|
|||||
System Requirements
Frequently Bought Together
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Technical Details
- Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade Package
- 1 PC
- DVD-ROM
- 32/64-bit
- English
- Rest of World
Product details
|
Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
Windows 7 Ultimate is the most versatile and powerful edition of Windows 7. It is including the ability to run many Windows XP productivity programs in Windows XP mode. For added security, you can encrypt your data with BitLocker and BitLocker To Go. And for extra flexibility, you can work in any of 35 languages. Get it all with Windows 7 Ultimate.
Product Description
Microsoft Windows Ultimate 7 Upgrade English DVD GLC00183 Software Operating Systems
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
51 of 51 people found the following review helpful
I recently bought a new Dell PC with Windows 7 installed and I decided to upgrade one of my existing PC's. This was partly because I liked it so much and partly because I thought it might be easier to manage our home network. I could have probably managed with Professional or even Home Premium and saved a considerable sum of money.
The target PC was a HP Pavilion Slimline s3621uk Desktop PC, Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200, NVIDIA nForce 630i chipset 256MB dedicated memory, 3GB RAM, 320GB HDD, Vista Home Premium) with 3GB Ram and Vista Home premium. Microsoft have said that any PC running Vista should be good for Windows 7 but I ran the compatibility test anyway with no reported issues. The next decision was whether to do a custom install or a straight upgrade. I decided to go for the custom option which basically wipes the slate clean and loads a fresh copy of Windows 7.
The execution was very straightforward. I backed up my documents, most of which were on the 250GB media drive which served as my documents. It was just a case of mopping up a few stray files from the desktop.
After inserting the 32-bit Setup disc, which is fine for a PC with 4GB of memory or less, both 32-bit and 64-bit editions are included, you are presented with the install options. You are also given the option to download updated setup files if your internet is available. In my case this was via a wireless connection and presented no problems. From what I had been hearing I was preparing myself for a lengthy process.
The whole process was completed in less two hours. This included several restarts. My input was only required towards the end to select regional options and create a user account and password. What amazed me was that every single device in the PC had been completely recognized and configured. I was impressed how simple it had been.
I went on to run Windows update which found about 60 updates which took another 30 minutes or so and to reinstall my Office suite, Photo and DVD burning software.
Window 7 is a pleasure to use and I have made the transition from Windows XP on my previous PC to Windows 7 64-bit, as well from Vista on the PC I just updated to Windows 7-32 bit. Windows 7 has a feature known as home group, this makes it very easy to share files and devices.
I am therefore happy to recommend 32 and 64-bit editions of Windows 7 both for ease of use as well as ease in updating . For somebody who has been using PC's prior to the advent of Windows I think this is the best version yet.
I later went on to carry ou an upgrade on my Sons Dell XPS m1330 notebook. This was said on the Dell website not to have all Windows 7 drivers available. Known to work with Windows 7 but Vista drivers may have to be used. I thefore decided to use the upgrade approach. I need not have been worried, the complete proceess finished in a couple of hours and all is perfect. Windows 7 found updated drivers for everything.
The target PC was a HP Pavilion Slimline s3621uk Desktop PC, Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200, NVIDIA nForce 630i chipset 256MB dedicated memory, 3GB RAM, 320GB HDD, Vista Home Premium) with 3GB Ram and Vista Home premium. Microsoft have said that any PC running Vista should be good for Windows 7 but I ran the compatibility test anyway with no reported issues. The next decision was whether to do a custom install or a straight upgrade. I decided to go for the custom option which basically wipes the slate clean and loads a fresh copy of Windows 7.
The execution was very straightforward. I backed up my documents, most of which were on the 250GB media drive which served as my documents. It was just a case of mopping up a few stray files from the desktop.
After inserting the 32-bit Setup disc, which is fine for a PC with 4GB of memory or less, both 32-bit and 64-bit editions are included, you are presented with the install options. You are also given the option to download updated setup files if your internet is available. In my case this was via a wireless connection and presented no problems. From what I had been hearing I was preparing myself for a lengthy process.
The whole process was completed in less two hours. This included several restarts. My input was only required towards the end to select regional options and create a user account and password. What amazed me was that every single device in the PC had been completely recognized and configured. I was impressed how simple it had been.
I went on to run Windows update which found about 60 updates which took another 30 minutes or so and to reinstall my Office suite, Photo and DVD burning software.
Window 7 is a pleasure to use and I have made the transition from Windows XP on my previous PC to Windows 7 64-bit, as well from Vista on the PC I just updated to Windows 7-32 bit. Windows 7 has a feature known as home group, this makes it very easy to share files and devices.
I am therefore happy to recommend 32 and 64-bit editions of Windows 7 both for ease of use as well as ease in updating . For somebody who has been using PC's prior to the advent of Windows I think this is the best version yet.
I later went on to carry ou an upgrade on my Sons Dell XPS m1330 notebook. This was said on the Dell website not to have all Windows 7 drivers available. Known to work with Windows 7 but Vista drivers may have to be used. I thefore decided to use the upgrade approach. I need not have been worried, the complete proceess finished in a couple of hours and all is perfect. Windows 7 found updated drivers for everything.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Recently upgrade to the 64bit edition of this version of Windows 7. Previously had Vista Ultimate and was having all kinds of stability problems - USB device issues, wireless connections dropping, freeze ups with graphic intensive apps....it goes on (and yes, all my drivers were up to date and regularly used Windows Update). Now, been running with Windows 7 for almost a month now and all these problems look to be a thing of the past. Well pleased :)
The upgrade process itself went smoothly - opted for the clean install.
The upgrade process itself went smoothly - opted for the clean install.
30 of 32 people found the following review helpful
I have been using Windows7 for a couple of weeks now and I have to say it is a vast improvement over Vista in that it works (unlike Vista)stable (unlike Vista) and unobtrusive (unlike Vista), in short although it looks like vista it doesn't work or feel like Vista.
I knocked one mark off because this should have been much less expensive than it is as Microsoft were forced to rewrite its operating system since vista was so terrible and unpopular.
Congratulations to anybody who stuck with XP, however, familiar old XP now looks dated and the only reason to stick with it are that it probably looks the same as the computer at work and feels familiar(both valid points) but Windows7 is quite intuitive to use with an easy light looking interface.
But don't be fooled this is not a light product, it has all the tweak-ability that XP ever had and a few more beside.
Now I'm just waiting for Microsoft to put out an upgrade to make it crash an I'll feel completely at home.
I knocked one mark off because this should have been much less expensive than it is as Microsoft were forced to rewrite its operating system since vista was so terrible and unpopular.
Congratulations to anybody who stuck with XP, however, familiar old XP now looks dated and the only reason to stick with it are that it probably looks the same as the computer at work and feels familiar(both valid points) but Windows7 is quite intuitive to use with an easy light looking interface.
But don't be fooled this is not a light product, it has all the tweak-ability that XP ever had and a few more beside.
Now I'm just waiting for Microsoft to put out an upgrade to make it crash an I'll feel completely at home.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Windows 7 Ultimate, upgrade for XP & Vista
I went for Windows 7 "Ultimate" edition purely because of the XP features and the many different languages(dictionaries & spellings) which are important to me.. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Izzy
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate, Upgrade Edition for Vista
I have done a few Windows re-installs and upgrades and this was the simplest. I upgraded from Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Ultimate. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. James Whyte
Windows 7 Ultimate upgrade
Top class software exactly as expected from Amazon, swiftly delivered, & with the bonus of a special offer price on Norton 360 making the purchase even better. Read more
Published 11 months ago by JD
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows 7 yea its good Slick & Fast it does everything you would want it has it all if your thinking of getting a new O'S. Then i would recomend this as it is GR8.
Published 11 months ago by J. Doherty
Average Product
I was led to believe that Windows 7 will make our lives - Oh so much easier. mmmmmmm my life is being made American. Certainly not easier with this system. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Markwickman
Wonderful, goodbye Vista! Hello World!
Its heaven, I installed Windows 7 and so far everything is great, I am very happy, its like having a new laptop :) Vista was my worst nightmare and now its over :)
Published 16 months ago by BarbaraF
Windows7 Ultimate Upgrade
I am pleased to say that once again Amazon have been Amazing. The Product is excellent, The Price was most competitive and the delivery free and in reasonable time despite the bad... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mrs. J. Condick
Very easy to upgrade
Decided to upgrade my three year old computer running XP. It has an athalon 64 chip with 4 meg of ram. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Pm Coleman
Worthwhile upgrade
It's true what they say - Windows 7 is much better than Vista or XP.
Shame the upgrade is so expensive but it's undoubtedly a good move. Read more
Shame the upgrade is so expensive but it's undoubtedly a good move. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Dr. D. G. Horobin
Finally!! A Windows OS to be proud of!
I was VERY unsure about going to W7 seeing as I was so frustrated with Vista. I really didn't want to spend my hard cash on another white elephant. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Dusty
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
![[Start the discussion]](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/communities/discussion_boards/start-new-discussion-sec._V192198663_.gif){kind=small}
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
|
