Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit English 1pk

Customer Reviews

great software

2008-02-09
I dont know what the big fuss about switching over to 64-bit software is, I have not had any problems. I would recomend to anyone doing a new build I am not sure the older comuters would have drivers available you can always check microsofts 64-bit software site and run a check on your computer if it is compatible.

Crippled

2008-02-01
Mandatory driver signing renders this OS incompatible with just about any audio/video hardware you have, all for the sake of DRMming the entire signal stream. Crippleware at its finest.

Give it the hardware it needs.............

2008-01-25
As primarily a Linux user I was building a new PC for the kids. I was moderately impressed with Vista. As far as the user interface is concerned it's little different to XP. It can be a little irritating getting all the little security messages.

I can't comment extensively on the comparison with XP because I don't use it. Compared to Linux it's pretty demanding on your hardware but that's always been the case. You really want to give this OS 4Gb of RAM but the cost of 4Gb these days is under $100.

The Aero effect is a nice novelty but I'm perplexed as to why it needs so much graphical power, Compiz for Linux is a few years more advanced and requires a lot less power to do a lot more.

Windows Vista 64 Home Premium Edition OEM

2008-01-10
It installed easily on my Athlon 64 computer. It had all the drivers for the Tyan mb and most of my add-ons. My Adaptec 2940UW SCSI card is not recognized even after I found a driver. The driver was installed but Win said it wouldn't run. This is a 32 bit card in a 32 bit PCI slot. No driver is available for my sound card, M-Audio Delta 2496 but Soundblaster cards should be OK. My ATI Radeon graphics card was recognized and works great. It's in a PCI-X slot.
Vista boots up much faster than Win 2k and most programs appear to run faster. A 32 bit card game runs fine under 1 user but not under me or administrator. DOS programs apparently don't run. I have a couple of legacy programs that I'll use under an earlier OS.
Overall, great price; works great; seems solid!

vista 64 oem

2007-12-30
Received it from Amazon in 4 days. I would buy from Amazon again, but I would not buy this product. I loaded it up with no problem, it activated
itself (it was checked to activate). When I tried to install a better video card it had to be reactivated. Microsoft refused so I had to phone a number and recite 56 numbers to a computer. Again I was refused and I had to wait for 30 minutes to talk to a human. He told me I wasn't permitted to update my hardware with the oem edition. He finally gave me 56 more numbers to type in. I used win64 oem and never had this problem ( I have update the hardware many times). Vista 64 works fine ( a little slower than win xp)but knowing I can't update to new hardware means I'll be going back to win xp64 from now on.

Don't believe the Vista Hate! Get 64 bit Vista Home Premium!

2008-07-06
Vista x64 is a necessity if you want to use more than 3.5GB (or so) of RAM (2GB per application). It's rock solid and has better driver support now (1-1/2yrs after introduction) than when I bought it, but even then, it ran flawlessly on my MacBook Pro and Mac Pro. My Mac Pro has 6GB of RAM, and Vista x64 sees all of it. This is a plus for people who use Photoshop and other high-intensity applications. To tell the truth, I'm not really sure why Microsoft didn't make Vista 64-bit only, since all processors in modern computers are 64-bit. Vista 32 alone takes up over half the available max RAM, and doesn't leave much for applications.

FYI: If you want the best available (non-gaming), fastest Vista computer, get a Macintosh! There have been several tests and comparisons that show that regular PCs, with their outdated BIOS, serial ports, and parallel ports (and sometimes even floppy disks!), can't keep up with a modern, EFI-based computer like all current macs. And Vista was made with EFI (not BIOS) in mind. This, plus the expandability of the Mac Pro to the currently available 32GB of RAM, make it a no-brainer, unless you're strapped for cash. If you want, you can even reformat the Mac to run Windows-only, though why you'd want to, I have no idea...

Summary: If you MUST use Windows, don't believe the haters! Get Vista x64, and get the Home Premium version and save some cash over Vista Ultimate x64. XP is not nearly as secure, and WinXP x64 still has driver issues. Drop 6 to 10GB RAM from Crucial.com into a Mac Pro, and you'll have the best Windows computer available.

64 bit vista

2008-06-04
Vista is now the Windows standard, and rightly so. It comes with many features to let the user interact more comfortably and personally than with previous versions of Windows. Service pack one is out now and many of the errors that ruined earlier versions have been corrected. The only one "problem" I have come across is that the 64 bit version is a complete system hog. I have to 2GB of RAM and idle Vista alone uses 38% of that. In addition, there are a few programs out there that do not work with 64 bit operating systems, but the vast majority however have converted their products to be 64 bit compatible. Not really a problem but worth mentioning. Overall a great product.

The DVD i have to return it due to scrach that dont let it install

2008-05-22
The DVD i have to return it due to scrach that dont let it install

Vista the DOG

2008-05-09
I was quite disappointed with this product as it is poorly supported by device manufacturers.
Old hardware you might as well throw away if you purchase this.
The Hardware to support this is just now getting to the market with drivers being released only now.
Using this for an HTPC is an odd combo as the desktop is not very nice on a tv but Media center is outstanding on a tv. It makes you wonder if the desktop is going away eventually.

If you lie DIY projects this is a big one. have fun

great

2008-04-10
good os, for all people that thinks 64-bit is bad, think again and use some proper software with 64-bit support, and check devices if they have 64-bit drivers, before buying 64-bit windows, all of the programs i use works fine in this vesion, openoffice, paint.net, picasa, foxit reader, firefox, hwmonitor, fraps, trillian, winamp, winrar, steam, and the excellent antivirus NOD32 & Smart Security works without any problems,

my canon IP5200R works fine with 64-bit, it has 64-bit drivers

before you buy this version CHECK for drivers for you printer and scanner if they dont have drivers get 32-bit but if they have drivers get this version

you can also use 3Gb or more RAM in this version, with 32-bit windows you only get 3GB max and not including graphics card

the "Start Search" in startmenu is addicting!
its the most useful serch, as in you can search startmenu or just type in a Command Prompt command and you open up programs, like perfmon, msconfig and Services

Aero is nice interface to

Networking has realy improved in vista
vista will run best on 2GB memory or more
but it is possible to tweak it

and i do recommend turning off Windows Search, System Protection, Automatic Defrag & move swapfile to second disk