Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1 Upgrade
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend Windows Vista Ultimate with Service Pack 1 is the choice for those who want to have it all. Easily shift between the worlds of productivity and play with the most complete edition of Windows Vista. Ultimate provides the power, security, and mobility features needed for work, and all the entertainment features that you want for fun. The most complete choice for your business just got better.… Product details and pricing info |
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23 Customer Reviews Posted
- Miserable performance, poor compatability, little to gain
- I purchased Vista to upgrade my Windows XP machine, only to find out that I must then upgrade my computer to work with it. My machine, which was fast by a gamers standards was miserable beneath Vista. I spent most of my time waiting for things to load, accepting pop-up boxes and searching the web for computer upgrades before I finally switched back to Windows XP.
- 2008-06-16, 5 of 11 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- vista gives me a hard time
- it took me a long time to get this product and I probably should have waited because I put this upgrade on top of windows xp and now I have problems. I'll sort it all out but Vista is a disgrace!
- 2008-06-14, 5 of 8 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Clean Install NOT POSSIBLE
- WARNING! All previous "Upgrade" versions of Windows would allow you to perform a clean install, and simply provide proof of your previous Windows version.
NOT WINDOWS VISTA UPGRADE. It's now known as "Windows Anytime Upgrade." Apparantly this means "anytime but when you actually need it -- after a hardware failure."
This version of Windows Vista does NOT allow for a clean install. You will be told that you need to perform an upgrade of an existing, running version of Windows. You CANNOT do a clean install.
And now you start to get a glimpse of why people hate Windows Vista! - 2008-05-20, 7 of 16 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Happy with upgrade
- I bought the upgrade version of vista ultimate with service pack 1. The installer chose the 32-bit version of the os due to my printer (no 64-bit drivers). You can actually open a ticket with MS if you expect a 64b install but don't get it. Remote windows login required domain after username to work. Media center needs to be restarted when going from window to full-screen (minor bug). Love the power management. Almost all drivers were found online by vista! Overall am pleased with this upgrade!
- 2008-05-10, 9 of 10 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Ultimate... last
- 399$ for a XP remake with just glossy big icons, eyecandy hungry interface?
The Ultimate version brings poor improvements and the little "bonuses" do not justify its outrageous price.
i.e:
MacOS 10.5 Leopard which is really easy to use (ergonomic) and eyecandy cost 129$ and 199$ in family pack.
and a Linux distribution like Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) is free and Compiz is the Nec-plus-ultra of eye-candiness (also free).
Vista invented nothing but just copied things from MacOS and from Linux, in terms of security and interface / eye-candy application. To copy open-source products is by far not the most difficult thing which exist.
There is no reason to switch from XP to Vista for a normal customer and actually there is no more reason to stay with costly bugged Microsoft products anymore.
Just choose something else and you will be better served. - 2008-05-07, 9 of 19 people found this review helpful, Rated:
