Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate |  | From: Microsoft Software
List Price: $319.99
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Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 36
Format: DVD-ROM
Platform: Windows 7
Media: DVD-ROM
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Batteries Included: No
Operating System: 131
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 1.2
MPN: GLC-00182
Model: GLC-00182
UPC: 882224885638
EAN: 0882224885638
ASIN: B002DHGMVY
Release Date: October 22, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | (Includes 32 & 64-bit versions) Combines remarkable ease-of-use with the entertainment features of Home Premium and the business capabilities of Professional--get it all with with Windows 7 Ultimate | | • | Make the things you do every day easier with improved desktop navigation; start programs faster and more easily, and quickly find the documents you use most often | | • | Run many Windows XP productivity programs in Windows XP Mode; watch, pause, rewind, and record TV on your PC | | • | Easily create a home network and connect your PCs to a printer with HomeGroup; connect to company networks easily and more securely with Domain Join | | • | Recover your data easily with automatic backup to your home and business network; help protect data on your PC and portable storage devices against loss or theft with BitLocker |
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Product Description
With Microsoft Windows 7 Operating System Software Ultimate, you'll be able to run many Windows XP productivity programs in Windows XP mode* and recover your data easily with automatic back-ups to your home or business network. You'll be able to connect to company networks easily and more securely with Domain Join. And with entertainment features like Windows Media Center, it's great for home as well as for business.
Amazon.com Product Description
Windows 7 Ultimate is the most versatile and powerful edition of Windows 7. It combines remarkable ease-of-use with the entertainment features of Home Premium and the business capabilities of Professional, including the ability to run many Windows XP productivity programs in Windows XP Mode. For added security, you can encrypt your data with BitLocker and BitLocker To Go. And for extra flexibility, you can work in any of 35 languages. Get it all with Windows 7 Ultimate.  More work, more play, and more of everything in between. Click to enlarge. |  Manage lots of open programs, documents, and browser windows easily with thumbnail and full-screen previews of open windows. Click to enlarge. |  With Snap you can arrange two windows side-by-side just by dragging them to opposite sides of your screen. Click to enlarge. |  Open files you use regularly in just two clicks with Jump Lists on the improved taskbar. | Designed for people who want it all Easiest Windows to use ever
- Simplify your PC with new navigation features like Aero Shake, Jump Lists, and Snap.
- Customize Windows to look and feel the way you like by changing themes and taskbar programs.
- Easy to network (with or without a server).
- Back up your complete system over a network.
- Help protect data on your PC or portable storage device against loss or theft with BitLocker.
Faster and more flexible
- Designed to make your PC sleep and resume quicker.
- Takes full advantage of 64-bit PC hardware and memory.
- Windows XP Mode gives you the business flexibility you need.
- Switch between any of 35 languages.
Best PC entertainment experience
- Watch, pause, rewind, and record TV with Windows Media Center.
- Blu-ray read/write support for data files.
- Includes integrated video and Dolby audio codecs.
Simplifies Everyday Tasks Simple to use Preview
Manage lots of open programs, documents, and browser windows easily with thumbnail and full-screen previews of open windows. Pin
Open files and get around your PC faster with the improved taskbar. You can easily pin programs you use often to the taskbar and launch them in just one click.  Windows 7 lets you peek behind open windows to get a quick look at your desktop. Click to enlarge. |  Instantly locate and open virtually any file on your PC right from the Start menu with Windows Search. Click to enlarge. |  Turn your PC into a TV with Windows Media Center, and enjoy your favorite videos and music with Windows Media Player. Click to enlarge. | Jump Lists
Open files you use regularly in just two clicks with Jump Lists on the improved taskbar. Snap
Windows 7 has simple new ways to manage open windows. For example, with Snap you can arrange two windows side-by-side just by dragging them to opposite sides of your screen. Peek and Shake
Windows 7 lets you peek behind open windows to get a quick look at your desktop. Windows Search
Instantly locate and open virtually any file on your PC, from documents to emails to songs, right from the Start menu, with Windows Search. Easy to connect  Setting up wireless connections is easier with consistent, one-click connections to available networks. Click to enlarge. |  Enjoy the photos, music, and videos on your home PC when you're away from home with remote media streaming. Click to enlarge. |  Windows Touch makes PCs with touch screens easier and more intuitive to use. Click to enlarge. |  Manage Backup and Restore and other features through Action Center. Click to enlarge. |  Search, organize, and edit files across a network in the same way you would a single folder.Click to enlarge. | Wireless setup
With Windows 7, setting up wireless connections is easier with consistent, one-click connections to available networks, whether those networks are based on Wi-Fi, mobile broadband, dial-up, or corporate VPN. HomeGroup
Connect Windows 7 PCs on a home network in just four clicks and easily get to the photos, music, and files on each one--even share printers--with HomeGroup. Easy to browse the web Internet Explorer 8
Visual search helps you quickly find the information you want by adding visual cues and previews to search results from top search providers including Live Search, Wikipedia, Yahoo, Amazon, and others. Internet Explorer 8
Use Web slices to conveniently keep up with changes on frequently updated websites, like eBay auctions or traffic sites, directly from the IE8 toolbar. Easy to communicate and share Windows Live Photo Gallery
Windows Live Photo Gallery makes share your photos to your favorite photo site easy. Windows Live Mail
Windows Live Mail makes managing multiple email accounts easy. Windows Live Family Safety
Keep your child safe by managing what sites they can visit and who they can send/receive emails and im communications from. Note: Windows Live components need to be downloaded separately. Works The Way You Want Faster and More Reliable Resume from sleep
We designed Windows 7 to help PCs sleep and resume from sleep more quickly by improving the way Windows 7 manages drivers, programs, and power. Faster and more reliable
We reduced the amount of memory your PC needs for open windows and to execute commands to help it be more responsive to commands. Fewer clicks and less interruptions
Makes New Things Possible Media on your terms Windows Media Center
Turn your PC into a TV with Windows Media Center. Windows Media Center
Watch shows for free when and where you want with Internet TV. DirectX 11
DirectX 11 technology delivers breathtaking game graphics so real, it's unreal. New ways to engage Windows Touch
Windows Touch makes PCs with touch screens easier and more intuitive to use. Media on your terms Windows Media Player
More and more consumer electronics, from TVs to digital photo frames, can be connected to home networks. With Play To in Windows 7, you'll be able to easily send music, photos, videos from your PC to a networked device throughout your home. You can enjoy the photos, music, and videos on your home PC when you're away from home with remote media streaming. Work anywhere Location Aware Printing
Windows 7 will automatically pick the right printer for you when you move from home to work networks. Work anywhere with less effort. - Get connected in three clicks wherever there's a wireless network connection.
- Keep documents on your PC and on network servers in sync automatically.
- Your PC will automatically use the printer you prefer for whatever network you're on.
- Simplify making presentations special settings that keep your PC from sleeping and turn off messages, notifications, and screen savers.
- Instantly locate virtually any file, email, or document on your PC just by typing a word or two.
- Get around your PC faster with the improved taskbar.
- Open programs you use regularly in one click and files you use regularly in just two.
- Manage lots of open programs, documents, and browser windows easily with thumbnail and full-screen previews of open windows.
- Manage multiple email accounts, including Hotmail, Gmail, AOL, and Yahoo! Mail Plus, all in one place with one simple program.
- Get to the files, photos, and music on any PC with Windows 7 in the house from any other.
- Print to any printer in the house from any PC with Windows 7 in the house.
Safeguard your hard work. - Advanced Backup and Restore makes it easier to keep your work safely backed up to external or network drives and accessible if you need it.
- File encryption helps keep proprietary and confidential information on a PC secure if it is lost or stolen.
- Preserve your investment in programs designed for Windows XP with Windows XP Mode.
- Windows Internet Explorer 8 helps keep your PC safer from malware and you safer from fraudulent websites designed to fool you into divulging private information.
- Easily add your PC to a secured, managed, network with domain join capabilities.
- Group policy controls help administrators more easily and effectively manage the security and configuration of multiple PCs.
Choose the Windows 7 Edition That Is Best For You
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7 is Good, Ultimate is Not Always Necessary November 19, 2009
Pyanfar Chanur (USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you're looking at the full version of Windows 7 Ultimate, chances are it's for one of these reasons:
1) You are migrating your settings and/or programs from a Vista Ultimate machine to a new machine and don't want to lose them
2) You want BitLocker hardware-level encryption (and you'll need to have hardware that supports it)
3) You speak multiple languages and need to easily switch from one to the other
4) You have a new machine and are planning on installing the OS from scratch: this is the most common reason to buy the full version.
If you are planning on upgrading an existing machine, you no longer have to purchase the full version of a Windows OS to have the ability to format and install clean: Windows 7 (and Vista, actually) will allow you to use the Upgrade edition to cleanly install the new OS.
Unlike Vista Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate doesn't offer DreamScenes or any other eye candy different from its cousins Home and Pro. In fact, if you were a fan of the Windows Vista DreamScenes, you should know that you will be losing them when you step up to Windows 7.
What you gain in Windows 7 Ultimate over Pro is BitLocker drive encryption and support for multiple languages (beyond the previous functionality of the Language Bar in Vista and XP).
Compared to Windows 7 Home, you also gain DomainJoin (which makes connecting to corporate networks easier), an automated system backup tool, and "Windows XP Mode", which is a step beyond the "XP Compatibility Mode" seen in Vista. These three features are also available in Windows 7 Professional.
You should know before purchasing Windows 7 Ultimate that if you are wanting to use "XP Mode" your hardware will need to support "Virtualization Technology". Similarly, if you are looking at the Ultimate-exclusive "BitLocker" Drive Encryption feature, this will only work if your hardware contains a Trusted Platform Module (TPM)--a specific piece of hardware that is required for BitLocker to be enabled. The Microsoft website explains this in further detail.
PLANNING
If you really want to be thorough about your install of Windows 7 Ultimate, you should stop by the Microsoft site and look for the "Windows 7 Compatibility Center." This web site will let you look up programs and hardware and confirm that they are compatible with Windows 7 Ultimate (or if not, whether there is a workaround). I strongly recommend you take the time to do this. The Compatibility Center also indicates whether it is telling you about 32-bit compatibility versus 64-bit compatibility: keep an eye on the page to be sure you're looking at the right thing. Windows 7 ships with discs for both 32 and 64-bit editions in each package, so choosing which version to install is no longer a difficult buying decision: it's as simple as pulling out the disc you want.
You may also find that some devices are "kind of" not compatible: for example, my Creative Sound Blaster Audigy sound card is "kind of" not compatible: the software to manage the sound card is not compatible because it is no longer needed...and support for the sound card itself is native to Windows 7. What that means is, I didn't need to reinstall any Creative software; the sound card came up automatically when I installed Windows 7 because Windows 7 had its own software to support it. When in doubt, stop by the manufacturer's website to confirm your suspicions.
You may also see devices that are absolutely not compatible with Windows 7. If you need this hardware, make sure (via the manufacturer's website and/or support forums) if it's supported natively by 7 (like my sound card) or if there are any workarounds to get it to work.
INSTALLING
If you are taking programs and settings from an old machine and wish to carry them over to a new machine that you are purchasing the full version of Windows 7 for, there are some very useful tools to help you:
Do you just want to carry over your user accounts and settings? Microsoft makes a program called Windows Easy Transfer that's already in Vista (and XP users can download it from Microsoft) that will export your accounts and settings and let you import them back again on the new machine. It's very easy to use and does a good job of putting your accounts back together again, even when going from XP to 7.
Do you have programs that you want to bring to the new machine, but don't want to reinstall? Laplink has an offer both here at Amazon (as a boxed product or digital download) and through their website. The product is called "Laplink PC Mover Windows 7 Upgrade Assistant", and it will let you use a special version of their program "PC Mover" to migrate one machine one time. Read the documentation in detail. I have used it successfully on the 32-bit platform, but I cannot verify that this will work for anyone migrating from 32-bit to 64-bit.
If you are migrating from 32-bit to 64-bit with the full version of Windows 7, I highly recommend you take the time to manually re-install your programs. You can still use Easy Transfer to carry over user accounts and settings, but 64-bit operating systems make decisions about how to run 32-bit applications, and this is easier done when the application is installed directly on the 64-bit OS instead of migrated from a 32-bit installation. I realize this is the harder path, but it will probably save you compatibility headaches down the road.
ABOUT WINDOWS 7
So what are some of the things Microsoft doesn't tell you in the description above?
Windows 7 isn't just "fixed Vista": it's a full overhaul of Windows based on a ton of feedback collected directly from Beta and RC 1 users (of which I was one--I let them have an earful and I think they actually listened)
Windows 7 does things drastically different from XP in that, like Vista, it does a lot of the eye candy in a smoother way. XP and earlier used to send graphics work through your processor before it would get to your video card...now, it bypasses the processor and goes straight to the video, clearing up what was a pretty substantial bottleneck. This system was imperfect (to say the least!) in Vista, but it's been improved here, particularly in the area of being compatible with older games.
Windows 7 is trying to slowly "trim the fat" we normally have to put up with by making itself more compatible with other devices. Where you typically have to install a new device by running the manufacturer's setup disc, installing a bunch of junk and tray icons, and etc., Microsoft is making native support more common. My sound card is a good example of this: where I used to need about 5 or 6 "helper" programs that would drain my performance and occasionally annoy me, now it's just using the drivers that came with the installation of 7.
New Operating Systems are always a bumpy road: your journey might not be as easy as others. However, compared to previous Windows releases, Windows 7 is a substantial improvement, and I'm pleased to say that I haven't been burned by 7 like I was with Vista (and Windows Me--agh, the horror, the horror). If you just want to get yourself onto the 7 platform and don't need a lot of customization, Windows 7 Home will be enough for you. If you need more for your work environment (or you are building a workplace environment), then 7 Pro is the way to go. If you regularly work in multiple languages and/or want to have BitLocker drive encryption (and your hardware supports it!), then Ultimate is for you. Otherwise, it really isn't 100% necessary to install the full version of Windows Ultimate: you might consider either Professional or Home Premium.
 Horrible, ugly, harder to use that Vista November 17, 2009
Daniel J. Knight (Albuquerque, NM)
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
HELLO, why can't you make the taskbar show behind windows? Why is there no quick launch, why was MSPaint turned into a confusing cluttered mess? Why is that annoying user account control garbage still there to annoy the hell out of everyone whenever they want to install a program? Why the hell is the network manager so stupid: you're forced to view it in the corn of ur screen when trying to access it, and forced to watch it try to connect to a single connection instead of being allowed to try and switch it on the fly. I CAN'T BELIEVE VISTA IS BETTER THAN THIS THING. IT'S INSANE!
The only noticeable improvement is the SDHC scanning speed and auto-finding of drivers for your laptop/PC, but Vista can do that too. Well I'm not going to use Linux, it's nerdware, and will probably go back to Vista, ironically. I don't, like most other people, how a company that is worth and makes billions, can't come out with an OS, and GUI, after getting tons of complaints about Vista, that doesn't anger the majority. If we want to be angry we can all just go to Linux, ok Microsoft? At least linux, apple and microsoft aren't the only alternative os', I'll keep searching for something better that isn't stuck the way it is because of companies that are paranoid about showing their source to anyone.
Better than Vista November 13, 2009
O. Medeiros
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Definitely has all the fixes from Vista headaches and not to mention speeds up/shut down faster than Vista.
 Best Yet November 13, 2009
Wyatt Earp (Seattle, WA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I upgraded from xp pro 64 bit. I did a clean install (32 bit) on an empty HD. I followed the directions and it installed without a hitch. It was surprisingly fast compared with older versions. No problems finding drivers. The only problem I am having is finding a compatable remote control for Media Center. It appears that some hardware vendors are still gearing up. If I had to do it over I definitly would.
By far the best Windows OS November 13, 2009
Otoniel Canuz (USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've been using Microsoft since Windows 98. I've had my experience on 98SE, ME, 2000, XP Pro, and Vista Ultimate. Now I use Windows 7 64-bit and installed XP Mode (Custom built PC) and so far everything runs smooth. It loads quickly, but the only thing (the reason why I didn't give it a 5 star) that it doesn't come with Dreamscene or Microsoft doesn't give you the option to download it as an extra like on Vista Ultimate. I know it's not a necessity, but I wonder why they took it off. Another thing, but not a big deal, is the login screen background. I wish I could change it without buying additional software (I like Vista better). Overall, by far the best OS I've bought.
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