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| Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium OEM/OEI DSP - 64-bit Edition SP1 (PC DVD) | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft OEM Licence
Category: Software
Buy New: £70.48
New (5) from £70.48
Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 512
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Vista Home Premium
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 0.4 x 0.4 x 0.4
MPN: 1315141
UPC: 882224641944
EAN: 0882224641944
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 2 to 4 weeks
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OEM WIN VISTA HOME PREM 1 PK 64 BIT ON DVD EN
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Excellent but you need to have a decent PC July 31, 2008
Bought Vista for a new build PC. Being new build I have had no compatabilty problems with any of the components installed. I did need a few updates for some games and software but most of this was done automatically with windows updater. This should be expected with a new operating system. As previous reviews have mentioned about drivers, Vista does not have as large a driver database as you are led to believe. This is for both x32 or x64 bit versions so you may well need updates from manufacturer websites if you are upgrading to Vista on an older PC.
Also note that Vista 32 will not support anyhting above 4Gb of RAM and 3Gb or less is the recommended. With the 64bit edition you can support larger amounts of RAM up to what the mother board will support so if this is an issue go for Vista x64 if you need more memory - Though 2Gb+ is more than enough for most users
One let down that I have experienced is that I have had to change my virus softaware. I was using Virgin Media Pc Care as part of my broadband package but this does not support x64, only x32 bit version. They say this is what is shipped with most of the shelf PC's and as such have no plans to support it. This is the only problem I have experienced but got round it with AVG virus gaurd which is free.
 A shocking disgrace June 23, 2008
1 out of 9 found this review helpful
You have to wonder what goes on in Redmond.
Here are the following versions of Vista you can buy on Amazon:
Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit
Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
Windows Vista Business 32-bit
Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit
Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit Upgrade
Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit Upgrade
Windows Vista Business 32-bit Upgrade
Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit Upgrade
Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit SP1
Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit SP1
Windows Vista Business 32-bit SP1
Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1
Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
Windows Vista Business 64-bit
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit SP1
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit SP1
Windows Vista Business 64-bit SP1
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1
Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit OEM
Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit OEM
Windows Vista Business 32-bit OEM
Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit OEM
Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit OEM SP1
Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit OEM SP1
Windows Vista Business 32-bit OEM SP1
Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit OEM SP1
Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit OEM
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit OEM
Windows Vista Business 64-bit OEM
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit OEM
Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit OEM SP1
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit OEM SP1
Windows Vista Business 64-bit OEM SP1
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit OEM SP1
Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit OEM SP1 (3 pack)
Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit OEM SP1 (3 pack)
Windows Vista Business 32-bit OEM SP1 (3 pack)
Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit OEM SP1 (3 pack)
Do yourself a favour, buy a Mac.
 Windows Vista Home Premium OEM/OEI DSP - 64-bit Edition May 26, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this sometime ago and was going to install it on my old AMD A64X2 system until it went kaput!
So I bought all new components (700's worth) and installed it.
Installation was so easy!
Just make sure that you when you goto install it that you tell the computer to boot from your CD/DVD drive by altering the settings in your computers BIOS and away it goes, you may need a little twiddling if you're going to use RAID, but I don't use it and it took about 45' to install.
I've had no driver problems at all, but then all of my components are new, however you may have a little bother if you use older componentry. So it maybe worthwhile checking compatibility before you choose to install Vista 64-bit.
You may find the most irritating thing about Vista is the UAC (User Account Control) keeps intervening, but you can quite easily turn it off in the Control Panel.
Also you may find that high speed wireless connections will only run at 54Mbps (Netgear) so do check if you use WiFi with your router & WiFi card (if applicable) manufacturer before hand if that sort of thing bothers you!
Most software (But NOT all) seems to work just remember there's the odd exception, but that I think is to be expected as XP is now pretty much the standard OS these days.
If you're at all worried about Vista, try doing a dual boot system so you have XP & Vista on your hard drive making the compatibility issue a non issue, just make sure that you install XP first otherwise it can get complicated.
So overall quite happy with the move from XP to Vista, one or two little niggles so I took a star off for those.
Oh by the way if you want to install MORE THAN 3Gb of system RAM then you'll need Vista 64-bit, the 32-bit can't access anymore than that!
Finally. This is the OEM version of Vista as a consequence if you install it on your system it "lives" with it & "dies" with it, if you have any sort of idea about porting it from one machine to another or your motherboard dies then this will die with it. Any doubts buy the Retail Version.
I now have a system which consists of:
A Q6700 Intel processor slightly overclocked to 3.01Ghz
Asus P5K Premium Motherboard
4Gb of Ram
2 Opitarc DVD/CD writers
A Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Soundcard
1.5Tb of Disc Space
A BFG 8800GTS OC Graphic Card
And it all zips along quite nicely!
I never thought I'd say anything good about a Microsoft OS! May 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bad reviews, like those below really put me of Vista. After XP service pack 3 caused my PC to become totally unusable, I couldn't face yet another installation of it, especially with the RAID driver hassles. So I took a risk and bought the 64 bit Vista OS with SP 1. I ran the Vista tool from the MS website first just to check all my hardware was OK and had all the 64 bit drivers out so I figured it'd be OK.
After the usual idiot errors MS make on OEM installations I now have it running and couldn't be happier. No driver problems at all, very slick and a much improved media centre, very solid and stable. I've not had one crashed program, hang, BSOD, etc. My computer is also working much faster under this than it ever did with XP and that's something I truly didn't expect.
I never thought i'd say it but it's actually a very good OS.
There is an installation 'issue' if you have a RAID drive setup and any other additional hard drives in your machine.
Vista will recognise the RAID and let you install onto it...BUT... it will install some of the critical boot files on any other drive it finds (i.e. D:); meaning the computer won't boot. You need to remove any additional drives other than the RAID drives your installing it onto first. After it's on the RAID put in your other hard drives and it'll be OK.
absolute rubbish May 15, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
everything about vista reeks of microsoft spending time conjuring up fantasy ideals about what they think an OS should be, instead of asking people what they really need. add to that the fact that it took them much longer than anticipated to implement the design - necessitating the ejection of some of the core features in the process - and you end up with a half-finished product that almost every major hardware company appears to be weary of.
i've had this on my system for over a year, and the most recent discovery was that some of my files are being corrupted and destroyed. even after more than a year, my motherboard (a crosshair) still doesn't have driver support and the sound management is consequently terrible. for a flagship product, these kind of things are totally unacceptable.
i have many, many years of maintaining and fixing pcs, but i have had to admit defeat with this. it is by far the worst thing that MS have released since Windows ME. it looks flash and enticing, but hidden under the "ooh.. isn't that nice" exterior is some of the most counter-intuitive rubbish i've ever had to use. the UAC should surely win an award for the biggest joke in IT history, i simply don't know anyone who hasn't switched it off. security does not mean intruding on a users every interaction with the the interface.
i'm rolling back to XP because i want my machine to actually work. it's as simple as that. it might not be as flash, but it does a better job. vista has been a total waste of time and money for me.
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