Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic

Advantages: Easy to use, improved features
Disadvantages: Find out

windows vista home basic Operating System. This is one of six Microsoft's new version of Operating System. Users can install it to a Windows or Macintosh based Computer, along with upgrading from the previous xp versions. A Computer user interface, is the graphics, the layout of the software program. In simple terms it is what the user can see on the screen. The home version that I am reviewing in comparison to my existing xp home Computer Operating ...
...basic new features. Is it any good? The start button is smaller and squarer than that in xp home. The design based on what you see on the Desktop screen is far clearer and more professional from a design and quality perspective. Upon running the start menu, there is a Search Toolbar that enables fast browsing and access. Also contained within the start menu are short cuts to access Internet explorer, Electronic mail, Windows Photo Gallery, Windows ... Read review

Advantages: it looks nice
Disadvantages: it is unreliable and unpredictable

...In short I feel that Microsoft has out done themselves when it comes to the cosmetics of Vista, the performance side of things however is another matter. Performance Vista's performance is poor at best, Microsoft have spent too much time working on the cosmetic side of things and not enough on the technical side. It is very unreliable and unpredictable, you can't do more than one thing at a time for fear of it spitting it's dummy out and ...
...Opinion In my opinion Microsoft should have focused on the technical side of things more than they did, in their haste to bring out a new good looking operating system they have given us something which admittedly looks and handles nicely but is seriously lacking everywhere else. I just hope that they will learn from their mistakes when they bring out the next version of Windows, although to be honest they couldn't make it any worse than Vista, ... Read review

Advantages: Quite pretty and you get used to it
Disadvantages: Probably not to everyones needs/taste

...see what the team at Microsoft had done, but I was never expecting to experience it until a year or more after its release. I'm not the sort of person that would buy Vista, just for the hell of having an up to date computer, it just so happens though that my mum decided to buy a new desktop computer for the house so that the computer literacy of the house could expand further than the under 40's that live here. This computer would come packed with ...
...and create computer viruses, and Microsoft probably aren't doing enough to prevent all this but Vista is a step in a furthering direction. Pretty much whenever you try to install something you won't just get one security warning about something being installed, you'll probably get about five, that you will have to click yes to all of them before you can move forward. This was pretty irritating when I was first setting up the computer and putting ... Read review

Advantages: It looks pretty, Good wireless capability.
Disadvantages: Poor Design, Its trying to be too pretty. Compatibility Issues

...you will find out that Microsoft are currently creating there new operating system Windows 7. Many reviews state that Windows 7 is actually going to be the completed version of Vista. Now, sorry if I seem to be mean, but that seems very unusual to me. Windows 7, the product there currently working on is the full version of Vista. So really, we are the beta testers of Windows 7. Windows Vista Home Basic is not a full operating system, its a beta for ...
...the new operating system that Microsoft has in order for us. The first time I purchased my laptop I bought it through the company I worked for. I had actually book the day off work so when I arrived to pick up my laptop, my Managing Director had already opened up the box and was just about to start it up. He likes his technology almot as much as I. At first it looked very good, sleek design, but we waited and waited, and it seemed like it had already ... Read review

Advantages: Looks good, Lots of different programmes.
Disadvantages: Hard to get used too.

Windows Vista Layout: The layout of Windows Vista is very sleek but it is quite complicated to get used to at first! The desktop layout can be changed to a variety of colours to make it more personal to the user, and I think that this is a good adaptation to other Windows programmes. On the main desktop, you can choose to have features such as an anologe clock, the date in bold, and the temoerature in your area, all of these features can be disabled ...
...Windows Vista Programmes: The programmes that come with Windows Vista are 'Voice Recognition', a variety of games, Windows Calender, amongst otheres. The Voice recognition programme lets you speak to the computer instead of having to type and click on what you want to do! The downside is that you have to go through a long winded tortourial, and then to make the voice recognition more clear and accurate you need to 'train' the computer to the sound ... Read review

Advantages: Norton Internet Security 2008 offers solid protection for your desktop
Disadvantages: The way that it slows your PC down to a snails pace

...While Symantec's protection is set in stone, the average users experience within Norton Internet Security 2008 could be greatly improved. Not all the features work together, and the program could use fewer system resources. And paying to call support is not really playing fair on their part, as the software is not free in the first place. Specs: License qty: 3 users; License type: Complete package; Min Operating system: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition SP2, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, Microsoft Windows Vista Business, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2 SO all in all a great adition to the Symantec family, and easy enough to use even for novices!... Read review

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Advantages: Looks amazing,
Disadvantages: None unless low amount of RAM

...and 'Microsoft' advice that you run the 'Vista Upgrade Adviser' before purchase as software configurations of different machines may vary. The upgrade advisor can be found at the following site: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/ upgradeadvisor.mspx ************************** Different Versions: Now Windows vista comes in a variety of versions: • Home Basic • Home Premium • Ultimate • Business If you are buying vista on its own and it isn't coming with a new machine then you have the choice of weather to purchase the whole thing or just an upgrade version, this all depends on what your system is currently running. If you are running Windows XP then it's cheaper to buy the upgrade version, it works out exactly the same in the end and there is no difference between the two once... Read review

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