Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM

Pros: Fast delivery, fair price, and it works. Loading onto upgraded computer since old Windows 7disk was destroyed.

Cons: None

Pros: None

Cons: Didnt even install windows after 20 attempts disabling stuff in bios and taking ram sticks out i decided to call microsoft. i was then told i had a bad disc :/

Pros: To all those confused with activation, please see my "other thoughts."

Like many have said, if you need to modernize, this is the only stable version of Windows since XP Sp2. Personally, the switch over was cake. I enjoyed win 2000 for a long time, eventually went with XP, (avoiding ME and Vista), and now run a mix of XP and 7. Make sure you get 7 pro or higher, so you get all the functionality of networking and emulating XP. Windows 8 is tanking and worthless in a non tablet / touchscreen environment. Don't fret too much though, if you are forced into windows 8, as long as you have pro, you can always freely exercise downgrade rights to get back into windows 7 Pro. Every so often Newegg has a 20$ off code, which really makes it a more reasonable deal.

Cons: Its expensive in my opinion. They make too many versions and the average user gets in trouble not knowing what they are getting at the store (which is always "home" versions) which then you have to upgrade to get alot of domain / networking functionality.

Other Thoughts: Its OEM people. Newegg isn't pulling your chain. Microsoft isn't out to personally mess you up. Not specifically anyway. OEM is designed to be cheaper, because its meant to be installed in a fresh system that is being sold to someone else. To get around these requirements all you need to do is "prove" you purchased it with a new system. MEANING: Buy a stick of RAM or a Hard Drive with your OEM purchase and you are golden according to Microsoft. This is not meant to be used for a preexisting system and/or an upgrade from another OS. That being said, it will allow you to install as an upgrade (doing a full wipe/install) and will license just fine. To all those having problems, you are doing it wrong. Install this on a freshly formatted drive and you will have zero issues activating it.

This version can not (legally) be transferred to another system. If you want a copy of windows that you can basically do whatever you want to with it, you need to get the "RETAIL" version; which is usually at least $50 more. I don't like these practices by Microsoft, but its how they have been doing it for the last 10 years, a little late to blame them or Newegg for not understanding what OEM is and how to properly use OEM products...

Pros: i should stock up on windows 7 oem keys before they stop selling them!

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: the last truly stable version since 2000/XP SP2.

Pros: buying this saved me time from having to develop my own OS, which is good because all I do is look at cat photos on the internet.

Cons: not as transparent as other windows, hard to hang curtains from

Other Thoughts: win 7 price goes up after 8 comes out?

Pros: It's Windows 7 and is a stable OS.

Cons: Be careful about licensing here. You're only acquiring an OEM system builder license. This product will NOT grant you a license if you are building a system for your personal use. In other words, if you install this on a computer for your personal use you may be able to activate the OS, but if push comes to shove Microsoft will not recognize your OS as a legally licensed OS. As another user has written, Newegg's OEM return policy will not allow you to get a refund, so be careful before deciding to purchase this version of Windows 7. (Note that Microsoft will allow you to use the OEM system builder version of Windows 8 on a personal use machine. It's apparently one of their ways of trying to encourage migration.)

Newegg really should highlight that fact in the product description. A lot of people are probably getting unlicensed installations of Windows 7 via this particular product.

Pros: Its an OS! What can i really say? Installation worked out fine and dandy. Product key was included and lets me use every single bit of RAM that i have installed :3 Well worth it if you're using a PC built for speed and performance. Also, Everyone that's complaining about This copy being slow or whatever... Your PC runs just as well as its built.

Cons: Doesn't include photon lasers and Plutonium. I'll get over it though.

Other Thoughts: Buy it. Do it ...

Pros: point and click
Bettern than Windows 8 nonsense
WOW64 ( x86 emulation)

Cons: It's windows. Microsoft feels the need to change/modify existing RFC standards. DirectX is a joke as OpenGL is more robust.
Most exploited bloatware in the world.

Other Thoughts: Better get this before everything goes to Windows 8 and it's no longer available. Linux is beginning to gain ground in the gaming industry tyhankfully. Hopefully I can permanantly switch soon as Win8 is designed to be more touch screen than anything else.

Pros: This is what people want from an OS. It just works, and doesn't waste huge amounts of resources on meaningless background tasks (*cough* Vista *cough*).

Even if you're not a Windows person at all (me), it's reasonably easy to fumble around until you find what you need. It was also very easy to put cygwin and VMs on this so I could have my cake and eat it too.

Cons: I really really really really wish powershell was more *nixy, and had utilities like grep, sed, ssh, etc. But we can't have everything can we. That's what cygwin is for.

Other Thoughts: Nice work, Microsoft!
signed: a critic

Pros: nothing really to say it's microsoft windows

Cons: We have no choice I like Windows 7 so far better than win 8 so ..