Microsoft Releases Vista Hardware Requirements 591
Digital Inspiration writes "CNet reports that Microsoft has kicked off a 'Get Ready' campaign aimed at helping customers prepare for Windows Vista. The site also includes an Upgrade Advisor tool to help people determine just how Vista-ready an existing PC is." From the article: "The marketing programs and upgrade tool are designed to ease some of the uncertainty around Vista well ahead of the back-to-school and holiday shopping seasons, the two biggest PC selling times of the year. Vista had long been expected to arrive by the 2006 holidays, but Microsoft said in March that it would not arrive on store shelves until January."
Asta la Vista! (Score:0, Funny)
Overenthusiastic much? (Score:2, Funny)
B..b..but... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Bah! (Score:4, Funny)
I heard Freecell on Vista is going to use a higher resolution set of cards, so the 1GB will come in handy.
800 MHz?!? (Score:2, Funny)
These high requirements are needed... (Score:3, Funny)
A free copy of Duke Nukem Forever with each Vista sale. (Since they should be both released at about the same time.)
Tools Still in Beta (Score:3, Funny)
"Upgrade your CPU
800 MHz required to install Windows Vista (Your computer currently has 0.00 Hz)"
I get great performance to have such a slow clock speed.
By the time Vista is released.... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Upgrade Advisor itself requires... (Score:5, Funny)
Well, run on out to the store and buy XP so you can run Upgrade Advisor.
Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor doesn't run on Linux (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Bah! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Tools Still in Beta (Score:5, Funny)
Neat! Can you overclock that, multiplier-style? You could try to get it all the way up to 0.00Hz!
Re:By the time Vista is released.... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Bloatware? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ummm... (Score:5, Funny)
Don't worry (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor doesn't run on Li (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ummm... (Score:3, Funny)
HD Reqs Insane! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:You mean I can't run Vista on my toaster?!?!@!@ (Score:2, Funny)
You filthy criminal! (Score:4, Funny)
Hanging is too good for you. I sentence you to ten years of Windows ME support.
No way (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ummm... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:By the time Vista is released.... (Score:5, Funny)
With apologies to..whoever (Score:2, Funny)
On the first day of beta, MS sent to me A promise that was empty
On the second day of beta, MS sent to me Two Trusted Computing Platforms And A promise that was empty
On the third day of beta, MS sent to me Three Zero-Day Exploits,
Two Trusted Computing Platforms And A promise that was empty
On the fourth day of beta, MS sent to me Four Calling-home Apps, Three Zero-Day Exploits, Two Trusted Computing Platforms And A promise that was empty
On the fifth day of beta, MS sent to me Five Unnecessary Things, Four Calling-home Apps, Three Zero-Day Exploits, Two Trusted Computing Platforms And A promise that was empty
On the sixth day of beta, MS sent to me Six Execs a-lying, Five Unnecessary Things, Four Calling-home Apps, Three Zero-Day Exploits, Two Trusted Computing Platforms And A promise that was empty
On the seventh day of beta, MS sent to me Seven Service Packs a-swimming, Six Execs a-lying, Five Unnecessary Things, Four Calling-home Apps, Three Zero-Day Exploits, Two Trusted Computing Platforms And A promise that was empty
On the eighth day of beta, MS sent to me Eight
On the ninth day of beta, MS sent to me Nine Lawyers dancing, Eight
On the tenth day of beta, MS sent to me Ten Shills a-leaping, Nine Lawyers dancing, Eight
On the eleventh day of beta, MS sent to me Eleven programmers pissed-off, Ten Shills a-leaping, Nine Lawyers dancing, Eight
On the twelfth day of beta, MS sent to me Twelve DRM devices, Eleven programmers pissed-off, Ten Shills a-leaping, Nine Lawyers dancing, Eight
I am going to burn in karma hell for that prob..
Re:Ummm... (Score:5, Funny)
Got a Pentium 4, do ya?
Come on, people! (Score:3, Funny)
1) Microsoft wants people to have a reason to upgrade, so that OEMs are happy, and will stick to Windows rather than start selling cheap machines with a free OS preinstalled - the single pillar that will singlehandedly ensure that Bill's Empire will not fall anytime soon.
2) To ensure that people will have acceptable performance even after they install hundreds of bloated applications, firewalls, virus scanners, adware scanners, Bonzi Buddy screensavers, free wallpaper switchers, device drivers thinking their hardware is the most important component in the system, Viruses, Infections, Spyware, Trojans, Adware, and last but not least least, Microsoft Office.
That said, I still make some money fixing XP machines that are mainframes compared to what you were supposed to have back when Windows Xtra Profit came out, so nothing is new.
I'm reading the CPU requirements now (Score:5, Funny)
What the heck is a "beowulf cluster"?
Re:Ummm... (Score:3, Funny)
That's a case where you really don't want to fork the kernel!
Re:Count the pixels! (Score:5, Funny)
Oh wait, the monitor has a dead pixel on it. So there are only 1,310,719.
Whew, that was a close one.
Re:Bah! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I'm reading the CPU requirements now (Score:5, Funny)
Sorry, but as they say, if you have to ask, you can't afford it...
Aero? (Score:1, Funny)
On this side of the Atlantic (in the UK), an Aero is a chocolate bar. [wikipedia.org] Does this mean that it is full of holes and will melt under a little heat?
Re:Bah! (Score:2, Funny)
Some of us never left.