Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1 Upgrade [OLD VERSION]
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Software Reviews of Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1 Upgrade [OLD VERSION]
Customer Review: I'm Pretty Impressed, So There You Go 5 Stars
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been using Vista with SP1 for a couple weeks now on two different computers, my MacBook Pro and my iMac, both running on Bootcamp partitions and I have to say I'm pretty darned impressed.
I have lots of ram, ram to spare in both my machines, as I'm a Photoshop girl and both my machines are the latest and greatest Apple has to off, so I was good to go as far as hardware was concerned. I had no problems running the Aero eye candy and though it's no Leopard, it's quite nice. I liked the transparent window frames and I liked the minimizing and restoring effects, but again, I'm used to the Mac, so for me they were no great shakes.
I like the search box in the start menu, but I like spotlight better. Still it's very handy. The Widgets are a copy of Mac's Dashboard and Flip 3D is a copy of Expose, but then again Microsoft has been copying Apple for years.
I had to go online and download the printer driver again for my Brother printer, but that was no big deal and a couple of my Photoshop plugins had to be updated, but then I hadn't used them for awhile. I was just checking everything because of the new Vista install.
In conclusion I guess I'd say if you've got the hardware and are not a Mac person, this is a pretty good operating system and it seems stable. I know, I know, you've probably read all the same stuff I have about how Vista crashes and crashes and crashes and I've experienced plenty of crashes myself, but those problems seem to have been solved with the SP1 upgrade.
The Home Premium version I have on my MacBook hasn't crashed yet and Vista Ultimate on my iMac has only brought down my machine one time. Granted, it's early days yet, but as for now I'll say it again, I'm pretty impressed.
However there is one thing I just cannot seem to wrap my mind around. Why oh why are there so many versions of Vista. Well that bothered me with XP as well. Do you really need:
Vista Home Basic with SP1
Vista Home Premium with SP1
Vista Business with SP1
Ultimate with SP1
Vista Home Basic Upgrade with SP1
Vista Home Premium Upgrade with SP1
Vista Business Upgrade with SP1
Ultimate Upgrade with SP1
That's an awful lot of Vistas. Then there's:
Vista Anytime Upgrade Pack with SP1 [Home Basic to Home Premium]
Vista Anytime Upgrade Pack with SP1 [Business to Ultimate]
Vista Anytime Upgrade Pack with SP1 [Home Premium to Ultimate]
Vista Anytime Upgrade Pack with SP1 [Home Basic to Ultimate]
Come on, Microsoft, how about a one size fits all operating system like they do over in the Mac world. And this business about your copy protection, lighten up. Maybe some people do rip off Mr. Jobs' Leopard, you know buy it and put it on more than one machine, but how many computers can they use at a time. Yes, yes, maybe a husband and wife could be on at the same time, or one of the kiddies, but sheesh, give us a break.
I know you have to protect yourself from the hordes who want free software, but Apple's making a pretty penny with Leopard even while they trust their users, you could too.
Still, I guess I have to give all your Vistas with SP1 five stars, grudgingly, because of the way I think you do business, but I've got Vista working fine on two different computers, plus my husband has it on a couple others and we're not having major problems, so there you go, five stars.
Reviewed by Sara Hackett
Customer Review: Worst Operating System Ever!
Summary: 1 Stars
Since the release of Windows Vista I've purchased two brand new computers that came pre-installed with this abomination called Windows Vista. I've always been the kind of person that jumps on bleeding edge technology and I did live with Vista for a few months before I couldn't take it anymore. Where do I start on the many issues I had with Vista??? It was slow, a resources pig, DRM cop, etc... The thought of one day having to give my Windows XP for Vista is very troubling.. What was Microsoft thinking when they designed Vista! I don't recommend it and would consider a Macintosh over Vista. Customer Review: Game hostile. Slow. NOT recommended
Summary: 1 Stars
I build my own computers. For my newest gaming computer I selected Vista as my O/S.... BIG MISTAKE. A long list of problems and such. It is gaming hostile, very slow, very buggy. And the nvidea video driver for Vista is bad news.
It was soooo bad I just bought XP PRO SP2 and removed Vista from my system. XP is wonderful in comparison. Vista was soooo cruddy and slow.
PASS on this one. Not recommended.
Customer Review: A great OS ( as long as you have sp1)
Summary: 5 Stars
This is by far the best version of Windows Vista. It updates its drivers for you. Vista is much, much better than XP. Runs super quick, looks beautiful and fixes its own problems. I have it on my laptop and when building a new gaming pc, I had to install Vista as newer games are Vista only and all newer updates will also be Vista only. The 64 bit vista also recognizes my 4gb of ram, no problems. Love it, since sp1 came out most of the problems that this OS had, like HD audio not working, are gone. And for those people who give this OS a 1 star review without any real reasons, I recommend that you go take some computer classes so that you might actually know what you are talking about. Customer Review: Don't Waste Your Money
Summary: 1 Stars
This is just another, in a long line of horible experiments by Mad Doctor FrankenGates. Your system WILL crash, it WILL run slower, and you will be sorry for buying this boxocrap. If you buy an 8-core Mac Pro and use "boot camp", then and only then will this junk actually work. That's what I had to do. The only good thing about vista is, it got me into something much much better than microsoft. Mac OSX. What a pleasure.