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Windows Vista Capable Machines Coming
An anonymous reader writes "PC World's Techlog has a short piece talking about the upcoming emergence of 'Windows Vista Capable' PCs." From the article: "The Vista Capable designation doesn't promise that a PC will provide a great Vista experience, or even that it'll support all Vista features or features...just that it'll be able to run Windows Vista Home Basic in some not-very-well-defined-but-apparently-adequate way. At the moment, there are still new PCs on store shelves that don't meet the Vista Capable guidelines--for instance, low-end systems still sport 256MB of RAM in some cases. Wonder if that means that that A) we'll see some cheap systems that still have XP even after Vista ships; or B) the specs on even the cheapest machines will be beefed up; or C) we'll see machines that have Vista preloaded but which don't qualify as Vista capable?"
I want a Duke Nukem Forever compatible machine.
liqbase
D.) We have a huge hardware and software confusion malfunction junction, Joe Sixpack refuses to buy a computer because it's gotten too confusing for him, and Microsoft blames the lack of sales on Open Source Operating Systems.
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
Screw M$. We should all stick with a company that doesn't try to move everything to new hardware constantly- like Apple. *comedic failure music*
---Vote None of the Above---
That should be vaporware capable.
MMO Quests are like orgasms:
You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.
Saw it at work the other day.
It's a little shiny.
"We shall grapple with the ineffable, and see if we may not eff it after all." - Douglas Adams
I hope it has ponies on it. :-(
With some of the effects turned down I am positive Vista would run fine on these 256 MB machines.
Vista sounds like a new game. Just turn down the draw distance and Vista will run fine! People might have trouble getting used to the fog on inactive windows though.
I don't plan to run Vista and I really don't see why a slashdoter /. is now
/. my only option? Now go ahead you windrones,
would want to run it. We don't see stories about new latest
AmigaOS, why all this hype about Vista. Is it that
filled with windrones ? Are those stories just trollish click
baits?
That kinds of piss me off, is there a news site for real nerds
out there or is
mod me down into oblivion. You are still windrones.
Mind you it is a bit of a cash grab but I have found software that has the sticker has a tendency to run better in windows.
It's a wash. I've found software that has that sticker tends to work worse - or not at all - in Linux.
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with Vista installed (in 2010 when Vista is ready). If it runs slow install Linspire or other Linux distro and don't worry about anything.
I lost my sig...
Two of these are pristine; half of the third has rubbed off so that it is now "Desig-- Microso-- Window--" instead. I wonder if XP will start crashing when the rest of that sticker is worn away.
Even their stickers don't stay on!
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"Shop based solely on price, you deserve what you get" ...
yes. they deserve it damnit. Deserve it! You tried to save money by getting the best product for your $! You ignorant whores! How could you do this! You thought being on televsion meant something about the legitimacy and stability of a product! YOU TRUSTED THE MAN! AH! AH! AH!
A far better strategy would be to obtain a CS degree, work in a counter-cultural company's IT department, read slashdot and all the industry journals you can get your hands on, and then make informed rational decisions while you practice yoga in your static-free chip lab behind the cannibus fields at your silicon valley compound. Also, any overweight less than 2 standard deviation beyond mean IQ, or midwestern families should be shot and their bodies used for food processing enrichment.
Stupid fucks! You bought a dell!