vista system requirements revealed ms

Quote: As they prepare for the arrival of Windows Vista™, customers shopping for new PCs or upgrading their hardware now have more comprehensive guidance to aid them in their decisions. Today, Microsoft Corp. announced the launch of the Windows Vista “Get Ready” Web site, the worldwide availability of Windows Vista Capable PCs, the upcoming availability of Premium Ready PCs and the availability of the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta. “Customers have many options and choices to make when it comes to buying a PC today. A wide range of form factors, price points and new technologies figure into their decisions,” said Mike Sievert, corporate vice president of Windows® Product Management and Marketing at Microsoft. “With that in mind, Microsoft and OEMs are making it easier to prepare for the arrival of Windows Vista. Customers now have the information they need to get a great Windows XP-based PC today that will deliver rich Windows Vista experiences tomorrow.”
Read the rest here: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/may06/05-18GetReadyPR.mspx
It seems very fair to me.
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To sum up the minimum requirements ...
CPU: 800MHz; RAM: 512MB; video: 800x600; HD: 20GB; CD or DVD ROM
So there will be a CD distro, but it can't possibly need 15GB free?
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Quote: As they prepare for the arrival of Windows Vista™, customers shopping for new PCs or upgrading their hardware now have more comprehensive guidance to aid them in their decisions. Today, Microsoft Corp. announced the launch of the Windows Vista “Get Ready” Web site, the worldwide availability of Windows Vista Capable PCs, the upcoming availability of Premium Ready PCs and the availability of the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta. “Customers have many options and choices to make when it comes to buying a PC today. A wide range of form factors, price points and new technologies figure into their decisions,” said Mike Sievert, corporate vice president of Windows® Product Management and Marketing at Microsoft. “With that in mind, Microsoft and OEMs are making it easier to prepare for the arrival of Windows Vista. Customers now have the information they need to get a great Windows XP-based PC today that will deliver rich Windows Vista experiences tomorrow.”
Read the rest here: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/may06/05-18GetReadyPR.mspx
It seems very fair to me.

I think that's very fair. I was thinking they were going to be into the GHz for the minimum CPU. Very good. "Eric Gisin" wrote in message

To sum up the minimum requirements ...
CPU: 800MHz; RAM: 512MB; video: 800x600; HD: 20GB; CD or DVD ROM
So there will be a CD distro, but it can't possibly need 15GB free?
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Quote: As they prepare for the arrival of Windows VistaT, customers shopping for new PCs or upgrading their hardware now have more comprehensive guidance to aid them in their decisions. Today, Microsoft Corp. announced the launch of the Windows Vista "Get Ready" Web site, the worldwide availability of Windows Vista Capable PCs, the upcoming availability of Premium Ready PCs and the availability of the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta. "Customers have many options and choices to make when it comes to buying a PC today. A wide range of form factors, price points and new technologies figure into their decisions," said Mike Sievert, corporate vice president of Windows® Product Management and Marketing at Microsoft. "With that in mind, Microsoft and OEMs are making it easier to prepare for the arrival of Windows Vista. Customers now have the information they need to get a great Windows XP-based PC today that will deliver rich Windows Vista experiences tomorrow."
Read the rest here: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/may06/05-18GetReadyPR.mspx
It seems very fair to me.

"Travis King" wrote:

To sum up the minimum requirements ...
CPU: 800MHz; RAM: 512MB; video: 800x600; HD: 20GB; CD or DVD ROM
I think that's very fair. I was thinking they were going to be into the GHz for the minimum CPU. Very good.

The only issue I see is that it's likely the very minimum requirements. As in... minimum enough to install, but don't try to run Office 12 once you've installed it. The general rule of thumb from my experience has always been to take Microsoft's stated minimums, double them (1.6Ghz processor, 1gb memory, 1280x1024 video with 128mb video memory, 80gb hard drive and a DVD drive) and that'll give you a system that will be able to do actual work on. It'll probably still be sluggish in response, still be swapping to the page file, but you'll be able to do work.
I'm laying even odds that the performance level is going to be a 3ghz processor, 2gb of memory, a 160gb SATA drive, and a video card with a minimum of 256mb of video memory. Then Vista will be at the level that XP is at with half that requirement. (Not a troll, just a practical observation based on 10+ years of dealing with everything from Windows 95... which required double what was stated on the box to be able to work well.)

Raymond Lang schrieb:

... The only issue I see is that it's likely the very minimum requirements. As in... minimum enough to install, but don't try to run Office 12 once you've installed it. The general rule of thumb from my experience has always been to take Microsoft's stated minimums, double them (1.6Ghz processor, 1gb memory, 1280x1024 video with 128mb video memory, 80gb hard drive and a DVD drive) and that'll give you a system that will be able to do actual work on. It'll probably still be sluggish in response, still be swapping to the page file, but you'll be able to do work.
I'm laying even odds that the performance level is going to be a 3ghz processor, 2gb of memory, a 160gb SATA drive, and a video card with a minimum of 256mb of video memory. Then Vista will be at the level that XP is at with half that requirement. (Not a troll, just a practical observation based on 10+ years of dealing with everything from Windows 95... which required double what was stated on the box to be able to work well.)

FACK
Roy (with 8 years ... from Win98)

=?Utf-8?B?UmF5bW9uZCBMYW5n?= wrote in news:23352BA6-BD35-4437-819A-62C0842F9BEC@microsoft.com:

I'm laying even odds that the performance level is going to be a 3ghz processor, 2gb of memory, a 160gb SATA drive, and a video card with a minimum of 256mb of video memory. Then Vista will be at the level that XP is at with half that requirement. (Not a troll, just a practical observation based on 10+ years of dealing with everything from Windows 95... which required double what was stated on the box to be able to work well.)

Ahhhh....the voice of reason.
Sad as it may be.
People used to update their computer to make their programs runs faster....a little quicker MP3 encoding or video rendering, for your games to run better.......to do whatever you do on your PC faster.
Each successive OS release from M$ requires you to double your hardware power just to run the OS and get back to the speed you were before. It's ridiculous.
Just my 2¢.
Regards,
DanS

Its all about features, security and being more productive. -- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta "DanS" wrote in message

=?Utf-8?B?UmF5bW9uZCBMYW5n?= <RaymondLang@discussions.microsoft.com wrote in news:23352BA6-BD35-4437-819A-62C0842F9BEC@microsoft.com:
I'm laying even odds that the performance level is going to be a 3ghz processor, 2gb of memory, a 160gb SATA drive, and a video card with a minimum of 256mb of video memory. Then Vista will be at the level that XP is at with half that requirement. (Not a troll, just a practical observation based on 10+ years of dealing with everything from Windows 95... which required double what was stated on the box to be able to work well.)
Ahhhh....the voice of reason.
Sad as it may be.
People used to update their computer to make their programs runs faster....a little quicker MP3 encoding or video rendering, for your games to run better.......to do whatever you do on your PC faster.
Each successive OS release from M$ requires you to double your hardware power just to run the OS and get back to the speed you were before. It's ridiculous.
Just my 2¢.
Regards,
DanS

DanS schrieb:

=?Utf-8?B?UmF5bW9uZCBMYW5n?= <RaymondLang@discussions.microsoft.com wrote in news:23352BA6-BD35-4437-819A-62C0842F9BEC@microsoft.com:
I'm laying even odds that the performance level is going to be a 3ghz processor, 2gb of memory, a 160gb SATA drive, and a video card with a minimum of 256mb of video memory. Then Vista will be at the level that XP is at with half that requirement. (Not a troll, just a practical observation based on 10+ years of dealing with everything from Windows 95... which required double what was stated on the box to be able to work well.)
Ahhhh....the voice of reason.
Sad as it may be.
People used to update their computer to make their programs runs faster....a little quicker MP3 encoding or video rendering, for your games to run better.......to do whatever you do on your PC faster.
Each successive OS release from M$ requires you to double your hardware power just to run the OS and get back to the speed you were before. It's ridiculous.
Just my 2¢.

So your 2 cents are to stay with WinXP SP2 (and SP3 in 2007, hopefully) until 2008 and update your hardware, thus making your programs run faster - instead of investing your power in glassy effects;-) - and wait for WinVISTA SP2 (combined with a thorough hardware upgrade, may be). Yeah, makes sense;-)
Roy

"Roy Coorne" wrote:

So your 2 cents are to stay with WinXP SP2 (and SP3 in 2007, hopefully) until 2008 and update your hardware, thus making your programs run faster - instead of investing your power in glassy effects;-) - and wait for WinVISTA SP2 (combined with a thorough hardware upgrade, may be). Yeah, makes sense;-)

Truthfully? It does. And not simply because of what you've written above (or my own commentary), but from a matter of reality versus marketing.
Here's an example from my current workplace (a place I call $WeWorkForTheDoD): Recently we've started migrating from Windows 2000 to Windows XP (Yes... five YEARS after XP came out), and we started getting complaints about how the systems are now acting sluggish, not responding quickly, running slow, etc. Nearly every single call came from folks who were running computers from $RoundRockTexas with a) 512mb of memory, b) integrated graphics, and c) less than 80gb drives. Our only solutions? Upgrade or replace with newer systems. Machines that worked fine under Win2k were starting to choke on WinXP, with the same workload levels.
And the upshot? The hardware requirements for Windows Vista are seriously understated, for one probable reason: sales numbers. By stating it'll run on X, they push software out the door, and then they can say with a straight face (just like with Windows XP), "Those are the minimum requirements. If you want to truly enjoy the Microsoft Experience, you'll need to upgrade your system." (No reason for them to say it up front, they don't want to kill possible sales you know.)
I've seen this now four times (when Win95 came out, Win98 came out, Win2k came out and WinXP came out) and I'm not holding my breath that the same thing won't happen again with Win Vista comes out.

I currently run WIndows XP x64 on my production PC, with 2 1920x1200 monitors. My graphics card is 256MB NVidia Quadro FX 3400. Is it true there appears to be no graphics config that will permit dual display at this resolution? Or am I reading it wrong?
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Quote: As they prepare for the arrival of Windows VistaT, customers shopping for new PCs or upgrading their hardware now have more comprehensive guidance to aid them in their decisions. Today, Microsoft Corp. announced the launch of the Windows Vista "Get Ready" Web site, the worldwide availability of Windows Vista Capable PCs, the upcoming availability of Premium Ready PCs and the availability of the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta. "Customers have many options and choices to make when it comes to buying a PC today. A wide range of form factors, price points and new technologies figure into their decisions," said Mike Sievert, corporate vice president of Windows® Product Management and Marketing at Microsoft. "With that in mind, Microsoft and OEMs are making it easier to prepare for the arrival of Windows Vista. Customers now have the information they need to get a great Windows XP-based PC today that will deliver rich Windows Vista experiences tomorrow."
Read the rest here: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/may06/05-18GetReadyPR.mspx
It seems very fair to me.
-- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta

You might want to post this to microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general, I really don't have any experience with dual displays. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Don Awalt" wrote in message

I currently run WIndows XP x64 on my production PC, with 2 1920x1200 monitors. My graphics card is 256MB NVidia Quadro FX 3400. Is it true there appears to be no graphics config that will permit dual display at this resolution? Or am I reading it wrong?
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Quote: As they prepare for the arrival of Windows VistaT, customers shopping for new PCs or upgrading their hardware now have more comprehensive guidance to aid them in their decisions. Today, Microsoft Corp. announced the launch of the Windows Vista "Get Ready" Web site, the worldwide availability of Windows Vista Capable PCs, the upcoming availability of Premium Ready PCs and the availability of the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta. "Customers have many options and choices to make when it comes to buying a PC today. A wide range of form factors, price points and new technologies figure into their decisions," said Mike Sievert, corporate vice president of Windows® Product Management and Marketing at Microsoft. "With that in mind, Microsoft and OEMs are making it easier to prepare for the arrival of Windows Vista. Customers now have the information they need to get a great Windows XP-based PC today that will deliver rich Windows Vista experiences tomorrow."
Read the rest here: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/may06/05-18GetReadyPR.mspx
It seems very fair to me.
-- Andre Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta