Windows Vista Home Premium

A follow-up to the Windows XP Home edition, the Windows Vista home premium is a robust and stable operating system. There are many who compared the Vista home premium to the Apple Mac OS X 10.4 and were disappointed but for the rest of the users, it is an OS that is packed with several useful Microsoft features.

The hardware requirements is another chink in the armor as installing the Vista home premium in a standard home PC might not be as easy as it was to install Windows 2000/XP. Let’s take a look at the features enabled in the Windows Vista home premium:

Main Features
Windows Vista Ultimate is built with an user Account Control (UAC) security protection, ad hoc recovery and backup, instant search, Windows Media Player 11, Windows Calendar, Windows e-mail client, Internet protocol IPv4 and IPv6 support, IE7 browser, Windows Photo Gallery, performance tuning and self-diagnostics, Firewall, Windows Mobility Center for on-road presentations, Windows Defender anti-spyware, Windows Sync Center for mobiles, Windows Security Center, and peer-to-peer networking.

Requirements
If you are installing Windows Vista home premium on your computer then your computer needs to have the following specifications:

• The processor should be at least 1 GHz
• Your computer should have a minimum of 64 MB of memory
• The graphics card should be DirectX 9 capable GPU with Hardware Pixel Shader v2.0 and WDDM 1.0 driver support
• The capacity of the Hard disk drive (HDD) should be at least 40GB
• The minimum free space on your Hard disk drive (HDD) should be 15GB
• A CD-ROM or DVD drive is a must
• You should have a standard keyboard and a mouse or any other compatible pointing device

Support
Apart from the performance and diagnostic monitors, you will find detailed information in the HELP section. The static FAQ section is a new addition and you can even reach other users of Windows Vista home premium through the Microsoft forum or via direct PC-to-PC help.

Conclusion
There are certain value additions to the Windows Vista home premium edition as compared to the XP home like the built-in Parental Controls, and built-in DVD-burning software but at the same time, Microsoft has excluded Windows Fax and Scan.

Why Buy?
The various individual features of the Windows Vista home premium edition definitely add value to the OS and backed by a stable as well as robust performance, it definitely stands out when compared with most of the Windows OS. The retail price is $239. Perfect for a home PC!