 "Vista Ultimate" | 2008-09-15 |
| - Reviewed By User: ABNQP5D4PEOAW |
| This, being a bargain, was the original version. I had to do quite a bit of updating to make it current. However, I am happy with the cost, the delivery, and even VISTA! I had read a lot of bad, but I really like it. |
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 "Is this supposed to be an improvement?" | 2008-06-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2KOPQQJ7V9711 |
| I have countless issues with Vista Ultimate-without Service Pack 1. My "Vista-certified" hardware is always having trouble functioning. Downloading new drivers has proved futile. I fix one problem, and then another shows up. I thought this was supposed to be an improvement over XP? What a downer... Get a Mac, they work far better. |
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 "Great OS, only one compliant" | 2008-05-27 |
| - Reviewed By stutzmas |
There are some quirks to Vista. It's not always very intuitive either. But then again all things have some learning curve to them. Generally I have been very happy with Vista. If I had to guess why there are so many problems with other users is they use Vista as an upgrade, not bothering to flattening/formatting their hard drives and beginning afresh. There are plenty of tips that can be found online to solve most problems otherwise and most of these tips are just familiarizing people with Vista.
The only real compliant I have about Vista Ultimate, and maybe all the Vistas, is that although you are listed as the administrator, you're a protected administrator without true full rights. I used Spybot SnD and it would not allow me to remove all the adaware because I was not a true administrator. Only after unlocking the full rights and logging on the true administrator could I remove them. YUCK and what a pain.
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 "went back to xp -- forget trying to do pro audio with vista!" | 2008-04-19 |
| - Reviewed By josh_channel |
do not buy this.
fewer software/hardware companies really care enough to release working drivers for vista because they know its a flop.
i got this with a laptop, and i wish i had the option to take xp, but certain laptop manufacturers are in bed with microsoft.
dont be an annoying jerk and need to impress others with how much like a mac your pc looks. you want to use a computer because it works, not so you can pretend you are doing stuff and look like a moron who paid too much for their equipment... (like a big portion of mac users are!)
i went back to xp and didnt look back! dont be fooled by the nicer looking solitaire game and whatnot. believe me, its not worth it.
forget doing pro audio on vista, by the way. you will meet only frustration. |
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| "Vista is Working Fine for Me" | 2008-03-21 |
| - Reviewed By keshadylan |
I have XP running on a bootcamp partition on my MacBook and it is doing just fine. I spend most of my working time in Word, hardly ever using any of the other programs in the Office suite. However, I use the Adobe products Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator a whole bunch. Other than that I play solitaire, watch videos and, of course, use both Explorer and Firefox when I go online. That's about it for me, software wise, and XP handles it all without fail, without crashing and without giving me any headaches.
And I will miss it when I upgrade to Vista, however my machine can handle the upgrade, so I'm giving it a try.
Okay, I like the look and feel of Vista, however it's not as snappy as XP or even System X. I like the AERO bit, quite snazzy and one of the reasons my machine runs a bit slower, I suspect, however I'm loath to turn it off as it's so cool.
Word works fine and that's to be expected. My Adobe software runs well too. The browsers, no problem. I did have to upload a printer driver, but that only took a few minutes and I was good to go.
I've read a lot of reviews by people who are having problems with Vista and I'm getting the SP1 upgrade any day and I'll instal it, but I'm not experiencing the problems others appear to be having. Maybe because it's because I only use four or five programs on my Machine. I don't use iTunes or Windows Media as I still listen to my CDs the old fashioned way and only then if I don't have the phonograph record. |
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| "Best thing that ever happened.......to Apple." | 2008-03-20 |
| - Reviewed By bhs22 |
| After getting a new computer at work complete with Vista and Office 2007, I've decided that I won't be upgrading my home computer or my laptop computer any time soon. I used to upgrade every 2 or 3 years, but if I have to work with this garbage, I'll use my old hardware with XP and Office 2003 as long as possible. Then I'll make the move to Apple. Sorry Dell, my complaint isn't with you. From a simple productivity point of view, Vista (and Office 2007) are HUGE steps backward. And to think they're actually charging for these upgrades. They should actually be paying me to use them. |
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| "Horible Experiment gone bad" | 2008-03-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2CDM45LL7S5XR |
Vista should get no stars. We are all beta testers for Mad Doctor FrankenGates. I hope he burns inhell for all the trouble he has caused with this junk known as Vista. Microjunk is so worried about themselves and their profits, they have forgotten how to take care of their customers. Don't waste your money on any more micro-junk, buy a Mac like I did. You will not be disappointed.
Microsoft vista......What a joke! |
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| "USELESS TRASH." | 2008-03-14 |
| - Reviewed By User: AW0SJULRSAGDQ |
Internet explorer is worst. It crashes for any reason on Vista. You cannot watch sopcast on Vista.
The list goes on and it is the worst piece of crap. |
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| "Works well VMWARE" | 2008-03-11 |
| - Reviewed By nooykt |
| It gives me no trouble on my Macbook Pro. I'm using it through VMWare Virtual Machine. I am not a PC person, but had some programs for school that needed Windows. I can't compare it to previous Windows versions, but for me, it works great. |
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| ""Windows is looking for solutions to your problem"" | 2008-03-09 |
| - Reviewed By cbesett |
Every time this message comes up after some sort of crash (and it happens alot) I always half expect it to tell me to trash this PC and go to the Apple store. I have a Dell PC and also use a MacBook Pro with Leopard. the similarities are near the surface but it's the inner stuff that really is the downfall of Vista.
Apple's OS is full of eye candy (much like Vista) but it comes through with a level of brilliance that Vista can't match. I have to admit that Vista looks great in the store on those screens -- way better than XP and frankly I ditched XP and use only Vista. But several times a day I'm cursing it.
Crashes are numerous and usually it's windows explorer or internet explorer that does it. I've run every utility, keep my disk and registry clean, virus software up to date, etc etc. Never had so many crashes under XP.
Performance is also an issue. With my Mac i can usually start using it within a minute of turning it on. With Vista i start it and go do somthing else like make dinner since i know it won't be responsive for about 15 minutes.
I've had pretty good luck with compatibility in hardware. Everything worked. Software -- not so much. Games, especially older ones... well, you might want to just turn them into coasters.
this Ultimate version is what I have and really can't see why it was worth the title. the Extras are puny and haven't been updated in a year. nothing really makes it worth buying the more expensive version in my mind.
Even with all that -- if it didn't crash so much it would be a nice OS. I do like it at times, but if you spend any time with Leopard you will be more critical of it's faults.
Hard to recommend it but it's not all bad. Just be prepared for some swearing. |
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