Microsoft Windows Vista Business UPGRADE [DVD] [OLD VERSION]

List Price: $199.95 Discount Price: $101.99

Features:

• User-friendly software offers powerful new ways to organize, find, and share information
• Keeps your network running smoothly and securely without excessive reliance on dedicated IT support; ideal for organizations of all sizes
• Sophisticated data protection and auditing capabilities help simplify IT management and can help lower costs for regulatory compliance
• Warns you of impending hardware failures early on, so you don't have to worry about the devastating loss of any important business data
• 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)

Accessories:
Alan Simpson's Windows Vista Bible	Microsoft Windows Vista Step by Step	PC World	Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 UPGRADE	Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 UPGRADE [DVD]

Customer Reviews:

Windows OS [Posted on 2007-09-26]
Though assured that my nearly new laptop would support Vista, I have not found that to be the case. I feel as though I have wasted my money, but will hang on to it in case I have to buy another machine. My, how I wish I could go 'Mac!' Why can't Microsoft pirate Mac's software and make it run? The prices that go along with the upgrades, such as Microsoft Office, are ridiculous! If it keeps going this way, I will have to switch to Mac. I will take a killing with software, but it may prove worth it.

Too many bugs [Posted on 2007-10-29]
i have installed vista business on my dell, dual core, 4gb ram. it's fast, but too many things just don't work. this is driving my crazy. i've tried to search a harddrive and then move some of the contents over to another external....no! vista just doesn't want to move my files. it's bug after bug.

i guess they were so pressed to release longhorn, they just released it 98%. xp was so much better. and i guess all these problems are the reason they 'extended xp's' life.

i do enjoy the new office suite - with little problems. but you can use xp and the new office together.

it's just not time to upgrade to vista. don't give microsoft any money for a product they haven't finished or properly tested.

Don't waste your money [Posted on 2008-03-14]
As an upgrade, this version just does not work. It hogs all the CPU power your system can put out. I wasted alot of man-hours on this version and regret buying it. I recently bought a new Mac Pro with 2 quad core Xeon CPUs, and tried installing vista on the Mac with Boot-Camp, and to my suprise, vista finally works. However most people do not have a Mac Pro, so again, I would say "don't WASTE your money". Either stick with XP, or buy a Mac.

Vista is Working Fine for Me [Posted on 2008-03-21]
I have XP running on a bootcamp partition on my MacBook and it is doing just fine. I spend most of my working time in Word, hardly ever using any of the other programs in the Office suite. However, I use the Adobe products Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator a whole bunch. Other than that I play solitaire, watch videos and, of course, use both Explorer and Firefox when I go online. That's about it for me, software wise, and XP handles it all without fail, without crashing and without giving me any headaches.

And I will miss it when I upgrade to Vista, however my machine can handle the upgrade, so I'm giving it a try.

Okay, I like the look and feel of Vista, however it's not as snappy as XP or even System X. I like the AERO bit, quite snazzy and one of the reasons my machine runs a bit slower, I suspect, however I'm loath to turn it off as it's so cool.

Word works fine and that's to be expected. My Adobe software runs well too. The browsers, no problem. I did have to upload a printer driver, but that only took a few minutes and I was good to go.

I've read a lot of reviews by people who are having problems with Vista and I'm getting the SP1 upgrade any day and I'll instal it, but I'm not experiencing the problems others appear to be having. Maybe because it's because I only use four or five programs on my Machine. I don't use iTunes or Windows Media as I still listen to my CDs the old fashioned way and only then if I don't have the phonograph record.

Did not work with my system [Posted on 2008-05-04]
The product did not work with my system.
I don't know if I can return it.

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