Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit (Full) System Builder DVD 1 Pack Reviews

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   Joseph Ekaitis "author of Collinsfort Village" / February 20, 2012

   139 of 142 people found the following review helpful:

   
   How do-it-yourselfers do Windows, July 10, 2011

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   Joseph Ekaitis “author of Collinsfort Village” (Southern California) –
   
     

   This review is from: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit (Full) System Builder DVD 1 Pack (Software)

   If you’ve reinstalled Windows just once in your life, you’ve learned enough to tackle a full virgin installation of Windows 7 from a system builder DVD. Microsoft has finally created an operating system with so much built-in support and maintenance technology it practically does all the work for you, so if your current Windows XP machine is labeled “Windows Vista Capable” or “Windows 7 Capable,” this is the way to go. Just to be sure, install and run Microsoft’s Upgrade Advisor. If it passes the 64-bit system requirements, order up!

   You can’t upgrade from XP to 7; you have to wipe the drive or partition and perform a clean install, but even an upgrade from Vista to 7 is fraught with peril, so you might as well do the same if you’re running Vista. Just back up your data and find all your application installation software before you begin. Once you activate Windows 7, it’s married to the PC’s system board. You can’t reuse the product key on another machine unless you can convince Microsoft that the previous PC is out of commission. You’re also not eligible for free phone and chat support from Microsoft, but there’s a big enough expert user base that you should be able to solve most problems by joining a few Windows 7 users’ forums. If you’re not building an exotic tricked-out übergamingmaschine with overclocked handmade graphics cards, you shouldn’t have much trouble that will require outside help. Your humble author installed Windows 7 64-bit on a MacBook Pro using Boot Camp. It found our Brother WiFi laser printer and installed the latest drivers and Brother’s printer control center.

   The biggest advantage: you’ll skip all the “enhanced experience” software the likes of Dell, HP and Lenovo cram onto their otherwise zippy machines. After the latest updates install, head off to microsoft dot com slash securityessentials and you’ll get all the virus and malware protection you’ll need absolutely FREE. Pay a visit to your PC maker’s website, let ‘em scan your system and grab all the latest hardware drivers.

   With a system builder DVD, you don’t get both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions. If you should find that 64-bit isn’t right for your machine, don’t fret. Just Google the phrase “legal windows 7 download” and the first match will show you how to create a 32-bit installation DVD that you can activate on the same PC using the product key from the 64-bit DVD. The new installation wipes out the old one and that keeps everything legal.

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   Carl Beatty / February 20, 2012

   59 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

   
   Works well with parallels for Mac, July 15, 2011

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   This review is from: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit (Full) System Builder DVD 1 Pack (Software)

   After much research I decided to go with this OEM version of Windows 7 Professional SP1 to run virtually on my new MacBook Pro running Parallels. The install was flawless and it actually runs very fast on my MacBook. I turned off all accelerators and auto-everything. The main reason I wanted the system set up this way was to be able to run the Windows version of Quicken and Turbo Tax which I’ve been using for more years than I care to recall. I am able to do this concurrent with running OS X, which is very convenient. No conflicts with anything. Great solution to enable a Windows user to switch to Apple and bring essential programs and documents from the Windows environment over to Mac without missing a beat!

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   Philip Wojcikiewicz / February 20, 2012

   43 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

   
   Easy Install, no problem encountered., April 22, 2011

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   Philip Wojcikiewicz (Darien, IL USA) –
   
     

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   This review is from: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit (Full) System Builder DVD 1 Pack (Software)

   I was running Windows XP SP3 prior to this “upgrade”. They call it an upgrade, but it was a full system init and a re-install of all my software. While this is my preferred method for a new operating system, it would have been nice to have the option to upgrade rather than do a new install.

   That being said, the process went smoothly and quickly. From start to finish to get up and running on Windows 7 with SP1 it took about 90 minutes. Now that did not include re-installing my applications, just the basic Windows 7 OS being up and running on my machine.

   I have never used MS support in the past, so I had no reservations about buying an OEM product with no MS support.

   I would recommend this product to anyone that has installed an OS in the past and does not feel they will ever need to us MS for support.

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