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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Member since:2005-07-06
Is 800 Mhz/512 MB recommended? No
Does it run Vista? Yes
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Hence, MINIMUM requirements.
Well paper is patient.Personally i perceive XP prof is running slow on my AMD64 2.2GHz 1GB RAM raid0 station much less Vista.All those resident programs such as antivirus firewall and so on are a real drag on resources.Disabling the stupid unwelcome system restore feature constant monitoring the HD's does give a slight relieve.So does disbling the Toys R Us theme.
Running a native 64-bit linux OS with running only that what i have choosen to run comes more closely to my expected perception.Even with all bells and whistles turned on the system is more responsive,day in day out.
Quite frankly the minimum Vista specs are rediculous.
The above mentioned system would be a more realistic minimum spec and any dual-core regardless Intel or AMD and 2GB of RAM is recommended.Unless a lot possible experience goes down the drain.
Edited 2006-12-09 12:42
Member since:2005-11-09
Running a native 64-bit linux OS with running only that what i have choosen to run comes more closely to my expected perception.Even with all bells and whistles turned on the system is more responsive,day in day out.
I have made the move to 64-bit XP, and there is no going back. Try for instance to press Windows+E (opens explorer). In XP64 it's instant, in XP32 there's a noticable delay.
Two years from now, 32 bit versions of Vista won't be around - simply because of the memory limitations.
Member since:
2006-01-25
Is 800 Mhz/512 MB recommended? No
Does it run Vista? Yes
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Hence, MINIMUM requirements.