Not the best version, but good! I don't see the trouble with it, this version of Vista is made for people who use their PC for basic home use, NOT games and insane movie making. You only need 512 mb ram to run it, a 1ghz processor, and your going. It's not as good looking as the other versions of Vista, but it is good for Offices looking for a cheap alternative to upgrading to vista.
A fairly basic offering of the latest operating system. There are four versions of Widows Vista available to the public:
* Home Basic
* Home Premium
* Business
* Ultimate
Each version offers a different set of options with ultimate offering all options and a little bit more.
This edition is Home Basic which is the most basic of the product suite; the nice new Aero interface is not available. This would make a good choice if your computer is not up to the requirements standard for the other editions but you wanted to get the... more info
great value for money I started off with an Inspiron 1300, and read a review on Amazon.co.uk and it said that it was not worth the purchase. However despite the review I bought it anyway, and have not been disappointed. My computer did not support the windows Aero interface, but once I overcame this obstacle and installed Vista, I was very delighted with the features. A word of warning: DO NOT try and save your files, you must back it up manually, so do a clean install instead.
It is great value for money - you can't go... more info
One big mistake This is without a doubt the worst programme I have ever had on my computer. It will not allow me to have any other AV except Norton - which I do not want. Nothing and I mean nothing else will run on my computer. The software that came with my printer and scanner is not compatible either and I don't know if I can get upgrades for those. The software that came with my MP3 player that was XP compatible, now doesn't work and the MP3 player is less than a year. MS Windows have made a big mistake... more info
