This is getting ridiculous, if all this hype is to be believed then, what, 25% of the current PC systems people have will be able to run Vista? It doesn't make sense. Vista will probably be able to run on entry-level computers, because let's face it, Windows XP ideally needs 512Mb of RAM to run smoothly, but it will run on under 128 with a 500Mhz Processor fine, until you start installing stuff and ...yeah. But it will run. Bets are on that no matter what Microsoft say, Vista will run on most of today's computers, because Microsoft can't realistically expect everyone to go and buy new computers or upgrade just for their new operating system when they've got one that works just fine. And if they do think that's what people are going to do, well this is one person that's perfectly happy using windows xp, and won't be shelling out any more money on hardware just to run a high-spec operating system.
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Osarkon @ Apr 2nd 2006 2:19PM
This is getting ridiculous, if all this hype is to be believed then, what, 25% of the current PC systems people have will be able to run Vista? It doesn't make sense. Vista will probably be able to run on entry-level computers, because let's face it, Windows XP ideally needs 512Mb of RAM to run smoothly, but it will run on under 128 with a 500Mhz Processor fine, until you start installing stuff and ...yeah. But it will run. Bets are on that no matter what Microsoft say, Vista will run on most of today's computers, because Microsoft can't realistically expect everyone to go and buy new computers or upgrade just for their new operating system when they've got one that works just fine. And if they do think that's what people are going to do, well this is one person that's perfectly happy using windows xp, and won't be shelling out any more money on hardware just to run a high-spec operating system.