Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (Full Version)

+ Faster operating system, have improved user interface

- Install not 100% smooth, ?enough improvements to give value for money.
Though would have paid that much to improve speed of vista on laptop!

+ Speed of start up

- Difficult to install from xp

+ quick install
easier to use than vista and xp
also updated the latest drivers for my computer no bother

- none so far

+ easy to install as an upgarde or fresh install. alot smoother than vista, faster loading

- none so far

+ As it says in the box , upgrades and keeps all your files,settings as before the install. It is an excellent product to install and use and look at.

- Not any so far over these 5 days but will see after a few weeks. It is stable so that is the main thing.

+ Much quicker than vista

- I have had one incident which caused my pc to lock up. restarted it and it has gone back to normal, possibly caused by incompatible driver for my camera

+ Just a first class, stable operating system which can revitalise your computer use.
All in the box ready to go.

- It really irks me that I can only have my purchase installed on only one of my PC's.

+ It appears to be a lot faster. I have found it farly easy to use but patience for learning is paramount. All in all it is much much better than Vista.

- My microsoft Web Cam that I used with Vista is not compatable with 7. It does not like certain other programmes. I had a bit of a problem installing and had to use a Computer Engineer to finish off as I kept getting a total block. The engineer experience the same problem and he has been testing the product for some two months.

+ Excellent operating system, this is what Vista should have been like!

- None so far!!

+ 10 out of 10

- No dad points

+ Much better than Vista, doesn't take so much memory, quicker to load in, doesn't crash (at least not yet).

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+ For the first time in ages microsoft got it spot on ...

- none so far ..

+ Just as claimed by Microsft; uses less memory to provide very similar features as Vista. In fact from our limited use to date there seems very little change from Vista other than the 'invisible' advantages.

- Set-Up process. There was a five minute wait after initial W7 screen appeared. There was no message to advise that this was normal and we actually thought the set-up had failed.

+ I was more than pleased with Windows 7, my laptop isn't the newest in the world as I've had it 3-4 years and it performs better than I thought it would do, very well in fact. All drivers were installed for me, nothing else to download, great product. I also love the fact it comes with DVD writing software, the new Snipping Tool for taking shots of part of the screen, all in all a good product.

- I've not come across anything bad in the week that I've had it installed, it's the best version of Windows yet.

+ Document handling, eg: Libraries etc help manage Projects effectively.
Works in a 'slick' manner and is faster than previous versions.

- Networking is a bit easier than with Vista but to make it really simple, all Networked PC's must be running Windows 7, so mixed opperating systems (Vista OR XP ) are not as easy to set up as all Windows 7.

+ It dose what it says on the box
And instals all your drivers for you so no need to load more cds
microsoft have got it right this time

- nonne

+ It's not windows vista.
Works great with newer hardware (core i7,ddr3 ram etc)

- Some compatibility issues with a few older programs,but that's to be expected and will probably be addressed in future service packs / updates.

+ Outstanding price from Tesco - like many others I took advantage of it to become "legit" The install from XP was very straightforward and should present no problems to anyone with even just a little IT knowledge.

- None really

+ Much easier to use than Vista and a fairly straight forward installation process. A few bugs but ironed out with the Windows Update - thoroughly recommend. Before buying go to the microsoft website and check that Windows 7 will work on your computer!

- Check that your system is compatible if you are on Windows XP you have to do a special install see microsoft.com for further details. You may have to uninstall some existing programmes before you can install Windows 7 If you have an Intel Processor you will need to go to the intel website after downloading Windows 7 for a driver update - very easy to do!

+ Easy to use, easy to set up

- Hasn't really made computer any quicker

+ Easy to install and a lot nicer than windows vista in use so far

- None at the moment ( Only used it for two days so far )

+ Faster opening of programs, nice appearence.

- Refuses to work with some hardware and alot of my "XP" software.

+ Fairly easy to install. We wanted to keep our original Windows XP on the PC as well - Windows 7 can't do this automatically, so we had to fiddle around with things for a bit.

- Poor third party driver support at the moment. We're having some problems with our Samsung laptop, hopefully this will be sorted in future.

+ Fast and easy to setup. Lovely interface.

- Had to installed from clean, so I had to reinstall my applications.

+ Boots up very quickly. Runs much faster than Vista (which it replaces) and takes up much less hard disk space. Very easy to set up a Home network. Early days yet, but it appears to do everything that was promised.

- None so far.

+ this is a great successor to vista, it is light on recources with no stability problems

- none at all

+ easy to use

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+ A sensible desktop operating system - an improvement on Vista - though arguably could be called Vista Service Pack 3...

- Should have been a free, or very low cost, upgrade from Vista.

+ It is intuative to use. Organising open windows and frequently used programs is easy and helpfull. No problems finding an installing drivers for attached hardware which means no more finding instalation cd's and spending hours waiting to have a working Operating System. A lot of integrated windows programs we already know have been improved upon i.e. the calculator can now be used as a scientific one, etc. Basicly though, it is very up to date with new hardware, from touch screen monitors to tablet pc's. It will even work out your algebra and calculus for you.

- Even though if has a lot of software built in, it is still only an Operating System.

+ In comparision to Windows Vista, 7 certainly seems faster and more responsive. Whilst it retains many of the good points that were included in Vista key changes under the bonnet mean that this is the best Microsoft OS since Windows Xp. I installed from scratch (as opposed to an upgrade) and it picked up and all of my device drivers without me having to trawl the internet or find the elusive driver disks. I'm very pleased with Windows 7 and can look forward to using it as my main OS from this moment on!

- Couldn't ascertain whether it was any quicker than Vista to boot.

+ Recommend a clean install, loaded in a reasonable time, faster than Vista so would recommend the upgrade, especially as I pre ordered at £45. Havn't had time yet to try any hardware yet apart from printer but check to see that your manufacturers Web site has the right Win 7 drivers.

- As with installing most new O/S's there are a few incompatability problems but you have to expect that. The most annoying is that my virus software (PC Guard) from Virgin Media doesn't work, but that's not the fault of Microsoft.

+ Very easy to upgrade Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Home Premium......no hitches at all.
All existing applications and peripherals worked straight away.

- None as yet......

+ Easy to set up, and a lot better than The disaster that was Vista.

- Taking a bit of time to get it to talk to my printers

+ Excellent set up options together with fast speeds in executing programmes files and the overall package is well worth high satisfaction rating. Much improved over the Vista operating system in my opinion.

- To be honest i can't really see any although the security side of windows 7 is much improved compared to the likes of windows XP and VIsta.

+ A lot quicker

- None

+ Looks & works like Vista except Boots up & works faster. It also uses less resources.

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+ The pc and internet both run a lot faster

- Control panel takes a little geting used to

+ much faster boot and shut down times - all the things that vista should have been

- apart from eye candy there is little to demonstrate a giant leap forward from XP - on older computers windows 7 is likely to be slower than XP

+ Ease of install, Very stable, many things worked out of the box

- It is windows so all bad things around windows still apply (viruses, spyware etc)

+ Easy to migrate from XP, faster than XP using same pc hardware specification, visually attractive, lots of new things to discover on upgrading from XP.

- I've yet to find any, apart from the price rise since launch.

+ The system is fast and feels reliable.

- Installation gives little informtion on what is happening - having just had hard drive problems, I was uncertain if any installation was acrually occurring.

+ Best windows release so far.

- None so far, and no bugs as yet.

+ * Easy to install /setup
* Faster to boot than Vista
* Some well thoughtout usability improvements
* Useful Homegroup facilities

- * none so far

+ Contains excellent features, is a massive improvement over Windows Vista

- Is sometimes slow on computers with single core processors.

+ Faster than Vista

- No email
printer doe's not function no windows 7 Drivers
Virgin Media PC Guard not compatable until 2010

+ Its faster than vista and looks better

- If XP is 100% perfect for you, no reason to upgrade, but if XP is just 1% wrong, get 7.

+ Best OS I have ever had so far!!!

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+ Everything I hoped it would be

- None

+ Easy to install and most of the hard work is done for you. Faster than XP but has the good looks of Vista. Drivers needed for your hardware are pretty much all available if not use Vista drivers they usually work.

- None that I can think of. Go buy it!!

+ the ease of use and speed ofapplications

- not found any yet!

+ Good features.

- The price.

+ Easy to install, configure and use!

- Had to do full re-install over Release Candidate.

+ The best thing Microsoft could have done to take out vista.

- Can be a little confusing at first.

+ So far has coped with any/all hardware & software thrown at it.

- "Hides" too much info for serious users

+ Easy to use
Big improvement from vista
Faster
Better battery life

- slightly anoying to get used to but quickly to get used to so i guess it is fair to say the best windows yet.

+ Far easier to install and use than Windows Vista

- Microsoft

+ Very simple to use. Excellent delivery

- None

+ BEst that Microsoft have jet produced

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+ Improvement overall on Vista, familiar interface but clearer and accessible. Security seems better but more complex to manage.

- Still takes some tweaking to add new drivers for software and personalization if you want to use it for more than writing emails and simple word-processing

+ Finally a worthy update to Windows XP. The new media features are very good. It was very easy to setup and use.

- The new features take some getting used to.

+ Easy to install, 64bit version running smoothly on an AMD X2 4600 (939) with 3Gb ram.

- Some older hardware doesn't work with it so check compatibility first if this might be important to you.

+ Great introductory price, very easy to install, no searching for drivers required. For Vista users it'll look & feel very similar as it's basically Vista but it works. For XP users it looks quite different and somethings aren't where they used to be you pick it up very quickly.

- It really should have been a service pack upgrade for Vista users but then again Apple charged for Snow Leopard so I suppose its not too much of a rip off.

+ installs all the drivers for things plugged in etc

- too much like vista and not like xp

+ Quick, stable

- Region Locked DVD playing, Lengthy install process when upgrading from Windows 7 Beta

+ its not vista

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+ Window 7 is great, although its going to take me a while to figure out everything it can do. Upgrading from XP was easy and relatively painless, from vista its even easier.

- Only downside is that HP have not updated their printer drivers and dont plan to do so for another few months, so my expensive HP wireless printer is completely useless, something I didnt bargain for and is a major inconvenience (Not the fault of windows 7 though). also some bootscreeens and screensavers etc arent compatible... yet!

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- keeps crashing software most the time, tried 32bit and 64bit with everything updated drivers etc, had to reinstall twice the same day i received it. Not happy at all and i'm going back to xp

+ clear and stable

- forced to use microsoft browser to start

+ Satisfactory Product

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+ computer ran quicker

- not as easy too upgrade from xp

+ Great features, and my laptop (Dell XPS M1530) seems to run using less processing and memory than when Vista was installed.

- None

+ Very easy to use, (very nice interface improvements), stable (have been using the Release Candidate for the past few months without trouble), overall a much improved evolution of Vista

- Could offer more options for dual screens (stretch taskbar across etc), but there are 3rd party programs to do this.

+ HD video streaming from my Hauppauge Nova S2 card to my XBOX360.

- Trying to move My Documents and Public folders to another drive is NOT easy!

+ The best Windows yet (since 2 - I feel old) and the easiest to install.

- Why more than one version?

+ easy to use

- bit dull at first glance

+ Windows 7 is simple to set up, simple to use and quick to start. I can start my two computers, one Windows 7 with 1GB Memory and One Vista with 2GB memory, at the same time and by the time the Vista machine is up and running, I have logged on and checked my email with the Windows 7 machine. The system is stable and a delight to use.

- Haven't found any yet!

+ Very easy to install and loads of extra improvements over vista/XP ............

- Not found any yet......

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- 8 1/2 hours to load and I still can't get it to work

+ Easy to set up, lots of drivers, simple process. Usage is great, very simple, clean and refined.

- None really, some obscure network drivers aren't found easily

+ That it works so much faster than Vista !!

- None yet

+ Much nicer than Vista and has a much nicer interface and that you can choose different pics for your wallpaper.

- None

+ I have had fewer system crashes since installing Windows 7 and no incompatibility issues with my current programs. Games seem to perform better, as far as lag and fps go. Like the themes, fluidity of the interface, as well as a couple of new useful features (sticky notes, snipping tool). All in all, very happy.

- None that I can see at this point.

+ makes computing enjoyable after Vista

- none yet

+ Faster and easier to use than Vista

- Setting up Live Mail was not so easy to do.

+ Excellent value for money and with great new features. I like it alot. Recommmended.

- None so far.