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One In Two PCs Won't Run Vista's Interface

ThinSkin writes "While integrated graphics seem to handle Windows XP and 2000 just fine, they won't be able to handle Vista's 3D 'Aero Glass' compositor, which will prevent roughly half of all PCs from running Microsoft's new OS. Performance class cards that can handle DirectX 9.0c are up for the challenge." From the article: "After years of delays and several feature revisions, one of Vista's main selling points is the Aero Glass interface. However, as Peddie notes, users already have the ability to start constructing a PC that should be Vista-ready before the OS even ships. Microsoft also said this week that it would reserve its Halo 2 videogame for Vista."

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  1. One In Two PCs Won't Run Vista's Interface by Saiyine · · Score: 4, Funny


    One In Two PCs Won't Run Vista's Interface

    That's nothing, zero out of my three PC's will!

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  2. One in Two PCs won't run Vista.... by malraid · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...because by the time it's released, those computers will be in a landfill!!

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  3. Re:Vista != Vista's 3D Interface by MadJo · · Score: 5, Funny
    casual computer users (ie- not us) would unlikely notice any benefit of Vista over XP.

    whereas we, hardcore computer users, don't see any benefit of Vista over XP. :)
  4. Re:How this kind of marketing might work by vmardian · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's what you call over-analyzing.

    The simple explanation is that it's simply another article.

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