Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 18th May 2006 21:09 UTC
As expected, the software giant on May 18 unveiled its Windows Vista Get Ready Web site, along with a set of minimum PC hardware guidelines for Vista Capable PCs - which call for at least an 800MHz processor, 512MB of RAM and a DirectX 9-capable graphics processor, but ask for more for those who seek to use all of Vista's features - and a Windows Upgrade Advisor application as part of a campaign to prepare people. on a related note, the WinFS team whetted the appetites of advocates of Microsoft's next-generation file system by sharing information on plans for a new, Microsoft-developed application for WinFS, code-named "Project Orange".
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I just don't understand the DX9 requirement. There's a lot of laptops with integrated graphics that do not support DX9. And a lot of people with a bit older desktop PCs without dx9 compliant cards.
A DX9 GPU is only required if you want to run Aero Glass. Vista itself does not reguire a DX9 GPU. You can use a standard VGA card and it will work in a mode similar to Win2k or XP's GUI.
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2006-02-15
I just recently got a 733mhz P3 with 384mb ram and bought an ATI Radeon 9100 128mb for about 15e. I installed (with way too much hassle, btw) Win2k on it, and Gentoo and SuSE 10.1. As usual, I just installed firewall under win2k and no antivirus, and it feels snappy enough. But both Gentoo and SuSE seem to perform atleast just as well, if not better, and they look considerably better and have more functionality. Having a lot of apps open, like f.ex Firefox with 7 tabs and Gimp, the Linux installations fair better. Mostly due to their better memory management. I'll have to try Xgl soon, too. I just don't understand the DX9 requirement. There's a lot of laptops with integrated graphics that do not support DX9. And a lot of people with a bit older desktop PCs without dx9 compliant cards.