Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium

(Full Product, PC - MPN: 66I02387)

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Description: Windows Vista Home Premium delivers the productivity and entertainment that you need from your PC at home or on the go. It includes Windows Media Center, which helps you more easily enjoy your digital photos, TV, movies, and music. Plus, yo.... Read More

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Date Reviewed: 05/26/2008
compcons from MI Member Since: Nov 2003 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 2 Days	If it ain't broke, why fix it? Strengths: Relatively fast install, newest Microsoft OS out there Weaknesses: Slower boot time, taxes system resources, learning curve Summary: This review is mostly focusing on my initial impressions using Vista on my Parallels Virtual machine on a MacBook. First of all, installation went ok -- except for a hitch where the setup said it was "configuring my PC" and stayed there for an hour -- until I finally stopped the virtual machine and rebooted. Then all went well. Without this hitch, it seems like Vista would install quicker than XP for a clean install.. I've just been basically dealing with basic apps on Vista -- Firefox, IE, etc. to see what working in it is like daily. Interesting enough, I've even been able to make it act much like Windows 9X (removing all the fancy themes, and returning to the old fashioned start menu -- simple but effective and uses the least amount of screen real estate.) Overall boot up time is slower, as I think most Vista upgrades are prepared for. Once Windows is started and you've got apps open, things seem to work about the same as XP. Also note for my Vista virtual machine I allocated 768MB of RAM, while with XP VM simply has 512MB. This is true evidence that Vista is slower. I don't think my VM will even support Aero glass... Access Control for even the simplest setting changes are completely annoying, hence, I have disabled it. I would imagine the novice Vista user would always be clicking okay on these anyhow, negating any additional security benefit. The control panel has of course changed, so many things are new places. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but when you've gotten used to the control panel being almost the same since Windows 95, it's confusing. As an desktop support manager at company with a mixed Windows XP and Mac OS environment, I'm still eager to stay with XP for our Windows users as long as possible. This review can't cover it all -- this review is meant for highly technical overview of a brief, quick experience with Vista. Overall advice -- if it ain't broke (XP), why fix it (Vista)? 50% of People (1/2) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 10/27/2008
No Name Member Since: Aug 2002 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 5 Days	64-bit Vista Strengths: One license for both 32-bit and 64-bit Weaknesses: A bit sluggish Summary: The operating system may bit a bit slow and the interface is pretty. I love the new file explorer. Not only that, I have the option to use either the 32-bit or the 64-bit version. I know the 64-bit can cause headaches but for me, I love the stability. However, the 64-bit version definitely is not for everyone. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.