Not all Macs meet Vista requirements

Julio Ojeda-Zapata of the Pioneer Presspoints out the system requirements for Microsoft's latest piece of vaporware soon-to-be-released update to Windows, Vista. According to Microsoft, Vista may run on machines that don't meet their "Premium Ready PC" requirements (which referees to machines that can handle all of the eye candy...if you can call it that), but those users won't be able to experience all the ways Vista rips off Aqua and Mac OS X many of the innovative UI features of the OS. The "Premium Ready PC" requirements for Vista are:

• 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor

• 1GB of system memory (!)

• A graphics processor that runs Windows Aero

• 128MB of graphics memory

• 40GB of hard drive space with 15GB free

• DVD-ROM Drive

• Audio output capability

• Internet access capability

Hmm. Seems the MacBook and Mac mini fail to meet the video RAM requirements. Not to mention that you're going to need at least a 60GB hard drive. Also note, as Julio points out, that the mini and MacBook share system and video memory, so Vista may be a drag on those machines. So, if you plan on running a dual-boot machine once Vista is released, you may want to look towards a MacBook Pro or iMac.