Question about Vista

wicked859 · 06-29-2006, 05:43 PM

Does any1 know the recommended specs to run vista, I was wondering because, I would love to test it out a bit??

SC7 · 06-29-2006, 05:57 PM

It is for just that, testing, and nothing more. Don't do any critical or important operations on it. If you have linux installed, it will kill the bootloader as well. Now, with that said, it's pretty cool to try out, I reccomend the 64-bit version should you have a capable processor. The reccomened specs are:
1 GHz Processor
1GB of RAM
40 GB HDD with 10 GB Free Partition
(For Aero glass GUI)
A Graphics card with at least 128 mb of dedicated VRAM and Pixel Shader 2.0
(Radeon 9500+, nVidia GeForce 5200FX+)

New_compforum_user · 06-29-2006, 07:22 PM

It's a memory hog. You can get the same look by downloading windowblinds.

wicked859 · 06-29-2006, 08:21 PM

yea, I know about windowblinds, but I mean what extra features does vista bring?? It must be better than xp right, or is the beta testing versions still sucking?

SC7 · 06-29-2006, 08:47 PM

It's beta, what do people want. Of course it's hogging resources, it's newer, and designed for newer systems. Some new features are .net 2.0 integration, Direct X 10, IE7+, Windows Photo Gallery, Updated Media center, movie maker, media player, outlook express, and now Windows Calendar is added. You also get live previews, aeroglass windows, Flip3D, and Windows sidebar.

krimson_king · 06-29-2006, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SC7

It's beta, what do people want.

something that succeeds windows XP maybe...?

Quote:

Originally Posted by SC7

You also get live previews, aeroglass windows, Flip3D, and Windows sidebar.

taken from apple and various linux guis, no doubt...

SC7 · 06-29-2006, 09:01 PM

[quote=krimson_king]something that succeeds windows XP maybe...?[quote]
Fine, but it's not indended, and clearly stated not to be intended to do so at this stage. You can't expect a beta software to be the successor to your current OS.

Quote:

taken from apple and various linux guis, no doubt...

Hmm, live previews, well the dock has some of them, but alt+tab in OS X doesn't, Windows does that better, and the taskbar scrolling doesn't. Flip 3D is just like Expose on OS X, just that you can scroll via the keyboard, I'll give you that one. Sidebar belongs to no one really, widgets have been out there a long time, and Apple technically took them from Konfabulator, to me, this isn't copying, it's competetion to use the good things to make a product better, and I have no problem with it. Sidebar behaves differently from any other Widget engine also. Aeroglass, again, that's just GUIs and thats being innovative, and making it better. Apple and linux have their shares of coppied features from Windows too.

ChrisDVD · 06-29-2006, 09:12 PM

well, you said you needed 1 gig of ram....my cousin has the better version...he only has 256 MB of RAM....Rolleyes: it still works, but it is slow...lol but i still works....

wicked859 · 06-29-2006, 09:44 PM

thats why it is recommended to have 1 gig of ram , so it wont be so slow, the minimum system requirements are most likely well below that, but the recommended requirements are totally different.

SC7 · 06-29-2006, 09:56 PM

The minumum specs for Xp were 128mb of ram and 500 MHz, People run it on 133 MHz with 32 Mb. Vista's minimum is actually 800 MHz and 512 MB, but it's running on lower.

06-29-2006, 05:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
wicked859 banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hohenwald, TN Age: 17 Posts: 644	Question about Vista Does any1 know the recommended specs to run vista, I was wondering because, I would love to test it out a bit??

06-29-2006, 05:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
SC7 Platinum Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey, USA Age: 17 Posts: 757	It is for just that, testing, and nothing more. Don't do any critical or important operations on it. If you have linux installed, it will kill the bootloader as well. Now, with that said, it's pretty cool to try out, I reccomend the 64-bit version should you have a capable processor. The reccomened specs are: 1 GHz Processor 1GB of RAM 40 GB HDD with 10 GB Free Partition (For Aero glass GUI) A Graphics card with at least 128 mb of dedicated VRAM and Pixel Shader 2.0 (Radeon 9500+, nVidia GeForce 5200FX+) __________________ My Rig Pentium 4 2.8 GHz Northwood Intel 845GVSR Motherboard 1 GB PC 3200 DDR BFG Tech FX5500OC 256 Mb PCI Edition 160 GB WD Caviar SE (8 Mb cache) Edition 60 GB WD Caviar SE (8 Mb cache) Edition Sony DVD-Rom/CD-RW Drive Dynex DVD+-R/RW Dual Layer Drive Nice MAG Innovision 17" LCD Flat Panel Monitor.

06-29-2006, 08:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
SC7 Platinum Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey, USA Age: 17 Posts: 757	It's beta, what do people want. Of course it's hogging resources, it's newer, and designed for newer systems. Some new features are .net 2.0 integration, Direct X 10, IE7+, Windows Photo Gallery, Updated Media center, movie maker, media player, outlook express, and now Windows Calendar is added. You also get live previews, aeroglass windows, Flip3D, and Windows sidebar. __________________ My Rig Pentium 4 2.8 GHz Northwood Intel 845GVSR Motherboard 1 GB PC 3200 DDR BFG Tech FX5500OC 256 Mb PCI Edition 160 GB WD Caviar SE (8 Mb cache) Edition 60 GB WD Caviar SE (8 Mb cache) Edition Sony DVD-Rom/CD-RW Drive Dynex DVD+-R/RW Dual Layer Drive Nice MAG Innovision 17" LCD Flat Panel Monitor.

06-29-2006, 09:12 PM	#8 (permalink)
ChrisDVD Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Canada Age: 18 Posts: 1,042	well, you said you needed 1 gig of ram....my cousin has the better version...he only has 256 MB of RAM....Rolleyes: it still works, but it is slow...lol but i still works.... __________________ HP Pavillion a815n, 160 GB Hard Drive, 512 MB Ram, 16x DVD±RW DL Burner, Power suply- 300W Intel Pentium 4, 3.06 Ghz Power suply- 300W Mother board: ASUS PTGD1-LA Windows XP home Editions, Service Pack 2 Video Card: BFG GeForce FX 5500 oc 256 MB PCI HP Pavillion f1503 monitor HP Series 3 in 1 Printer Speakers: Logitech x-530 suround sound system 5.1

06-29-2006, 09:56 PM	#10 (permalink)
SC7 Platinum Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey, USA Age: 17 Posts: 757	The minumum specs for Xp were 128mb of ram and 500 MHz, People run it on 133 MHz with 32 Mb. Vista's minimum is actually 800 MHz and 512 MB, but it's running on lower. __________________ My Rig Pentium 4 2.8 GHz Northwood Intel 845GVSR Motherboard 1 GB PC 3200 DDR BFG Tech FX5500OC 256 Mb PCI Edition 160 GB WD Caviar SE (8 Mb cache) Edition 60 GB WD Caviar SE (8 Mb cache) Edition Sony DVD-Rom/CD-RW Drive Dynex DVD+-R/RW Dual Layer Drive Nice MAG Innovision 17" LCD Flat Panel Monitor.

06-29-2006, 07:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
New_compforum_user Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 118	It's a memory hog. You can get the same look by downloading windowblinds.

06-29-2006, 08:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
wicked859 banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hohenwald, TN Age: 17 Posts: 644	yea, I know about windowblinds, but I mean what extra features does vista bring?? It must be better than xp right, or is the beta testing versions still sucking?

06-29-2006, 09:44 PM	#9 (permalink)
wicked859 banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hohenwald, TN Age: 17 Posts: 644	thats why it is recommended to have 1 gig of ram , so it wont be so slow, the minimum system requirements are most likely well below that, but the recommended requirements are totally different.

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