http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/ Engadget Comments for Windows Vista upgrade guide, part 2: hardware http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/
http://la-girasol.blogspot.com]]>Jan 30th 2007 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/Jan 30th 2007 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/
http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/index.html

Looks amazing!]]>Jan 30th 2007 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/Jan 30th 2007 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/Jan 30th 2007 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/Jan 30th 2007 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/ 22-inch widescreen LCD or larger

Why do you recommend 22 inches? Wouldn't it be better to specify resolution instead (I assume 1680x1050 is what you meant)?]]>Jan 30th 2007 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/
I see your point though; resolution would have been more helpful.]]>Jan 30th 2007 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/
Windows will just never learn that their OS is a crippled old fart that needs to sleep.

I think engadget needs to stop tailoring their posts with an obvious MS biased which many others have pointed out.]]>Jan 30th 2007 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/
It just happens to be the release of a new OS. Regardless of what kind of OS it is, it deserves coverage since it will benefit someone. Considering that the majority of home and business computers around the world run a Windows OS, it affects a lot of people.]]>Jan 30th 2007 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/ Not just Engadget, every single techblog is comprised of Apple fanboyd. So what do you expect?

Btw, I find Extremetech, PCWorld and PCMag to be more realistic in their articles. Most of their people have real jobs and not 20-yr old Apple loving yuppies. They appreciate good work by Microsoft and also criticize when needed. Lets face it, Mac OS X is good enough if all your computing is limited to browsing, blogging and using digital media. For everything else its useless. ]]>Jan 30th 2007 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/
Leopord looks fine (even though Norris can't spell it). I've actually been using Vista for months now and I have really began to enjoy it. You can show us Leopard pics all day and it isn't going to help anything. The fact is, until you get the major retailers to start selling Mac, you won't win (Like Best Buy, Circuit City, etc).

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I don't know one single person who has been anticipating the release of this OS, not even gamers.

It's a complete non-event.]]>Jan 30th 2007 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/
http://cheap-computers-review.blogspot.com ]]>Jan 30th 2007 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/
Inserted disk. Told it to reformat the drive (XP had been on there) and chose that partition to install. Answere two, maybe three screens of questions and walked away, expecting to come back and have it waiting for input from me, like XP always did. But, much to my surprise not only wasn't it waiting for me, it was done!

Damn thing took less than half the time of an XP install and even less of my attention.

A very nice surprise!
]]>Jan 30th 2007 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/
Running Office 2007 as well. That runs fine, but Outlook is a pig. What else is new? Course, so am I with my Outlook store being near 700GB. :)
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*(Note: I'm considering not just MHz, but instruction throughput, modern CPUs can process more instructions per clock tick than a 486.)]]>Jan 30th 2007 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/
Other than that, good point!
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You forgot the very first step, 1) Buy a ridiculously overpriced Apple computer.

:O]]>Jan 30th 2007 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/
It's a good sign that you can run Aero Glass on 3-year old systems, I definitely plan on messing around with Vista on my MacBook Pro.]]>Feb 1st 2007 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/Jan 30th 2007 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/Jan 30th 2007 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/Jan 30th 2007 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/Jan 30th 2007 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/
Go to one of your dedicated blogs and bash MS. WTF? As is was already pointed out about every 3rd story has been about the IPhone. If you don't like what you see here go some where else. Complain to Apple if there just are not enough things to report on!]]>Jan 30th 2007 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/
Stupid Vista Upgrade Advisor keeps telling me I'll be fine with Home Basic. Give me a break.

Thoughts? Thanks.]]>Jan 30th 2007 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/Jan 30th 2007 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/
But thanks guys, for the guide. I'm sure every (rational) person here appreciates it.

I have a few questions though, and I'd REALLY appreciate it if you guys helped, especially Engadget staff since I'll be more likely to trust you (not that I wouldn't trust well-stated facts by commenters!).

I just bought a new PC. Here's the specs. Will this baby run Vista Ultimate? I can't use the adviser because I refuse to install SP2. I'm happy with SP1.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+
1GB RAM
160GB HDD
Onboard display, NVidia 6150

If need be, I can overclock the processor. Now, PLEASE help me here. I'd really really appreciate it. ]]>Jan 30th 2007 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/Jan 30th 2007 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/
Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (939)
2GB DDR
HDD doesn't matter
nVID GeForce 7800GTX
Runs perfectly fine for me.]]>Jan 30th 2007 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/Feb 5th 2007 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/Jan 30th 2007 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/Jan 30th 2007 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/
To make matters worse for me, I was going to simply buy Sony's new top of the line desktop but they come with "Blu-Ray" which I want no part of.

Does any manufacturer have a Vista Ultimate Computer with an ATSC tuner for Windows Media Center and perhaps an HD-DVD Drive (but not Blu-Ray)? That's what I'm looking for.

]]>Jan 30th 2007 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/Jan 30th 2007 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/Jan 30th 2007 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/Jan 30th 2007 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/Feb 1st 2007 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/
Anyway, this is a Vista page. Lets not bring apple into this. I would try Mac OS when it becomes available on non-apple hardware. The white stuff looks childish to me, but the OS looks decent.]]>Jan 30th 2007 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/I get a 2.0 from Vista Advisor but Aero runs fine even though I dont use it]]>Jan 30th 2007 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/Feb 1st 2007 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/30/windows-vista-upgrade-guide-part-2-hardware/Feb 25th 2007 9:19PM