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Rating:  144 reviews
Sales Rank: 853
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Business, Windows 2000, Windows Xp, Windows Vista Home Basic
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Upgrade
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 8 x 6 x 2
MPN: K62632
Model: 66R-00003
UPC: 882224172387
EAN: 0882224172387
ASIN: B000HCTYTO
Release Date: January 30, 2007
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 The Yawn starts now February 2, 2007
J. Brown
36 out of 52 found this review helpful
Well, It's that time again. Every 5 years or so, Microsoft has to "Wow" us with one of their new products. I went to Best Buy. I looked at the different options. I chose "Ultimate" although I'm not even quite sure what the "Ultimate" adds. I toiled over product requirements, I bought more RAM, a bigger HD, better speakers. According to Microsoft, this is to be one of the biggest computing revolutions ever seen.
Honestly, I don't see it.
Asside from a very pretty U.I. and MANY Superfluous effects and sounds, it's still windows, just lacking some baggage. Yes, it has a seperate Mail and Calendar application, and it now has a more intuitive movie maker, but it's still windows. My brother and I went into best buy the other day. Now, I'm a PC user, he uses Macs. I look at our "gadgets" and I must say they do look awfully like the "Widgets" that my brother was playing around with on the Mac. The thing is, I don't need or want a little stock tickker on my desktop. I think that it's just as, if not more annoying as that obtrusive "Clippy" that Microsoft finally decided to get rid of in office 07.
I'm sticking with XP. It does what I need it to do.
So old, so wrong, so copied, so sad, so over. February 7, 2007
KatZilla! (Saint Paul, MN USA)
36 out of 66 found this review helpful
Is it just me or was the curtain not pulled back years ago? Anyone tinkered with Office 2007 lately? Anytime you want to enable a new feature you HAVE to validate via WGA; surely no one is foolish enough to wonder why. Combine that with the atrocious DRM configurations and the constantly nagging UAC (not to be confused with the more powerful and elegantly implemented password/permissions implementation found on unix systems) which continuously displays decision making criteria that most people's mom's will never understand, and it's plain to see Vista is as transparent an OS experience as igneous rock.Many users continue comparing Vista to OS X, Ubuntu and other alternatives to what avail I have no idea. It must have something to do with the minds tendency towards dichotomies. There's a lot to be said for something that can stand firm on it's own, without the need for comparison. Vista can't. Microsoft's ability to disguise their cash crop as something other than just that becomes more obvious with each release. It's unfortunate for those that still can't see it, but time is on their side. Just as it's taken time for Microsoft to drill the idea home that Windows is the only OS available for anyone that wants to participate in the modern age, so to will it take time to pull people's attention far enough back from the shimmering illusion long enough to see outside the matrix.
My hope is that more and more people will eventually decide to unplug from the matrix in order to discover more elegant alternatives that are truly there to elevate experience and productivity instead of only sell, sell, sell. I have no vested interest in such an outcome hence ultimately the shape of things is of little consequence to me and others who have seen the light. I don't hate Microsoft, in fact I could care less. If anything I often feel overly embarrassed in regards to their products and tactics. Anyone who has ever cringed while watching Mikey's phone call to the answering machine in the film Swingers will know the feeling I speak of. Let's face it, "the WOW starts now!" more or less sums up the caliber of the company and products at large. How else can Microsoft's decade-late arrival to the power of the Internet be explained? 2007 marks the year the concept of "Windows Live" comes to be!? Are you kidding me!? Not to mention the immensity of the innovations behind the initiative: Windows Live Maps, Books, Ads, Spaces, Search, etc. Gee, those sound vaguely familiar. And then there's Zune; "Welcome to the Social." It's all so pathetically embarrassing I can't go on. I almost pity the fools.
Simply put, I know how empowering it was the first time I was introduced to Windows alternatives. A binary breath of incredibly fresh air sums up the experience; something I'll never forget, and certainly wish for others.
Vista, Office, and the overall Microsoft experience is none other than one big "Ultra" pop-up.
 Downright slick January 31, 2007
Christina Earhart (Snohomish, WA USA)
25 out of 48 found this review helpful
I am so loving Vista. It is very intuitive and even pretty; it's practically personable. I mean, really, it's a huge step up from XP in user-friendliness. The new layout in the Windows explorer screens is great. For me, having the folders display like that just makes more sense. (It shows the file path better, helps me see where things are going.) I also love the sidebar and its gadgets which are really similar to the dashboard/widgets on the Mac, but unlike Mac, Vista keeps them parked in sight which is nice. I also love the the 'flip' feature to find the screen you're looking for, and the gorgeous translucent 'aero' interface--which just really contribute to this kind of 'optimistic' feel to the whole package. Seriously, they're so pretty it's *almost* gratuitous. Also, the Media Center is really neat. We've just used it for watching DVDs so far, and it's really a step up, and again totally comparable to DVD Player on the Mac.
Our desktop is a pc, for my husband's work, and that's where we're running Vista. My laptop, though, is a Mac (G4 Powerbook), and I've always stayed with Macs because of these kinds of 'personality' features, but really, I think Microsoft's finally done it for me; it's time to switch over.
As for what kind of machine I'm running Vista on, it's a 3+ year old, 2.6GHz AMD Athlon with only 512 MB RAM, and I have to say that I'm not experiencing any of the slowdowns or other troubles that some of the reviewers who gave it lower ratings have mentioned, if that's any help to anyone. For us, it's been downright slick. I can't help but think that they have some other technical problem going on. It's really been great on our machine, and we've been running it since it's beta release. (So, we've had time to put it through it's paces.)
 Another windows ME. February 1, 2007
Michael P. Hawkins (Minneapolis , MN, usa)
25 out of 58 found this review helpful
Unstable OS. Digital rights managment software built in so until we ( Computer users) disect this OS and remove the garbage I dont recommend buying till there are mods and patches available for it.
Just a sad Mac OS X rip off February 5, 2007
M. Tyler (USA)
25 out of 72 found this review helpful
Microsoft has to be the least innovative software company out there. Vista is a blatant Mac OS X rip off, and a badly done one at that. This Windows update is a huge CPU and memory hog which would require most people to get a new computer to make it useable. And if you're going to get a new computer anyway, just get a Mac.
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