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05-04-2006, 05:24 AM
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Laptops Be Able to Support Windows Vista?
Do you think some of the current laptops will be able to support Windows Vista 64bit and also be able to support everything it has to offer w/o sacrificing performance?
Some of the current laptops for example: Acer TravelMate 8200 Dell XPS M1710 Alienware m7700 |
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05-04-2006, 06:06 AM
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Hard to say. Vista isnt out yet so who knows yet. I would guess you would need about 1.5GB or greater and a amd athlon FX 3200+ to run it decently. ANd probably a 9800PRO/5700 to use it.
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05-04-2006, 06:09 AM
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Some yes, most no. Graphics cards will be the biggest problem. Laptops today can run FX series processors and Turion 64-bits no problem, can hold 3-4GB RAM, etc. But still use 64mb integrated gfx :-/
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05-04-2006, 03:59 PM
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All current laptops on the market should be able to run Vista just fine. Vista is still far away, but it'll still work. Just like how current models can still work with Win95, WinNT, Win98, Win2k, WinMe, WinXP, WinServer, etc.
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05-06-2006, 07:40 AM
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Do you need a special CPU or would the laptop in my sig work fine?
Dylan PS any word on a price yet?
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you'll need 512mb of ram, 1gb would be nice... hmm, thats funny never heard of an athlon FX 3200+  9800pro will not be necessary, in fact integrated will do fine... by the current trend windows vista is using about 4 times the amount of memory as windows XP (maybe even only 2) now, with that said the maximum video memory windows vista would use would be 32mb... 128mb plus, it can use system memory instead. also, there will be a 32-bit vista available... so you can have whatever processor you'd like. check this out, its about vista memory usage: http://thelazyadmin.net/index.php?/a.../396-guid.html basically they say it uses about 400mb of actual RAM the specs i'd recommend are as follows: any proc will do.. (preferably 64-bit, a sempron or turion would do) 1gb ram 5400rpm hard drive preferably 7200 (vista might take 4 times as long to boot as windows XP) preferably 60gb or higher if youd like any room for other stuff lol seems like any graphics will do... so basically faster HDD and more ram will be the best thing for it. Quote:
nobody knows the exact specs on vista yet though... i doubt you'll need any sort of powerful graphics card for it though haha http://thelazyadmin.net/index.php?/a.../396-guid.html that says that basically windows vista uses around 400mb of RAM to start... it also says that there will be optional services that you can shut off, so you dont eat up so much memory. another thing is that vista will put itself in the paging file (hard drive) in order to run other applications if needed. basically 1gb should be more than enough.
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