Software : Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1

Rating: - Foray into Vista!!!
I installed the full version of Vista Home Premium SP1; installed Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS2, Acrobat 8 Pro, MS Office, Oblivion, Expression Web 2, and other assorted programs, checked em' all and they worked with no problems. My hardware from the hard drives to video cards to printer and scanner and Digitech GX4 were all installed with no problem. Security software installed flawlessly and seems to work well.
Then came the exciting part... activation!!!
I hit the activation button and hauled a$$ in case this thing blew! Nothing happened. Who would've ever thought after reading some of the reviews on this site.
I am mainly a user, not an intense tech buff that figures out frame rates and data transfer times.
That said...the interface is very appealing. I really like the gadget sidebar and the interesting gadgets that can be installed. I have a 22" screen so I leave the sidebar on at all times.
I had one problem, (1)!!! I installed Media Creator and it disabled my DVD drives for a bit. I went on line, read the suggestions and removed a few lines from the registry and went right back to work with my DVD drives in tow.
I run a MSI P7N Diamond Motherboard with a Q6600 2.40 ghz quad Intel, Dual BFG Geforce 8600 GTS OC video boards, Creative X-fi Fatal 1 TY sound, 160 and 750 HDD's, dual DVD's... can't figure out where to plug in the popcorn machine.
I would recommend Vista with no problem. I have had a very positive experience with Home Premium, maybe SP1 fixes the problems other reviewers have had. Don't know cause' I shied away from purchasing Vista for so long because of the reviews. The tech stuff I will leave to other reviewers, but do U want to drive the 1998 Pont. Grand Am or the 2008 Pont. G8? It's up to you! Thanks for listening....

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Rating: - No problems with Vista
I thought I would write this review since a lot of people seem to be wondering if some games will work with vista. Just a short list of games I have played on Vista with no problems. All played great with no crashing problems installing problems or otherwise.

1.Half Life Orange Box
2.Far Cry (original version)
3.Stalker
4.The Witcher
5.Quake 4
6.Crysis
7.Oblivion IV
8.Planescape
9.Fear
10.Unreal Tournament 3 (gold / 2 / and original ut)
11.Alien vs Predator 2
12.Doom 3
13.Portal
I went from win 98 to the windows Vista so for me it has been an incredible improvement. I really like Vista and haven't had any problems worth mentioning. I wonder if people having problems with vista don't have systems strong enough to run it. (just a thought I really don't know).
I'm running an HP Media center w/ AMD 64x2 6000+ / EVGA Gforce 9600 oc / with 4 Gig ram. Sorry to here about all the people having problems with it we all know how frustrating a quirky computer can be but all in all I'm very happy with vista.
Added note: My Vista home premium came preinstalled when I purchased computer. I have always felt I would just be fooling myself to think I could put a system together that would be as good as one put together with the combined efforts of 1000's of very intelligent people. I give both Vista and HP 5 stars.

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Rating: - One star says it all...
Brand new laptop with my first Vista experience...one month of owning it and three complete OS crashes and a few application crashes. I have never been so motivated to purchase an Apple or learn Linux in my life. Stay with XP as long as you can!!!

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Rating: - New & Improved
The service pack updates to Vista make a world of difference, finally letting this OS shine.

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Rating: - Windows Vista Home Premium w/SP1

I have downloaded the CD into my computer for about a month now. So far Windows Vista has been operating fine. I little different from Windows XP and previous upgrades, once you get use to it it becomes easier to operate.

I have noticed several computer crashes lately from something that is causing it. I read an article about Vista crashes and it said it maybe due to Internet Explorer. So far I have not found the cause(s), so I'll just keep looking for the answer.

I do like the program and like the way it operate rather easily on the computer, and would recommed it to anyone who wants to upgrade.