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The Bargain Nexus - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit English 1pk
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List Price: $109.99
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Manufacturer: Microsoft
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Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Microsoft
EAN: 0882224641944
Feature: 1PK VISTA HOME PREM 64BIT DVD
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Microsoft
Manufacturer: Microsoft
Platform: Windows Vista
Publisher: Microsoft
Studio: Microsoft
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1PK VISTA HOME PREM 64BIT DVD
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Amazingly slow
Comment: I have been using Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit version patiently for several months now. The "performance indicator" says my Windows Vista experience is a 5.6 out of a possible 5.9 -- this is supposed to be some indication of how fast my hardware is. So, my hardware is top notch -- brand new HP quad core Phenom 2.4 GHz processor with 8GB of RAM. As a matter of fact, all my hardware gets a 5.9/5.9 except my video card. But, as soon as I boot, I notice the OS is using 1.5GB of RAM, before I touch anything. If I leave Internet Explorer open, it has a memory leak that gets progressively worse and completely overtakes the system within a few hours. I tried to play a movie, and it struggled to decode it fast enough -- playback suffered immensely.
My patience has run out. I'm reverting back to Windows XP, or at least installing a dual boot configuration, because this machine is just silly slow. I have brand new, top-of-the-line 64-bit hardware and a crazy amount of RAM; and this machine feels slow. I'm amazed at how inferior of a product this is.
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Summary: Good but...
Comment: I would recommend this to any gamer BUT, it has problems running some older games. Also, the other big draw back I wish I would of known about, is you can not really play Game Tap anymore except for the 8-bit games...BIG turn off to me :(
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Summary: On a scale of....
Comment: The caveat:
All my comments are strictly relative to Microsoft products.
I bought this OS after a year with an HP Pavilion that was produced during the great Vista wars when all the branded folks were refusing to build drivers for the new OS. HP had no compatible drivers, even for their bundled peripherals. After a nightmare year in which MS, to their credit, tried mightily but vainly to get my system to install SP1 and zero help from HP, I decided to wipe out every character of that nasty HP bloatware code. It worked. I'm now 100 percent HP free and my system is compatible with the world of computers. It's also much more stable. The problems with 64-bit are largely gone now and I am happy with my system. Anyone fighting with brand name crap-ware should, IMHO, spend the hundred bucks, do a clean installation and get on with life. There are 64-bit drivers galore available now. I've had no problems since the upgrade.
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Summary: It's not HORRIBLE but many things will no longer work.
Comment: Vista 64-bit home premium came preinstalled on a new laptop. I purposely selected this option because I wanted a laptop that would be current for about five years. Have used it for about 6 weeks now and it's not as difficult to use as I thought it would be. However, yesterday I ordered a new desktop -- NOT with Vista 64-bit. Am tired of having to upgrade fairly new software just for Vista 64, tired of not being able to hear streaming music, not being able to use my Slingbox, not being able to see certain HTML effects, and not being able to get help for any of this. I also needed something that would work with my other hardware such as printers, scanners, etc. for which there are no Vista 64-bit drivers. By the time Vista 64-bit is ready, five years will likely have passed. Don't buy this unless you're running something that truly needs it or you have another PC that you can count on.
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Summary: How to spend less on windows
Comment: Vista is good. Alot of people talk trash but I enjoy the features, but then the computer I built to go along with this OS is real highspeed-lowdrag (AMD 2.31 GHZ phenom quadcore, 4 GB DDR2 1066HZ RAM, 2x NVDIA 8800GT in SLI configuration, all on one of the worlds best mother boards the ASUS crosshair II formula.)
I needed the 64 bit version to read all of the system memory that I have, since 32 bit will only read 3GB total, including what you have on your video cards. Buying this version instead of the regular version is what will save you money. You are allowed to buy this product even if you arent a system developer or whatever arbitrary term microsoft uses, the draw back is is that you cannot tranfer windows once you have installed it on a computer. Essentially the PIN number becomes tied to your mother board. Your mother board dies or whatever and so does your version of windows.
So yes, this is cheaper, but it comes with a slight risk. I took it and Im happy.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Windows Vista Home Premium is the operating system for homes with advanced computer needs.
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