Windows 7 PRO 64 Bit System Builder 1pk [Old Version]

by Microsoft

Product Features

• Easier to use
• It is faster and flexible
• The best entertainment experience in the computer

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1 x 1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B002NGQLIE
• Item model number: FQC-00765
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 2, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,356 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #21 in Software > Operating Systems > Microsoft Windows > Windows 7

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Upgrade to Windows 7 Professional. With Windows 7 Professional, fewer walls stand between you and your success. You can run many Windows XP productivity programs in Windows XP Mode and recover data easily with automatic backups to your home or business network. You can also connect to company networks effortlessly and more securely with Domain Join. With all the exciting entertainment features of Windows Home Premium, it's a great choice for home and for business. Need to use multiple languages on your PC or help protect your data with enhanced BitLocker security? Get Windows 7 Ultimate.

Windows 7 is designed to make your PC simpler--to be more reliable, more responsive and to make the things you do every day on your PC easier. Click to enlarge.

Upgrade to Windows 7

All editions of Windows XP and Windows Vista qualify you to upgrade.

1. Choose your edition of Windows 7
Explore key features and choose the edition that's best for you. Be sure to check the expanded list of extended features in Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, and Windows 7 Ultimate. System requirements vary for each edition of Windows 7 because some features might require special hardware.

2. See if your PC has what it takes to run Windows 7
In general, if your PC can run Windows Vista it can run Windows 7. To make sure, download and run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to do a quick check. If you want certain features, such as HomeGroup or Windows Media Center, check to see if your PC has the hardware that's needed.

3. Check which operating system your PC is currently running
How you make the move to Windows 7 depends on your current operating system.

• Windows Vista
  The transition to Windows 7 should be pretty smooth, although you may need to update your system to the latest service pack first.
  
  
• Windows XP (or any other operating system)
  We recommend that you experience Windows 7 on a new PC. While we don't recommend it, you can opt to upgrade your current PC from Windows XP or another operating system to Windows 7. We recommend that you get help with this process from your local computer service provider. You'll need to back up your current files and settings, perform a custom (clean) installation, and then reinstall your files, settings, and programs.

More work, more play, and more of everything in between. Click to enlarge.

With Snap you can arrange two windows side-by-side just by dragging them to opposite sides of your screen. Click to enlarge.

Open files you use regularly in just two clicks with Jump Lists on the improved taskbar.

Everything you need for work and home

Easiest Windows to use ever

• Simplify your PC with new navigation features like Aero Shake, Jump Lists, and Snap.
• Customize Windows to look and feel the way you like by changing themes and taskbar programs.
• Easy to network (with or without a server).
• Back up your complete system over a network.

Faster and more flexible

• Windows XP Mode gives you the business flexibility you need.
• Designed to make your PC sleep and resume quicker.
• Takes full advantage of 64-bit PC hardware and memory.

Best PC entertainment experience

• Watch, pause, rewind, and record TV with Windows Media Center.
• Blu-ray read/write support for data files.
• Includes integrated video and Dolby audio codecs.

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Simplifies Everyday Tasks

Simple to use

Windows® Taskbar
Manage lots of open programs, documents, and browser windows easily with thumbnail and full-screen previews of open windows.

Open files and get around your PC faster with the improved taskbar. You can easily pin programs you use often to the taskbar and launch them in just one click.

Windows 7 lets you peek behind open windows to get a quick look at your desktop. Click to enlarge.

Instantly locate and open virtually any file on your PC right from the Start menu with Windows Search. Click to enlarge.

Jump Lists
Open files you use regularly in just two clicks with Jump Lists on the improved taskbar.

Snap
Windows 7 has simple new ways to manage open windows. For example, with Snap you can arrange two windows side-by-side just by dragging them to opposite sides of your screen.

Aero® Peek
Windows 7 lets you peek behind open windows to get a quick look at your desktop.

Windows Search
Instantly locate and open virtually any file on your PC, from documents to emails to songs, right from the Start menu, with Windows Search.

Easy to connect

Setting up wireless connections is easier with consistent, one-click connections to available networks. Click to enlarge.

Enjoy the photos, music, and videos on your home PC when you're away from home with remote media streaming. Click to enlarge.

Windows Touch makes PCs with touch screens easier and more intuitive to use. Click to enlarge.

Wireless setup
With Windows 7, setting up wireless connections is easier with consistent, one-click connections to available networks, whether those networks are based on Wi-Fi, mobile broadband, dial-up, or corporate VPN.

HomeGroup
Connect Windows 7 PCs on a home network in just four clicks and easily get to the photos, music, and files on each one--even share printers--with HomeGroup.

Easy to browse the web

Windows® Internet Explorer 8
Visual search helps you quickly find the information you want by adding visual cues and previews to search results from top search providers including Live Search, Wikipedia, Yahoo, Amazon, and others.

Use Web slices to conveniently keep up with changes on frequently updated websites, like eBay auctions or traffic sites, directly from the IE8 toolbar.

Easy to communicate and share

Windows Live Photo Gallery
Windows Live Photo Gallery makes share your photos to your favorite photo site easy.

Windows Live Mail
Windows Live Mail makes managing multiple email accounts easy.

Windows Live Family Safety
Keep your child safe by managing what sites they can visit and who they can send/receive emails and im communications from.

Works The Way You Want

Faster and More Reliable

Resume from sleep
We designed Windows 7 to help PCs sleep and resume from sleep more quickly by improving the way Windows 7 manages drivers, programs, and power.

Faster and more reliable
We reduced the amount of memory your PC needs for open windows and to execute commands to help it be more responsive to commands.

Fewer clicks and less interruptions

Turn your PC into a TV with Windows Media Center, and enjoy your favorite videos and music with Windows Media Player. Click to enlarge.

Makes New Things Possible

Media on your terms

Windows Media Center
Turn your PC into a TV with Windows Media Center.

Windows Media Center
Watch shows for free when and where you want with Internet TV.

Manage Backup and Restore and other features through Action Center. Click to enlarge.

Search, organize, and edit files across a network in the same way you would a single folder.Click to enlarge.

DirectX 11
DirectX 11 technology delivers breathtaking game graphics so real, it's unreal.

New ways to engage

Windows Touch
Windows Touch makes PCs with touch screens easier and more intuitive to use.

Media on your terms

Windows Media® Player
More and more consumer electronics, from TVs to digital photo frames, can be connected to home networks. With Play To in Windows 7, you'll be able to easily send music, photos, videos from your PC to a networked device throughout your home.

You can enjoy the photos, music, and videos on your home PC when you're away from home with remote media streaming.

Work anywhere

Location Aware Printing
Windows 7 will automatically pick the right printer for you when you move from home to work networks.

Product Comparison

Product Description

Windows 7 has better ways to find and manage files—like Jump Lists and improved taskbar previews-to help you speed through everyday tasks. It's designed for faster and more reliable performance, so your PC just works the way you want it to. With 64-bit support, you can take full advantage of the latest, most powerful processors. Great features like HomeGroup, Windows Media Center, and Windows Touch make new things possible.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

132 of 133 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Value, November 28, 2010

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R. Cross "LVWolfman" (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Windows 7 PRO 64 Bit System Builder 1pk [Old Version] (DVD-ROM)

This isn't a review of Windows 7 itself, but of the Windows 7 Professional 64 bit System Builder pack as sold here.

Since I build all my PCs, I have to supply an OS for them and many of them need to be running Windows. Microsoft's pricing for the retail versions is simply horrid and gouging, especially when you consider that companies like Dell and EMachines pay much less than $100 per installation for any desktop version of Windows.

For the PC builder on a tight budget, they often think that they only have a choice of being raped on the price or installing a pirated copy of Windows. Since pirating is illegal, immoral and dangerous (most of the copies, activation cracks and keygens on the internet are infected with malware) to do it right means paying too much money.

This also applies to a home user (or even an office one) who wants to upgrade an existing Windows machine to the latest. Even Microsoft's retail prices for the upgrades are horrendously expensive.

This distribution is intended for those who build Windows PCs much as I did in my computer store throughout the late 80s and 90s. The ONLY differences between it and a retail copy of Windows 7 Professional are:

1. Price
2. No fancy box
3. No extra flyers, leaflets and junk
4. No support from Microsoft as the builder is supposed to support the customer

The box and flyers go in the trash anyway. In 20 some years of using Windows I've only called Microsoft once, and that was their "store" to order an "anytime upgrade" as their website was down. So #4 doesn't mean a thing to me.

Where this SKU shines is the price as you get the full "Professional Version" for less than the "Home Premium" version.

As I've stated in previous reviews, "Home Premium" is a waste of time for anyone need more than basic Windows functionality as Microsoft disabled too many features. With "Home Premium" the only way to network your computer to ANY prior version of Windows, Mac, Linux and a number of networkable devices is to edit the Windows registry. This eliminates probably 90% (or more) home users.

Also missing is the ability to have a relative or friend who is your "computer guru" use Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol to take over your computer and help you through a problem. Home users likely will never use that feature, but those who support them DO need it. The alternative is to install a 3rd party program that accomplishes the same thing, often at a cost of security and price.

For those two reasons alone, I feel that Windows 7 Professional 64 bit System Builder is a wise choice for your next upgrade or fresh installation.

*Please note that I do not disparage or discourage use of LogMeIn, TeamViewer or GoToMyPC, etc. as I DO make use of the first two.

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best O.S. by Microsoft yet!, March 9, 2010

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Benjamin Kozera (Fresno, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Windows 7 PRO 64 Bit System Builder 1pk [Old Version] (DVD-ROM)

Microsoft was wise to design a new OS with familiar features but still incorporate new ones and utilitize new technology. Compared to Vista, 7 is very stable and supports a wide variety of hardware. Windows 7 Professional is ideal for advanced users and enthusiasts, I couldn't see any reason to opt for Ultimate unless perhaps you are using this for business purposes.

I recommend this OEM version as it costs far less than a full retail version. If you can do without the tech support and colorful retail box, this is the one to get.

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ideal Microsoft Operating System, August 11, 2010

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vxp - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Windows 7 PRO 64 Bit System Builder 1pk [Old Version] (DVD-ROM)

Compared to its predecessors, Windows 7 is a substantial improvement to the Windows experience. Along with being much more streamlined than both Windows XP and Vista, Windows 7 is packed with a bunch of new features that are far too numerous to explain adequately in a short review. Thus, I would seriously recommend that users experiment with every aspect of this operating system.

For whom this product is targeted varies widely. Persons still using Windows XP - even though I hold no grudge against such a marvelous operating system that served me for many years - should seriously consider switching to this. For Windows Vista users, switching to Windows 7 is definitely a gray area for some. Personally, it seems that Vista was simply a more polished version of Windows XP with a few added features and no significant improvements. Prior to Windows 7 Professional, I had been using Windows Vista Home Premium, which was not a pleasant experience. As most people have already said, Windows 7 is definitely faster and streamlined than Vista in quite a number of ways. Installing the OS itself was relatively painless, aside from the various restarts after downloading new updates. As a side note, performing a Clean Installation (not the "Upgrade") is strongly recommended for users who want a true Windows 7 experience. Personally, I did not want any remnants whatsoever from Vista hampering my experience with a new OS. A Clean Install is also a great way to get rid of any old, accumulating useless files, and have a fresh start. If common sense does not kick in, I would also like to remind those who choose the Clean Install to BACKUP ALL DATA; a Clean Install WILL remove EVERYTHING.

Various functions and features in Windows 7 were redone from Vista and XP. Disk Defragmenter has a new appearance, with the user now being able to determine more precisely whether a hard drive is in need of defragmenting, the percent values provided will speak for themselves. To those concerned with driver compatibility, I have had no problems with my Logitech Keyboard, Microsoft Mouse, or Brother HL2040 printer; most drivers should already be recognized by Windows 7 immediately. However, I would like to point out that it is crucial that video card drivers be updated appropriately. Ensure that the Windows 7 version of the video card driver is installed. As far as the user interface goes, Windows 7 is much more elegant and aesthetically pleasing than Vista. DirectX11 does wonders. Windows can now be snapped into various positions; for instance, holding the Windows button on the keyboard and pushing either up, down, left, or right will perform different commands for a Window: maximize a window, minimize, fill the left-half of the screen, fill right-half of the screen, respectively. Programs that are pinned to the Taskbar can now be moved around on the Taskbar itself, right-clicking will bring up a menu (called a "Jump List" by Microsoft) that gives you access to various functions.

Startup and shutdown times have also been improved dramatically. In my time as a Vista user, Home Premium would require a minute or more to reach the Login Screen. In Windows 7, the time between me pushing the power button to the login screen is a matter of seconds (this may also depend on the performance of your hardware as well).

Overall, I would say that this is a SUPERB operating system and if the necessary funding is available, an upgrade to this OS is strongly recommended. As a previous user of Windows Vista and XP, I am now a solid Windows 7 user. XP users should switch for the feel of a much sleeker OS; Vista users may switch for some eased dissatisfaction. Either way, you can NOT go wrong with Windows 7.