Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 28th Dec 2005 13:18 UTC
Microsoft has published a set of guidelines on which decisions to make now, so that your computer will be ready to run Windows Vista. They claim that any mid-range AMD or Intel processor will do, and even low-end ones will pack enough power to run Vista. 512 MBRAM is advised, but for more advanced users, 1GB is recommended. As for graphics card: "If you are building or buying PC today, you probably want to avoid the low end of the current GPU range and make sure you get a GPU that supports DirectX 9 and has at least 64 MB of graphics memory." My take: I can confirm that the Windows Vista December CTP, with all the effects turned on, runs more than fine on my aging AMD Athlon XP 1600+, 512MB SD-RAM, Ati Radeon 9000 128MB DDR-RAM (DirectX 8 compatible card, so not a DX9 card). Just so you know.
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2005-12-15
I run Build 5270 on MS Virtual Server 2005 R2. This means:
Guest (virtual) Hardware:
P4 2.8GHz (capped at 25% of host machine capacity)
512MB RAM
S3 Trio32/64 with 4MB RAM < !!!
IDE
Host (real) Hardware:
P4 2.8GhZ
2GB RAM
Intel 82865G Video Controller with 96MB RAM
IDE (Ultra ATA)
Obviously, I cannot run Aero glass. I set my visual settings to 'best performance' and 32bit (which I do for every virtualized OS I run) and run the new standard Vista desktop shell, not Classic, at 1024x768. Works fine and dandy. And again, this is non-optimzed code at this point, as it's not RTM, so it should be even snappier at release as all OS betas are.
Edited 2005-12-28 15:54