Reasons to buy

Record TV on your PC: Watch, pause, rewind, and record TV, movies, and other video content with Windows Media Center, updated to manage a single TV guide containing both standard and digital high definition TV shows. Personalize your desktop: Easily change backgrounds, window colors, and sounds to reflect your personal style. You can even turn your desktop into a slide show of your favorite photos. Enjoy better Web browsing with Internet Explorer 8: Get impressive new features such as Web Slices, which lets you track information such as auction items, sports scores, and weather reports without revisiting a site. Access recently used files with just two clicks: Right-click the relevant program icon (such as Word) on your taskbar and Jump List will show your most recent, frequently used, and pinned Word documents.

Stream music files on any network-connected device: Just open Windows Media Player, right-click on what you'd like to hear, select Play To, and you'll see a list of devices and PCs on which you can play your music. Find virtually anything on your PC – from documents to photos to e-mail: Just click on the Start button, and enter a word or few letters in the name or file you want into the search box, and you’ll get an organized list of results. Share files across the various PCs in your home: Use HomeGroup to connect your PCs running Windows 7 to a single printer. Specify exactly what you want to share from each PC with all the PCs in the HomeGroup. Pin any program to the taskbar: Any program is always just a click away – and you can rearrange the icons on the taskbar just by clicking and dragging.

Windows 7 Home Premium system requirements

• 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 2 GB of system memory
• 40 GB hard drive with at least 20 GB of available space
• Support for DirectX 9 graphics with:
  • WDDM Driver
  • Graphics card with 128MB memory (minimum)
  • Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware
  • 32 bits per pixel
• DVD-ROM drive
• Audio Output
• Internet access (fees may apply)

Additional requirements to use certain features

• TV tuner card required for TV functionality (compatible remote control optional)

Please note: This is an OEM software which can only be purchased along with a new computer or motherboard.