
Customer Review: nice looking OS...but...glitches
Summary: 3 Stars
I am installing this on a Macbook Pro running Bootcamp. The OS looks very sleek and well designed (there is a lot of Mac influence, guess Microsoft is being the Toyota of software, keep re-engineering until you get it right). However, there are a few glitches, i.e., compatibility with wireless print servers, wireless network card is slow.
The OS on my Mac does what it supposed to do, run the few software that I don't have on the Mac.
FYI, I ain't no Mac lover, I have 4 other XP machines at home.
Customer Review: Garbage Operating System - You WILL regret upgrading from XP
Summary: 1 Stars
I upgraded from XP and Vista is a horrible operating system. It uses huge amounts of resources. This would be fine if there was anything Vista offered that made it worth the difference. But here is the real problem, VISTA IS COMPLETELY UNSTABLE. With 2 gigs of RAM and a 2.8 Pentium ghz, I run mostly Adobe graphic programs and a little bit of 3D software like Maya and Sketchup, and my computer freezes at least once a week, sometimes more.
After I installed Vista, I ran the Vista system check and it came up with 1,269 error messages. Yes folks, that's ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE ERROR MESSAGES ON A FRESH INSTALL. So then I proceed to download all 87 updates. Basically I had my computer up and running in about, oh, three days.. I mean, come on, 87 f*%$ing updates in a brand new OS from the company that is the "leader" of the PC operating system??? Microsoft, you suck, plain and simple. Vista is garbage.
And it was nice to find out that HP doesn't give support for a Vista printing driver for the 1115 Photosmart printer. Bye HP.
Conclusion: Vista is only an excuse to put out a new operating system, but it's the emperor's new clothes. It doesn't offer anything new that is useful or worthy of an OS upgrade. It's poorly developed and it's a total hog for your resources. Don't forget to download your 87 updates.
Customer Review: Stick with Window XP
Summary: 1 Stars
I recently purchased a computer that came with Windows Vista. This is the worst Microsoft O/S release to date. The amount of resources Vista used practicly destroyed a new computer. This week I wiped my computer and installed Windows XP instead of Vista. The result: The computer has to be running at least 10 times faster using XP. DO NOT UPGRADE TO VISTA, it will render your computer useless. Vista slowed down the computer to a point where I was using my old computer since it was faster.