Customer Reviews

Vista Home Basic OEM DVD 1PK

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I needed to install some version of a Windows OS on my Mac to use Bentley's autocad software. I went with Vista Home Basic for the price as well as the ability to upgrade to Windows 7 if needed. I run this using Parallels Desktop for Mac I got from a MacUpdate promo earlier this year. I had no problems getting Vista installed and running under Parallels, and after a month of use I have experienced no crashes using Vista. Not my OS of choice, but it works for what I need it for, and that's great.

I have a computer running linux mint added vista basic now I can dual boot both it was easy to install works great now I can use my magicjack and other stuff desighed for windows I like it better than xp my computer has pentium dual core with 2gigs of ram so far its been working great.

This is the cheapest way to get vista that I know of. However, of course it has all the faults that microsoft is famous for. Buy a mac and make your life easier.

Not sure if the developers version installs easily on a barebones pc, but it installed without trouble on a second partition on a macbook. In that situation at least it is not worth buying the non-developers version

I give it five out of five for price, and 1 out of five because its vista, making three out of five overall.

No Problems loading or setting up. Occasional " Stack over flow "error encountered, but has stopped as time accumulated on operating system. Runs Smoothly and suprisingly quickly on custom built 1.25 MHZAMD w/512 MB. ram, Not sure about mother board and BIOS. Fairly standard 2004 desktop. SiS 741 Host CPU Bridge , SiS 964 PCi to LPC Bridge.

yes i agree that this is the cheapest way to get vista...vista has problems to the point where people are going back to xp,save yourself the hastle and buy a mac,mac os x is extremely stable and never crashes.Apple MacBook Pro MB134LL/A 15.4-inch Laptop (2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD SuperDrive) for the macbook pro and Apple MacBook MB466LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop (2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, Slot Loading SuperDrive) for cheap macbook