MOST IMPORTANT!: I was able to activate it by phone. It was as expected, sealed and full retail suite. This was exactly the product I was looking for! To future buyers, understand that it will take some effort on your to bring the OS up to SP2 which was required for some of my legacy software. When you buy this remember legacyupdate .net I have loved Vista since it was first released and am really glad to have it back to run all my old software.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
Microsoft take care Ultimate product very well. I upgrade my computer with this software, I did not know what is good or not. But after automatic update from MS web page, it is stable and better performance. I can use many different languages. More hardware driver update than other Windows Viatas. But cannot upgrade from Windows Vista home premium. I don't know others. It is good windows program. I like it better than Win 7 or Win 8.
The desktop on Vista is the best Microsoft ever made. Some things are awkward so you should have your drivers disks for your various hardwares. Back then I always kept a disk and back up copy of my drivers disks. I bought this software not for reliability because it is not known for security, I bought it because it is very pleasant to look at. The drag and drop function is new on this I think.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I required item as backup. I like Vista Ultimate. It depends on your RAMS, Video board and processor. I build systems therefore my view is a bit different thaN someone who loves touch screen and APPS. This is a system for home office that does the job without the fan fair. I never had a problem but I load my programs one at a time to avoid conflicts and rebooted each time that many people do not do because they are in a rush. I really like Win XP for the games that you can not do in the fancy Win 8.1 system. I dual boot my Vista where I am fine.
Fun to have Vista again, even though updates are hard to come by, but I can turn on the other computer and play old software and games
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned