windows vista home basic Operating System.

The home version that I am reviewing in comparison to my existing xp home Computer Operating System seems as the name suggests to offer just the basic new features. Is it any good?

Also contained within the start menu are short cuts to access Internet explorer, Electronic mail, Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Media centre, Windows Media player, Office excel, Word, Documents, settings, pictures, Media files. On the other half of the side the personal side features are contained, including the documents, pictures, Media, support, Search and power options.

When opening a program through the start button facility, if say the user on an xp machine has one hundred programs installed, the menu and display can become overcrowded in terms of viewing. Here on Vista the appearance is all indexed so that instead of browsing all one hundred programs throughout the page on a horizontal basis, the programs are instead listed vertically.

Searching for files using vista vs windows xp. This is where vista starts to earn its money. This feature does make it much faster method to Search for songs, films, dvd's, and certain files on the Computer. The Operating System search box function upon entering the name of the file, based on logic and instant recognition helps to narrow down the Search to find the relevant file almost instantly. Within each category of vista is consistent in its precise search facility and also the listing of files under different categories, documents, pictures, games, search, recently viewed items, Computer, network, etc all identical in its approach to the storage, archiving, and user retrieval.

The drawback of this is if a person has files which are numerically listed; this is really not going to help. In windows xp the search is carried out based on a Search throughout the Computer or via in effect all program files. There is also a side bar feature, that contains a visible clock and, interchanging pictures along with a news headlines search facility, if connected online to the Internet. By contrast, this feature of a clear view of the time along with headlines using xp is only available by going to a news source webpage i.e. bbc.co.uk, euronews etc.

The use of Windows Defender to scan actively for spyware activity, and other unwanted software is a new feature contained within the new Operating System. Though the long term users of external third party software and fans of programs such as zone alarm, AVG, Norton etc will feel, no rush to adopt this latest version of Operating System based on the minor advancement in security settings.

Here the user can see when the photos on the Computer were taken, recently imported pictures. The navigation of viewing pictures is slightly enhanced through a much faster and easier way of flicking through pictures, Media files, via simply pressing left and right buttons on the Keyboard.

The help and support sections are easy to use. The software contains areas where users can use Online, Internet forums to get the answers to the solutions they seek, or the solutions that are available.

The Computer's and Laptop's with less than forty giga byte's of Hard Disk will not be able to use this program. Through usage of the software I feel that only high specification machines are really able to see the difference and benefit from the new Operating System. This software is a Memory and resource eater.

For downloading Windows Live Messenger service shortcut link is also provided for easy navigation to download. Is it worth buying? In my honest opinion I feel strongly that where the need to spend extra on a dvd that simply improves upon the box contained in previous versions should be avoided. It's a slightly better Operating System to look at though I feel that shelling out extra on this version is really not worth the money that would have to spent. Therefore, it simply does not warrant upgrading based on these findings.

The product simply does not draw me into making a buying recommendation for this product as user's needs are still not achieved in a fully safe Internet Security. Some people however might like using the Operating System with its improvement in design.