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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."
1 out of every 2 computers is probably not even powerful enough to run vista, let alone some of its features.
...ditch the 3D 'Aero Glass' compositor also then! :)
Sometimes I wonder if Gate's reality distortion field is stronger than Job's. He's practically selling a whole new OS which is the same as the one before with the addition of aero (air?). Cue the windows fanboys telling me how much more secure windows is. How innovative the Redmond company is. I'll have some fries with that marketing BS plz...
Why does Wynd-Doze suck so F'ing bad?
Can't they SHRINK the code, clean it up and make it run FASTER,
or are we all Doomed to buy Quad-Core processors just to get the OS to boot up?
(Dual Quad-Core CPUs needed to open MS Office 2008)?
What happened to ''640K is more than anyone would ever need...''?
hi troll bait. your full of SHIT
So I need to pay for windows AND an over priced mac... uhhh... why don't I just stick a regular pc with windows and not waste my money. And rebooting to do something is a pain in the ass. Go troll some other board.