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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?"
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*
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Saw it at work the other day.
It's a little shiny.
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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.
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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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.