Vista System Requirements Released
Thu May 18, 2006 4:14PM EDT
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Are you ready for Vista? OK, how about your computer: Is it ready?
Microsoft today launched its GetReady site, which includes among the pictures of super-happy Windows users, the minimum requirements for running Vista.
The bare minimum specs are:
However, that's just to run Vista in any fashion. If you want to run Aero, the snazzy new desktop system (aka "Premium Ready"), you'll ned the following:
That's a pretty meaty system (most notably, having 1GB of RAM is still quite rare). Some estimates today say that one-third or fewer of all computers in use today will be able to run Vista.
Adding to the fracas, Ars Technica weighs in with its opinion on all of this, noting again that "minimum" means exactly that, saying, "If you have a PC with a 1GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, and a 128MB DirectX 9.0-compliant video card... you'd be insane to install Windows Vista." The site's recommendations? 2.5GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM (though 2GB is preferred), and a lot of patience.
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2 Posted by audiomanz on Thu Sep 3, 2009 2:59PM EDT Report Abuse
personally i`ve used the beta version of vist 5270 i believe and quite honestly it ran smoother than xp did.the specs on my computer at the time was a 2.17 gigahertz amd xp 512 or kingston ram 100 gigabyte sata a dvd burner and a gigabyte 9600 xt video card 128 mb. aero wroked great the 3d desktop was flawless and very rarely i had anything go wrong accept for the occasional driver issue instalation was expected to be about 2.5 to 3 hours it only took an hour with my system specs.so for all you people out there thinking of switching to vista from my personal experience i say go for it you may need to upgrade a little but its worth it especially with all the new perks that come in the new version!
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3 Posted by zemran on Thu Sep 3, 2009 11:00PM EDT Report Abuse
I think it is time to switch back to W2K for the games as it was a tad faster and I have now switched to Linux, Firefox, Evolution and Open Office for the web and work. I cannot see the point in changing again as everytime I upgrade to a new version of windows I end up paying for a big headache. I have started to look at Cedega to get the Windows games to run under Linux and I am sure that within a few months I can be Windows free.
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1 Posted by shakir_khawaja on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:16PM EDT Report Abuse
How many people will be upgrading to Windows Vista at home if their current operating system works just the way they like it? The only people upgrading to Vista will most likely be individuals and companies purchasing new computer systems - and most likely the license upgrade path will be a lower cost alternative to companies when they are faced with renewals. It's a cycle repeated every few years - upgrade the OS then upgrade the Office then upgrade the OS and so upgrade the Office - and of course the third party software developers have to follow suit - Vista better be worth all that hardware to run or the revolt will be much greater than before.