Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 8th Dec 2006 20:57 UTC
A white paper published this morning by hardware analysis firm iSuppli, based on its studies of Microsoft Windows Vista running on multiple grades of computer hardware, has concluded that the software publisher's stated minimum requirements for the system - which include an 800 MHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, and a 35 GB hard drive - may not be nearly enough. "Despite Microsoft's claims that Vista can run on such trailing-edge systems," writes Matthew Wilkins, principal analyst for compute platforms research, "iSuppli believes the reality is quite different."
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I ran Vista on a 1.8 ghz sempron with 256 mb memory....if you were just surfing it was more than fast enough.....and if you were listening to mp3s thru winamp while surfing it was still fine. I do agree though that 800 mhz is a bit too low. I would say the min spec if you are just looking at cpu speed shoul be like 1.5 ghz and memory should be at 512 so that you wont get annoyed by delays. Heck I have a P3 500 with 256 mb of ram running xp and it runs teh snappy! I am sure with a couple gigs of ram in that machine that would run vista fine...maybe not all the grpahics features but then I dont care. It hsould be enough for everyday usage.