Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium UPGRADE [DVD]

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Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium UPGRADE [DVD]

Manufacturer: Microsoft
Product Group: Software
Binding: DVD-ROM
ASIN: B000HCZ9BG
2007-01-30

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The Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade DVD-ROM makes finding information, staying connected, and interacting with your PC easier and more secure. Whether you use your PC organizing and sharing photos, watching videos and TV programs, balancing your checkbook, doing homework, or listening to music, Windows Vista Home Premium makes it easy to enjoy your computing time. An ideal operating system for homes with advanced computer needs, Windows Vista Home Premium combines the features of Windows Vista Home Basic with even more impressive and user-friendly capabilities. It will help you use your laptop or desktop PC more effectively as well as enable you to take advantage of cutting-edge digital entertainment experiences--all with the benefit of added security and reliability. <table align=left width=150 cellpadding=20> <tr> <td> <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/vistabiz-1-sm.jpg" border=0 align=top>

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You can upgrade from your current edition of Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000 (including Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Media Center, Windows XP Tablet PC, Windows XP Professional x64, Windows 2000) to a corresponding or better edition of Windows Vista by purchasing and installing this upgrade copy of Windows Vista. Depending on which edition of Windows you are running and the edition of Windows Vista you would like to install, you have two options for the installation process: You can upgrade in-place, which means you can install Windows Vista and retain your applications, files, and settings as they were in your previous edition of Windows or you can do a clean install. If you are currently using Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP Professional x64, you are eligible for an upgrade copy to a corresponding or better edition of Windows Vista, but a clean install is required. For versions of Windows earlier than Windows 2000, upgrade copies are not available. These earlier versions of Windows require you to install a full copy of Windows Vista. Breakthrough Windows Vista Experience
Designed to help you feel confident in your ability to view, find, and organize information and to control your computing experience, all editions of Windows Vista introduce a breakthrough user experience. The visual sophistication of Windows Vista helps streamline your computing experience by refining common window elements so you can better focus on the content on the screen rather than on how to access it. The desktop experience is more informative, intuitive, and helpful. And new tools bring better clarity to the information on your computer, so you can see what your files contain without opening them, find applications and files instantly, navigate efficiently among open windows, and use wizards and dialog boxes more confidently. Innovative User Interface
Windows Vista Home Premium has a new user interface named Windows Aero, which is both efficient and visually stunning. This new interface makes it easier than ever before to find your way around the operating system; it even makes it a snap to accomplish multiple tasks at once by providing a three-dimensional, real-time, animated view of all of your open applications and documents. Additionally, Windows Vista Home Premium helps you quickly find and organize large collections of documents, pictures, movies, videos, and music. By integrating search throughout the operating system, this software helps you quickly find exactly what you are looking for. Improved Mobility
Windows Vista Home Premium makes it easy to take your home computing experience with you wherever you go. For example, the system includes Windows Tablet and Touch Technology that enables you to interact with your Tablet PC-compatible computer with a digital pen or your fingertip instead of having to use a keyboard. Computers that include Windows Vista Home Premium and an auxiliary Windows SideShow display will also allow you to access key data even when your computer is off. You'll even be able to share files between other PCs in your household and to manage your laptop computer settings to more securely connect to your favorite Wi-Fi hotspot. More Entertainment Options
Windows Vista Home Premium has the power to improve every aspect of your digital entertainment experiences, including viewing and sharing photos, video, TV, movies, music, games, and more. For example, you can create your own DVDs and edit your own high-definition movies. The most exciting news, however, is that Windows Vista Home Premium includes all of the Windows Media Center capabilities for turning your PC into an all-in-one home entertainment center so you can enjoy your music, photos, and DVD movies. You can also use Windows Media Center to record and watch your favorite TV shows (even HDTV) and to access new kinds of online entertainment content. You will also be able to connect Windows Vista Home Premium to your Microsoft Xbox 360 to extend your Media Center experience to multiple rooms in your home.

Product Description

- Marketing Information: The preferred edition of Windows for home desktop and mobile PCs, with features including Windows Media Center and the Aero user interface, Windows Vista Home Premium delivers the productivity and entertainment that you need from your PC at home or on the go. Product Information - Software Sub Type: Client - Software Name: Windows Vista Home Premium - Upgrade - Features and Benefits: Get things done more easily and intuitively: - Breakthrough design makes your PC easier to use. Integrated search makes it finding the programs and files (including documents, e-mails, photos, and music) youandquot;re looking for super fast Have better protection for your PC and family: - With features including Windows Defender and improved Parental Controls, your personal information, your PC, and your family are better protected than in previous versions of Windows Enjoy entertainment a whole new way: - The dramatically improved entertainment experience - spanning TV and movies, photos, music, and DVDs - will redefine the way you think about your PC Be productive, entertained, and mobile: - Get the most from your mobile PC with simplified power management, easier wireless networking, easier device synchronization and improved Tablet PC support - Language Support: English License Information - License Type: Product Upgrade - License Pricing: Standard - License Quantity: 1 User

Customer Reviews:

if you like bling..........2007-06-12

then vista will impress. if you prefer substance, DON'T INSTALL. Fortunately, I like bling on my computer...but sometimes the 'substance' part of me longs for XP again.

Vista Rocks.......2007-06-11

I have bought this upgrade of windows vista, the installation is very fast. It takes 45 minutes on

my imac intel core 2 Duo 2.0 GHZ RAM 1 GB HD 160 GB after installing boot camp,

no problems at all & now I have two OS Vista home premium & Mac OS X tiger 10.4.9

& now I can take the adavantages of them ..... Thanks Amazon.

A long, frustrating nightmare.......2007-06-10

I planned to install Vista onto a brand new computer,install programs from their original CDs onto it,then transfer everything over from a computer running XP. Well, that was the plan. Two of my programs on CD (less than a year old) did not work. Called the techs of each company. They said "Oh, yeah, those programs aren't compatible with Vista." They'd have Vista-compatible programs ready "probably by next year". Big help.

Vista was also extremely annoying to use. It kept asking constantly if I was sure I wanted to do certain things- it would ask once, then the screen would darken slightly, a new box would pop up and sometimes it would ask AGAIN if I was sure I wanted to do that thing! AARRGGH! There was no way to turn off this "helpful" feature. Believe me, I tried. There seemed to be no reason for this infuriating meddling. If someone wanted to bypass these "security" features, they'd just have to have the patience of a saint and click "yes" several hundred times to achieve their goal...

The pop-ups and messages were continual when I was trying to install and transfer everything. Vista seems to consider the user a complete moron who can't possibly know what he's doing. And it was way too slow. I've used Windows 95, 98, and XP and none of them are anywhere near as frustrating, incompatible and annoying as Vista.

Vista is a terrible offering.......2007-06-08

I am a Microsoft Certified Professional and have been using Windows operating system all the way back to Windows 1.0.

Vista, bar none, is the worst experience I have ever been made to suffer. Recently bought software stops working, hardware and peripherals that worked OK with XP now don't.

Fax which worked with XP Home Edition no longer works with Home Premium. Microsoft has taken away something that I had, paid for and I feel this outright stealing! I feel the term UPGRADE should be just that.

Linux and Apple are looking better.

Vista Home Premium.......2007-05-31

I love it! I'm running Vista on a Pavilion laptop that HP said it wouldn't support for Vista but it works just fine. I haven't put it on my desktop because my sewing machine software will take a year before it is compatible. So, if you don't need to run specialty software, Vista may be for you. I don't find it to be the huge improvement that XP was over 98 but it has many new ways to save me from myself!

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