Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit for System Builders 3 pack [DVD]

Customer Reviews

wrong shipment

2008-07-18
was soo excited with a good deal from amazon. To my dismay they sent in the wrong cd - SP1. Big disappointment.

Home User

2008-07-16
I am NOT a computer wiz but I was easily able to load Vista and get it running well. I like the changes to the mail program, much easier now and there are several other areas where small glitches have been removed.

Don't get what you see

2008-06-20
when I'd order my item I sow a totally wrong picture of it they show an original Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit for System Builders [DVD] picture, and they send me a operating system disc that works whit gateway computers only, (used) that was some thing I can not used at all.

Vista Home Ultimate OEM

2008-02-28
I was afraid to jump to Vista after hearing about bugs and the 'new' cumbersome interface. After finding Vista Home Premium OEM on Amazon for $100 I decided to give it a shot. I purchased a video card, so I was complying with the bundled hardware clause for OEM software! All I can say is, if you have trouble with XP, and can run Vista on your machine, do it. I was running XP Pro on an AMD-3500 with 2gigs of ram, 2x GeForce 6800's in SLI, and a 4x80G SATA RAID 0+1 array. I was constantly losing my RAID array, and ruled out everything but drivers and OS. I would have weekly RAID rebuilds. And don't even mention BSOD's, XP has them in spades. Well i can safely say, Vista is not plagued by these woes. IT picked up my RAID setup right away, and i've only crashed it 2x in 3 months, each time due to hard shut downs before the drives sync'd so it just had to rebuild upon reboot. And no more BSOD's, Vista seems to be able to isolate corrupt threads and just kill them. It just kills the offending app and goes back to the desktop. With XP i was used to a BSOD or lock up several times a week. With Vista, i've only had a couple of hard resets needed, and any software crashes, are limted to the application. Vista stays up stable, and ready to just restart the app that crashed. My only vista problem has been static in my sound. Since i'm running an unsupported Mobo, i can only blame myself! I'm investigating my DX10 install, to make sure i have not hosed a driver. Just Do IT!

Excellent choice for Mac users

2008-01-23
I bought this version of Microsoft Vista for my macbook and it works like a charm. Highly recomend it for those mac users who want to have the best of both worlds. Boot camp has clear instructions for the installation, and best of all, you cannot beat this price.

This OS is very smooth

2008-01-11
Windows Vista Home Prem 32-bit English 3pk DSP 3 OEI DVDPrimary InformationOperating System : Windows Vista Home Prem 32-bit Header / Localization : English OS Provided / Media : DVD-ROM UNSPSC CodeUNSPSC Code : 43233004 Product IDUPC: 882224349574Manufacturer Part: 66I-00752

Excellent result

2007-12-30
I purchased this OED version of Windows Home Premium to install on my new iMac because it was about $100 less than the cost of the 'full' version. It installed easily and without problems, and works wonderfully. My concern that I am not really the builder of a new computer and that perhaps I would not be permitted to install this operating system on an iMac proved to be unfounded. For the record, Apple makes it so difficult for a long time user of Windows systems to learn how to use their Leopard system that I'd certainly not advise anyone to switch from Windows to a Mac.

Excellent buy, superfast shipping

2007-12-27
This was an excellent item just as described. Was shipped the same day and I received the item within 2 days.

Works great!

2007-12-22
I just finished building a new computer and need an operating system. My old computer was a cheap Emachines that only came with a recovery DVD which you can't use on any other computer. I searched around and read alot of complaints about Vista but I decided to try it. It was very easy to install, everything was automatic! I have been using it for over a month now and haven't had a single problem with it. Its fast and has very easy to use features! This System Builders version is alot cheaper with everything that the retail version has! I would buy the 32-bit version because there isn't alot of support for the 64-bit version yet.

Stunning upgrade from Windows XP!

2007-09-01
The negative reports you read about Vista are most probably two things: 1. The computer being installed into is rather legacy and needs to be upgraded or improved with more memory. 2. The upgrader, whether clean install or update, should get some help. Vista is *miles* and a significant improvement over XP. It is more stable than XP because the video hardware is not directly linked to the OS kernal (and audio) Vista rocks in my Macbook Pro 2.2 even with the stock ram and I have not gotten one crash or error since I put it in (weeks). Too much to list that has been improved. How many years can a person stare at Windows XP? This is refreshing. It is a beautiful operating system with many add-on features. Organized more sensibly and has impressive video effects. Do not listen to the sheik negative reports on the OS - Vista is an amazing upgrade and in my computer, runs as well as OSX 10.4. Macbook Pro runs it amazingly well, though I will say that Apple configured the drivers for Vista for the Macbook Pro by burning on a CD from Bootcamp. Amazingly impressed and quited me down somewhat of the far superiority of OSX, being, I really like both. I DO use VMware Fusion beside clean boot into Vista allowing me to run Windows in the OSX desktop or just Windows apps. Parallels bogged the system downed and I overwrote the Bootcamp partition (Vista) with a backup and installed VMware that works perfectly and fast. (interestingly enough, VMware Fusion is 160+ megs and Parallels around 80, so much more coding and it shows though one cannot judge alone with size of product, with Parallels taking almost a half-hour to load drivers was quite annoying and was shaky in my view) "Wait for the SP1 before buying" is nonsense because any material tweak or fix of the system would be available by using Windows update before a service pack if needed by unique users that have reported a specific problem with a specific system and Microsoft-verified.