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Out of thousands of reviews for 122 products, over 600 people recommended Operating Systems specifically for Better. These 10 are the most highly recommended products we found.

No 1 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition Full Version OEM
Microsoft Windows  Vista  Home Premium Edition Full Version OEM for PC (1 Computers) $110 - $135 Compare Prices
  • Feature Packed
  • Full Version
  • Platform: PC
  • Released over 2 years ago
57 People Recommend
"well this product is a next gen os its gonna take more hardware than xp macs dont have to worry about upgrading cuz u just throw it away when u wont better preformence…"

- Newegg.com User

"other thoughts: newegg needs a better review sytem to let only users who own the product write the reviews.…"

- Newegg.com User

"still working on support for a lot of programs and games but it gets better with every update released.…"

- Newegg.com User


No 2 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with SP2b Full Version for PC $97 - $230 Compare Prices
  • Full Version
  • Platform: PC
  • Released over 2 years ago
28 People Recommend
"it uses far less resources and has way better compatibility with the programs that i use.…"

- Newegg.com User

"other thoughts: it better then vista right now i think i will wait a year or two to jump on the vista band wagon!…"

- Newegg.com User

"other thoughts: it's still better than vista, but even then that's not saying much.…"

- Newegg.com User


No 3 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition Full Version
Microsoft Windows  Vista  Home Premium Edition Full Version for PC (1 Computers, 1 User/ s) $97 - $285 Compare Prices
  • Full Version
  • Platform: PC
  • Released 1 year ago
26 People Recommend
"win vista is better than win xp and i don't see how people are giving it such a low rating.…"

- Tigerdirect.com User

"prosaero glass is something differnet sided bar flid 3d pictures are alot better the new os still has a long ways to go before it really gets the way the os post to be…"

- Dell.com User

"no problems yet so far and with its better features, most definately worth it.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 4 Microsoft Windows XP Professional 64Bit
 Microsoft Windows XP Professional 64Bit $136 - $165 Compare Prices
  • Released 1 year ago
15 People Recommend
"i just wish there was better support for drivers and from microsoft because this is a great product, just minus an egg for lack of drivers…"

- ME at Newegg.com

"it could do so much more than 3.1 or 3.11, looked better, but the software and hardware wasn't quite up to speed with it.…"

- Dryball at Newegg.com

"doesn't consume resources like vista (500mb ram is fine, but 1gb is noticeably better).…"

- Newegg.com User


No 5 Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition with SP2b Full Version for PC $132 - $419 Compare Prices
  • Full Version
  • Platform: PC
  • Released over 3 years ago
13 People Recommend
"oem packaging had everything needed and no problems at all so far.cons: as others have stated, it's windows (too bad so many games won't work with linux).other thoughts: excellent deal, much better…"

- Newegg.com User

"runs stable with a fat file system but just use ntfs for ease and well better stability.…"

- Newegg.com User

"i probably will get vista 64-bit with my next build, but not until it's working better.…"

- Newegg.com User


No 6 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition English
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition English W/SP2 Upgrade Upgrade Version for PC $86 - $110 Compare Prices
  • Upgrade Version
  • Platform: PC
  • Released over 3 years ago
13 People Recommend
"don't even consider this os unless you have at least 256mb of memory, and preferrably 512mb or more, it devours memory, the more the better (i run 2gb myself).…"

- Pricegrabber.com User

"i found switching to xp home edition a snap and it works great--much better than when i had windows me.…"

- Circuitcity.com User

"it comes with wmp 9, but i recommend using the 7.1 version, it's much better.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 7 Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 Upgrade Version for PC $140 - $219 Compare Prices
  • Upgrade Version
  • Platform: PC
  • Released over 3 years ago
10 People Recommend
"(i've installed os for more than 20 years, i've seen it getting better and easier all the time).…"

- Pricegrabber.com User

"i sadly bout a copy of window xp-pro installed it, and it booted up in 34 second a lot faster because it had the newest technology that worked with my 64 bit cpu better, but i did not like the xp…"

- Pricegrabber.com User

"windows xp is better than windows 2000 in many ways, so if you have 2000, you should definitely upgrade to xp.…"

- Softwaremedia.com User


No 8 Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition Full Version OEM
Microsoft Windows  Vista  Business Edition Full Version OEM for PC $100 - $199 Compare Prices
  • Full Version
  • Platform: PC
  • Released over 2 years ago
7 People Recommend
"support for modern and future hardware is incomparably better than xp's aging architecture.…"

- Newegg.com User

"the x64 version is more secure because of a better kernal and because fewer viruses are designed for 64-bit systems.…"

- Amazon.com User

"this os is not as bad as everybody makes it out to be adn will only continue to get better.…"

- Mwave.com User


No 9 Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Full Version
Microsoft Windows Vista  Ultimate Full Version for PC $158 - $346 Compare Prices
  • Full Version
  • Platform: PC
  • Released over 2 years ago
7 People Recommend
"runs alot better and is more secure then xp.…"

- A Customer from Chesapeake, va at Buy.com

"it seems ironic that your 20-year-old vcr might serve you better when it comes to recording television than your brand new vista pc's media center would.…"

- Amazon.com User

"vista is not perfect, but it is much better, you can turn off the security feature and give yourself full admin rights if you wish (read microsoft's web site).…"

- Amazon.com User


No 10 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2 Full Version OEM
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2 Full Version OEM for PC $90 - $102 Compare Prices
  • Full Version
  • Platform: PC
  • Released over 3 years ago
6 People Recommend
"it comes with wmp 9, but i recommend using the 7.1 version, it's much better.…"

- Amazon.com User

"xp is a great home os, much better than what you have today!…"

- Amazon.com User

"if you want to upgrade to bigger and better things then get this.…"

- Amazon.com User


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