Microsoft Unveils 'Vista Premium' Requirements

Graeme writes "Microsoft has finished what some are calling the true minimum requirements for Windows Vista: the finalized requirements for the 'Vista Premium' certification program. The program is used to influence OEM designs, and it gives an idea of what Microsoft thinks Vista really needs to run well, and what they think is in the horizon. The Ars report hits the highlights, and there are some surprises in there, such as a delayed requirement for HDCP. Ars suspects that the slow ramp-up is due to the pact to not use the Image Constraint Token."

Comments

Re:Haven't we been here before?

[abscissa]

Hahahhaa, you have not tried the Vista beta apparantly. The thing is unusable, I swear. Plus, any time you want to do ANYTHING -- and I do mean anything, even deleting a shortcut -- you are prompted for the root password. You can doubt me or mod me as troll etc. but 3 years from now when Vista comes out, I will be there saying I TOLD YOU SO...

I can understand....

[Churla]

I can usderstand requiring network capabilities as 90% of what people use computers for now outside progamming/web/grphic design seems to be all about network interaction. (Overglorified graphical terminal)

What I am waiting to see is the other shoe to fall and the requirement be extended to "A connection to the internet", and worse "An unrestricted connection to the internet" which would end up being solely for snooping, "license enforcement", and other DRM "checking home".