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Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 Upgrade Review (continued)
More User Submitted Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 Upgrade Reviews
Date: 2008-12-29
Windows Home Premium Upgrade
I really was pleased with this product. Easy to install and step by step procedures to upgrade. Thanks for the upgrade!
Steven Ganey
Date: 2008-12-29
save yourself... and your money
I have had this awful excuse for an operating system on my home computer for over a year now. Microsoft has really outdone itself, this time. The computer I have it on is a Dell with 4GB Ram - it is many times more powerful in terms of raw computing power, memory, I/O bus, graphics card than any other home computer I have purchased - yet it runs slower than the 3 and 4 year ole machines I have running XP. The enhanced graphics (one of the reasons touted that you would want Vista) are still clumsy compared to a Mac and provide little, if any, useful additional functionality. Like all Windows products, it comes standard with the need to update your software constantly to avoid software defects that 'allow an attacker to take over your computer' - does Microsoft really have THAT many critical bugs (even now after they have been constantly patching the thing????) I've been in the software business for over 20 years - I know a thing or two about computers. I have used Unix/Linux at work and windows at home steadily since the mid-80's. I never saw a compelling reason to switch to an Apple OS until now, but my next home computer will be a Mac.
Date: 2008-12-25
No problems here
My computer is anything but current. It's 5 years old and was mid range when it was new. I upgraded to vista home premium a few weeks ago and I'm having no problems at all. It's an OS and it does it's job. And it looks pretty snazzy too. It's a little different from XP so it takes some getting used to but once you do you'll love it. I find the UI more intuitive and I'm having a much easier time keeping my files organized. I've got all the eye candy turned on and it runs without a hitch. The only default setting I disabled was the UAC because it constantly asks your permission to do anything. That's about my only complaint, Vista likes to hold your hand while you work. Those features can be easily turned off though so it's no big deal. Don't let the Mac shills scare you away, this is a great OS.
Abit NF7 v2 motherboard
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ @ 1.83ghz processor
1g ram
PNY GeForce 7600 gs AGP video card
If my rig can run vista, chances are yours can too. Come on in, the water's fine!
Date: 2008-12-20
Vista would not install.
My product came promptly, but would not install. I called Microsoft and they sent me a copy of Vista for me. Microsoft said that the disk must have been corupted
Date: 2008-12-12
Installed in 2 hours and runs awesome on minimal pc
I was going to upgrade XP pro, however it said I couldn't go from a pro product to a home product as an upgrade, so I did a full install on a Dell Optiplex GX280, 3.4 GHZ Pentium 4 with 1 GB ram. Installed quickly and flawlessly. It runs kids games that are from the WIN 98 days and looks beautiful. Aero is not supported by this mobo, but I still love it!
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