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Bulky System Requirements for Windows Vista
unsurreal writes ""A Tech Strategist within Microsoft, Nigel Page, has gone on record to discuss the hardware requirements for Windows Vista, due out next Christmas." The next year is going to be an interesting one as hardware vendors smile towards the shocking new recommended hardware needed for the next generation Windows operating system." From the article: "Graphics: Vista has changed from using the CPU to display bitmaps on the screen to using the GPU to render vectors. This means the entire display model in Vista has changed. To render the screen in the GPU requires an awful lot of memory to do optimally - 256MB is a happy medium, but you'll actually see benefit from more. Microsoft believes that you're going to see the amount of video memory being shipped on cards hurtle up when Vista ships." Coverage available at Tom's Hardware as well, with a semi-transcript at Tech Ed.
A: "wow, that's a sweet rig, where'd you get that?"
B: "It came with my purchase of Windows Vista."
It's kinda like those people that drive with huge-ass spoilers on their tiny cars. Did the car come with the spoiler or did the spoiler come with the car?
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We should be able to run this on our new 6.8Ghz 2TB HD 1TB RAM laptops!
Wouldn't be too hard to write code to redirect all the 3d vector nonsense back into standard GDI calls.
Hey, great, let me know when you're done.
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Erm. Flame rescinded. Running 9 year old software for the fun of it qualifies you for an 'executive' nerd card that precludes all those incredibly nasty flames.
I still want to know whether you're missing functionality while running Vista on the mildly outdated hardware, btw.
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I'm convinced I know the real reason MS needs you to have spiffy video card. We've all pissed clippy off by making fun of him... Now we're gonna log into windows and BAM! 3D clippy. And if he finds open office icons on your desktop hes gonna kick them around like soccer balls so Joe6Pack can't use it... thats my conspiracy theory of the day....
MS Office 2003 - Bittorent - 0$
Every game you can think of - Bittorent - 0$
Total - 0$
Hell, why stop there. Get a brick and a pair sneakers and that Overdrive PC sitting in the shop window is yours. Don't forget to steal a Das Keyboard.
I'm not a Troll, it's reverse psychology.
...that is installing SCO OpenServer 5.0.2 as I type this
And you are worried about being flamed for running MS software?
You create your own reality - Leave mine to me.