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Out of thousands of reviews for 115 products, over 100 people recommended Operating Systems specifically for Disc. These 8 are the most highly recommended products we found.

No 1 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
8 People Recommend
"one of my computers has the elite group p6stp-fl motherboard, and i discovered at microsoft's site (http://testedproducts.windowsmarketplace.com/results.aspx?bcatid=42) that xp won't work with that…"

- Amazon.com User

"the only cd i had was my old windows me reinstall disc that came with my dell (r.i.p.).…"

- Newegg.com User

"price and amazon discount got me a deal i'm very happy with.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 2 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
6 People Recommend
"it's windows (too bad so many games won't work with linux).other thoughts: excellent deal, much better than i've seen in any retail store, including the 'discount' ones like costco/sam's club.…"

- Newegg.com User

"other thoughts: please don't discontinue this os, microsoft, if you do you will lose all your market to linux, i refuse to use vista until it can run with 512 mb of ram!…"

- Newegg.com User

"newegg was nice enough to give me a discount for the suffering and pain when i had to dish out more $$ for a new o/s.…"

- Newegg.com User


No 3 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
6 People Recommend
"bill 64 may grind to a halt and ask you 43 times if you're really super-duper sure that you want to delete a shortcut but when i installed my creative x-fi from the included setup disc (which only…"

- Newegg.com User

"use this i recomend at least 1.5gb ram, an amd processor 2ghz or more with at least 2 cores, a geforce 7 series or later with at least 256mb, and a large hard disc since this does use alot of space!…"

- Newegg.com User

"the only problems i had was my discontinued minolta slide scanner (had to buy third party software) and my old pinnacle studio software (i was going to upgrade anyway).…"

- Newegg.com User


No 4 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
5 People Recommend
"other thoughts: the drivers disc that came with my new laptop also had drivers for windows xp on the same driver reinstallation disc, so there were no issues with that at all.…"

- Newegg.com User

"other thoughts: i bought this disc to install xp onto a vmware fusion virtual machine on my macbook.…"

- Newegg.com User

"which is why i bought this disc... …"

- Newegg.com User


No 5 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
3 People Recommend
"besides connection to other networks you may set sharing and discovery preferences and easily control (and always know who) has access to your files, printers, media, etc.…"

- Amazon.com User

"5.1 sound card which has discontinued support.…"

- Amazon.com User

"cons - user security - ms has not discovered the shades of grey!…"

- Amazon.com User


No 6 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
2 People Recommend
"to get a discount on all four, i would need to buy six.…"

- Pricegrabber.com User

"one of my computers has the elite group p6stp-fl motherboard, and i discovered at microsoft's site (http://testedproducts.windowsmarketplace.com/results.aspx?bcatid=42) that xp won't work with that…"

- Amazon.com User

"price and amazon discount got me a deal i'm very happy with.…"

- Amazon.com User


No 7 Apple Mac OS X V10.3 Full Version
Apple Mac OS X V10.3 Full Version for Mac (10 Client/s) $199 - $250 Compare Prices
  • Full Version
  • Platform: Mac
  • Released over 3 years ago
2 People Recommend
"even more so at its now discounted price (with a new os looming on the horizon).…"

- Amazon.com User

"tiger is a worthwhile upgrade and the amazon discount didn't hurt either.…"

- Amazon.com User

"even more so at its now discounted price (with a new os looming on the horizon). …"

- Amazon.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
2 People Recommend
"i used system resource monitor and watched disk activity and discovered this.…"

- Newegg.com User

"i used system resource monitor and watched disk activity and discovered this. …"

- Newegg.com User

"pros: from disc insertion to desktop took about 15 minutes (way faster than installing xp), found drivers for every component in my system (including 6 usb devices, one of which was my printer) right…"

- n00bxqb at Newegg.com


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