Windows Vista Home Premium Edition

Recently, upon researching as we prepared to upgrade our home computer system, we learned that Microsoft's new operating system, Windows Vista(in various editions), would debut the very week we wanted to purchase new computers. After quite a bit of shopping, comparing and asking a lot of questions of a lot of people, we learned that all new computers on the market at that moment were already set up with Windows Vista in some form. To get anything else would be a serious chore and most likely more expense--on top of the price we were planning to pay in buying not one, but two computers for our home. We took the plunge. A desktop and a laptop became our new toys, both with Windows Vista Home Premium loaded up and ready to go. We'd heard alot of comments, mostly negative, about the new Windows Vista and it was with bated breath that we set up our new system. We needn't have worried. Windows Vista Home Premium works out well for us. It's attractive and full of options we did not have before. I should mention we were using Windows 98 up until this purchase.

From what we have learned, the problems and glitches people are experiencing with Windows Vista are mostly when it involves uploading Windows Vista to an existing system. A new operating system for an older computer. Not good friends, those two. Buying brand-new computers with Windows Vista Home Premium Edition loaded and ready to go was a good move for our family computer system. The graphics are catchy, the options plenty. As with any new operating system, it's better if the computer is new as well. It just works that way.

Another glitch people seem to be running into is incompatibility of software with Windows Vista. The only solution for this is to give it time. Microsoft may have jumped the gun in releasing it's new Windows Vista, effectively causing many programs and games to be incompatible with the computer's new operating system. We found that most of our problems with games/programs we already owned were fixed by calling Microsoft Windows Vista Customer support and/or finding a few updating patches to download online. This problem will take a few months to resolve as new patches for Windows Vista will be released and new software coming out will be compatible right out of the box.

All in all, Windows Vista Home Premium Edition is a good investment--especially when purchased loaded on a brand-new computer.