Windows Vista is the revolutionary new operating system from Microsoft. Designed to enhance your security and productivity, Microsoft Windows Vista also offers incredible new media features that can make it easy, safe and more fun to use your Mini PC at home or in the office.
Depending on your system's configurations, Windows Vista can provide:
- Great features like Windows Media Center help you manage video, audio and TV all from your PC with a tuner
- New security options such as Parental Controls and integrated Anti-Spyware help protect your family when accessing your personal data or information from the Internet
- New tools such as integrated search help enable you to get work done fast. Windows Vista™ can allow you to easily organize and find your photos, videos, music and documents
- The cool interface of Windows Aero designed to make your computer experience dynamic and fun
Depending on your system configurations and what you would like to do with your PC, there are four options to choose from.
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Microsoft® Windows® Vista Home Basic DVD
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$99.00 |
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Microsoft® Windows® Vista Home Premium DVD
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Microsoft® Windows® Vista Business DVD
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Microsoft® Windows® Vista Ultimate DVD
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Home Basic
Windows Vista Home Basic is ideal for homes with basic computing needs like e-mail, browsing the Internet, and viewing photos. Easy to set up and maintain, it enables you to quickly find what you're looking for on your PC and the Internet, while providing a more secure environment to help protect you from an unpredictable world.
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Home Premium
Windows Vista Home Premium is the preferred edition for home desktop and mobile PCs. It provides a breakthrough design that brings your world into sharper focus while delivering the productivity, entertainment, and security you need from your PC at home or on the go.
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Business
Windows Vista Business is the first edition of Windows designed specifically to meet the needs of small businesses. You'll spend less time on technology support-related issues-so you can spend more time making your business successful. Windows Vista Business is the definitive choice for your business today and tomorrow.
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Ultimate
Windows Vista Ultimate is the choice for those who want to have it all. Easily shift between the worlds of productivity and play with the most complete edition of Windows Vista. Ultimate provides the power, security, and mobility features needed for work, and all the entertainment features that you want for fun.
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Windows Vista Home Premium is the mainstream edition of Windows Vista that helps make finding information, staying connected and interacting with your PC easy and secure. Using, organization and sharing photos, video, TV programs and music can become a part of your everyday life. This edition also includes all of the features available in Windows Vista Home Basic.
Not all Windows Vista™ features are available for use on all Windows Vista Capable PCs. All Windows Vista Capable PCs will run the core experiences of Windows Vista, such as innovations in organizing and finding information, security, and reliability. Some features - like the new Windows® Aero™ user interface - are only available in premium editions of Windows Vista and require advanced or additional hardware.
Which Version is Right for You?
Windows Vista dramatically improves the computing experience of every kind of PC user—from people at home who use their PCs for simple Web browsing, to business people who must organize and act on large volumes of data, to scientists who routinely perform complex mathematical analysis. To make sure that everyone has an offering tailored to meet their specific needs, Microsoft has created multiple versions of Windows Vista:
Windows Vista Home Basic
The operating system for home users with basic computing needs such as surfing the Internet and e-mailing friends and family.
Windows Vista Home Premium
Movies, media center, photos and more. Windows Vista Home Premium is the operating system for home users who want to get the most out of everything Windows Vista has to offer. It will help people use their computer more effectively while enabling them to enjoy new, exciting digital entertainment experiences—all with the benefit of added security and reliability, and improved mobility.
Windows Vista Business
For small- and medium-size businesses, this operating system will help keep PCs running smoothly and more securely so business owners will be less reliant on dedicated IT support. For larger organizations, Windows Vista Business will provide dramatic new infrastructure improvements, enabling IT staff to spend less time focused on day-to-day maintenance and more time adding strategic value to the organization.
Windows Vista Ultimate
The most comprehensive edition of Windows Vista delivers all the features available to both business and home users.
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Windows Ultimate Extras
Stay up to date and get valuable tips, services, and software through Windows Ultimate Extras - available exclusively to customers with Windows Vista Ultimate |
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Install and use any supported language with the Multi-Lingual User Interface (MUI)
Multilingual households or those learning a new language can install as many languages as they want and switch between them as easily as logging on. |
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Get the best data protection available with Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption
BitLocker provides full-volume encryption and boot integrity checking to ensure that the data on your computer stays confidential, even if your PC is lost, stolen, or decommissioned. |
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Enjoy movies, music, photos, and more on your PC or TV with Windows Media Center
With Windows Media Center, your PC becomes the convenient hub for all your home entertainment needs, such as watching live and recorded television, watching DVD movies, listening to your favorite music, sharing your photos with family and friends, and more. |
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Watch and Record Live TV with Windows Media Center
With Windows Media Center, you can watch, pause, or record live TV so that you never miss a moment of your favorite show again. You can also get local TV, cable, and satellite programming information for free right on your PC. |
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Enjoy Windows Media Center on TVs throughout your home
Enjoy your favorite recorded TV, movies, photos, and music on any television or device in your home using your computer as a Media Center and a simple receiver or Microsoft Xbox 360 game console. |
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Windows Movie Maker supports high-definition camcorders
Retain high-definition (HD) quality as you capture, edit, and publish movies from your HD camcorder. |
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Author your own DVD movies with Windows DVD Maker
Easily create professional-looking DVDs complete with transitions and chapters that you can enjoy in your home DVD player. |
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Parental Controls
Parental Controls help parents ensure that their children are using the PC appropriately while keeping them safer online. |
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Run UNIX-based programs on windows with the Subsystem for UNIX-Based Applications
Making your Windows-based workstations more versatile, Subsystems for UNIX-Based Applications (SUA) enables you to run UNIX-based applications on a Windows Vista Ultimate-based computer. |
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Protect confidential files with Encrypting File System
Encrypting File System (EFS) keeps your data secure even on shared computers by encrypting the files of each user. |
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Host your own web site with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Internet Information Services 7.0
Create and manage a secure web site with a built-in Web server: Internet Information Services (ISS) 7.0 |
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Windows Aero offers an elegant, more visually compelling desktop experience
Windows Vista Aero offers an elegant, more visually compelling desktop experience, giving you a greater ability to visualize and work with your information and a smoother, more stable desktop experience. Enhancements include Windows Flip 3D, Glass, and LiveTaskbar Thumbnails. Windows Flip 3D enables you to flip through your open programs in a three-dimensional, stacked view, quickly locating and selecting the one that you want. Glass is a translucent effect to window borders, allowing you to more easily focus on the content of a window rather than on the window interface. Live Taskbar Thumbnails show a smaller version of all your open programs, making it easier to find the window that you want with less toggling and hunting. |
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Windows Tablet Technology
Windows Vista makes using a Tablet PC easier and more efficient than ever before for increased on-the-go productivity with better handwriting recognition and support, improved navigation using a pen, and using flicks and gestures to compete common tasks. |
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New Ways to Organize
Flexible information management tools make it simple to instantly find and view your files any way that you want. |
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Instant Search
Instantly find information on your computer such as documents, e-mail, and media files with Instant Search integrated throughout the operating system. |
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Increased security
With a built-in firewall, Windows Defender, and built-in phishing filters for Windows Mail and Internet Explorer 7, windows vista helps protect your computer against the latest generation of threats, such as worms, phishing, and sypware. |
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Not all Windows Vista features are available for use on all Windows Vista Capable PCs. All Windows Vista Capable PCs will run the core experiences of Windows Vista, such as innovations in organizing and finding information, security, and reliability. Some features available in premium editions of Windows Vista—like the new Windows Aero™ user interface—require advanced or additional hardware.
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