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Windows 7 Home Premium to Ultimate Upgrade: Windows
Model number: 39C-00040 SKU: 9493167 product details
Overall Rating: 5 5.0 (1 review)
"Windows XP was the most reliable, fast load time, and used memory wisely until Windows 7. This operating system is reliable and quick load times. I'm selling my copy of Windows Vista on Amazon because"...(read full reviews)
Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard Family Pack: Mac
Model number: MC224Z/A SKU: 9509659 product details
Overall Rating: 4.667 4.7 (3 reviews)
"I have family that use Mac Products and this was a bargan for me instead of buying numerous upgrade discs from another company the family pack fit my needs perfectly and was a good buy. Apple provides"...(read full reviews)
Windows 7 Professional: Windows
Model number: FQC-00129 SKU: 9539378 product details
Overall Rating: 4.5 4.5 (6 reviews)
"i've been running linux almost exclusively for years dual booted with xp. only time i logged into xp was to play games. i still love my linux but win 7 has really impressed me. i am actually enjoying"...(read full reviews)
Windows 7 Ultimate: Windows
Model number: GLC-00182 SKU: 9539396 product details
Overall Rating: 4.5 4.5 (4 reviews)
"So for starters the only, and I mean only, reason I am running Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) now is that my 5 year old laptop died and the new one I bought last month came with Vista Home Pro (I need to"...(read full reviews)
Windows 7 Starter to Home Premium Upgrade: Windows
Model number: 4WC-00040 SKU: 9539403 product details
Overall Rating: 4.5 4.5 (2 reviews)
"There is currently no option to switch to the classic start menu. I have not tried 3rd party software yet. Quicklaunch is still there but you have to search the internet to find it. On my vista"...(read full reviews)
Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard: Mac
Model number: MC223Z/A SKU: 9509686 product details
Overall Rating: 4.478 4.5 (23 reviews)
"Installs easy and makes your mac run even faster. There is no compatability issues."...(read full reviews)
Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade: Windows
Model number: GFC-00020 SKU: 9382697 product details
Overall Rating: 4.393 4.4 (402 reviews)
"Windows 7 is one of the better systems I have used. Log on is faster, I have been using the system for about a month and have not been locked up! It is easy to find what you are looing for! I"...(read full reviews)
Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade Family Pack: Windows
Model number: GFC-00236 SKU: 9493185 product details
Overall Rating: 4.391 4.4 (23 reviews)
"If your computer needs to be reloaded, you must install your previous OS and do the upgrade again. This might be fine for an advanced user who knows how to do a clean install but for a normal user,"...(read full reviews)
Windows 7 Professional Upgrade: Windows
Model number: FQC-00130 SKU: 9382679 product details
Overall Rating: 4.192 4.2 (146 reviews)
"The production release is so fast and you spend much less time watching the hourglass (now the spinning blue circle) than older versions of Windows. It boots up very quickly and the built in error"...(read full reviews)
Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade: Windows
Model number: GLC-00184 SKU: 9508295 product details
Overall Rating: 4.118 4.1 (17 reviews)
"Upgrade from Vista took a couple of hours. Easy to use, easy to learn differences from Vista and XP. Very stable. Not as much intrusion or question from Op System. I am very glad I made the move to"...(read full reviews)
Windows 7 Home Premium: Windows
Model number: GFC-00019 SKU: 9497555 product details
Overall Rating: 3.273 3.3 (11 reviews)
"I was told that W7 would be the end of the cable card compatibility issues and that it was so much more stable than Vista. What a huge disappointment and waste of money. Vista was working better and"...(read full reviews)
Mac Box Set: Mac
Model number: MC209Z/A SKU: 9522572 product details
Overall Rating: 3 3.0 (1 review)
"Every time I tried to install this OS, the computer shut down at the same point in the process. At the end of multiple calls to Apple support, by following their advice, I had attempted and failed to"...(read full reviews)
Windows 7 Home Premium to Professional Upgrade: Windows
Model number: 7KC-00040 SKU: 9493158 product details
Overall Rating: 1 1.0 (1 review)
"I was very upset to find the new laptop which I just purchased required an Intel VT or AMD-V CPU to properly install the XP mode with this program. I already own MS Office XP Professional and did not"...(read full reviews)