Microsoft Windows Vista Business UPGRADE [DVD] [OLD VERSION]

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Took a windows xp machine to windows 7, never had to activate or run it. Product was as expected, installed it, then put the windows 7 upgrade on. Since Microsoft could not be bothered to create an upgrade path to 7 from XP, this was the only way to preserve my programs without having to reinstall.

I expected this to occur, but felt it was worth getting the functionality for our network from Vista Business rather than staying with Vista Home. However, if you decide to perform an upgrade, be aware that some of the drivers may not be included in the upgrade. Another consideration when moving to Vista (especially from XP or W2K) are printer drivers. I'm MCP and A+ certified, so I felt an upgrade to Vista Business would not be a problem. The copier/printer/fax operations worked, but I had no photo processing software and HP said they were sorry, but had no plans to provide a Vista version. I spent a couple of hours with Compaq chat technicians to help me locate the drivers for the wireless network card, and about 4 other items that did not function after the upgrade.

We had a terrific, newer HP all-in-one (copier, printer,fax) which lost its photo software after we moved from W2K to Vista. We purchased a compaq laptop with Vista Home on it for a great price. This software did exactly what it was supposed to do. I briefly considered XP Pro, but having had experience trying to get a new OS platformed laptop to 'go backwards' to an old OS, I decided that staying in the Vista family was preferable.

The product did not work with my system.I don't know if I can return it.

I recently bought a new Mac Pro with 2 quad core Xeon CPUs, and tried installing vista on the Mac with Boot-Camp, and to my suprise, vista finally works. I wasted alot of man-hours on this version and regret buying it. Either stick with XP, or buy a Mac. As an upgrade, this version just does not work. It hogs all the CPU power your system can put out. However most people do not have a Mac Pro, so again, I would say "don't WASTE your money".

Count on some of your software not running at all and if your computer is less than brand new it will probably slow dramatically as Vista is Processor and memory heavy. Wait at least a year and check all of your hardware and software for compatability issues. My business software did not work with Vista and it is rigged to make it impossible or difficult to downgrade without buying a new Windows XP.There are serious speed and compatability issues with Vista. No one therefore should be considering upgrading a less than brand new this year computer to Vista and would be putting their business at risk with compatability issues.