Windows Vista Home Premium

A quick look: Windows Vista Home Premium is an entertainment-oriented operating system designed for home users.

Vista^® Home Premium Edition is the edition of Vista designed for home users that don't need the networking and mobility features of Business or Ultimate, but want to take advantage of the entertainment features included. Comparable to Windows XP Media Center, Vista Home Premium offers features for sharing media and organizing and editing your photos and videos, in addition to common Vista features like a new visual interface, and more powerful searching capabilities. For all this and more, consider purchasing Windows Vista Ultimate.

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• The Vista Experience
  Vista Home Premium includes the Aero^® interface, with elegant features like transparent windows and Flip 3D navigation. Instant Search helps you find documents and files on your computer more quickly, and either your desktop or the Windows Sidebar can run small programs called gadgets which display live information like weather or news.
   
• Data and computer security
  Vista Home Premium contains security features like Windows Defender to help keep your system spyware-free and your private data private. Many computer users underestimate the importance of backing up data, which is why Home Premium can schedule automatic backups of your important files and settings. Additionally, it offers customizable parental controls to help keep your children safer online.
   
• Entertainment features
  Vista Home Premium includes the Windows Media Center, which acts as the central manager of your digital photos, videos, and music. Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Movie Maker let you organize, edit, and share photos and videos. You can even connect to other devices on your home network like an Xbox^® 360 and share media files.
   

• Hard Drive Space: 15 GB (40 GB drive size recommended)
• Processor Type: 32-bit (x86)
• Processor Speed: 800 MHz (1 GHz recommended)
• RAM: 512 MB (1 GB recommended)
• Graphics: Microsoft DirectX^® 9 support, WDDM driver, 128 MB (min) of VRAM, Pixel shader 2.0 hardware, 32-bit color
• Other: DVD-ROM drive, internet access
• Note: Your system must meet or exceed the recommended requirements to gain access to advanced features.