Submission + - Comparison of XP and Vista System Requirements
Rafajafar writes: "Jeff Atwood of Coding Horror has a pretty interesting comparison of Windows XP and Vista RC1 requirements. Apparently, "Vista requires 10x the drive space, 8x the memory, and 4x the CPU power." That's going to be a pretty hefty upgrade to a lot of users who are behind the curve on their computer specs. Luckily, Microsoft also included a tool which measures something called the "Windows Experience Index".
I'm glad they at least got this tool right."Unlike some of the new Microsoft Vista features, this one is remarkably well thought out. For one thing, it expresses the total score as the lowest subscore. This is an incredibly intuitive way to highlight that your PC's performance is only as good as the slowest subsystem. You know immediately which part of your system will give you the most bang for the buck when upgrading.
