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Re: WINDOWS VISTA BETA 2 NOW FREELY AVAILABLE BUT BE WARNED
de Bob Vickers 06/11/2006 11:50
All Good Reasons I Call Them Micro$haft :-(
<usenet@mantra.com84WJ5 or www.mantra.com/jai (Dr. Jai Maharaj)> wrote in
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> Forwarded message
>
> Windows Vista Beta 2 now freely available but be warned
>
> By Stan Beer
> IT Wire
> June 8, 2006
>
> Microsoft has opened up its new work in progress
> operating system Windows Vista Beta 2 for public
> scrutiny. However, be warned. You'll need pretty highly
> configured hardware to run it and a very fast internet
> connection to download the 3.5GB 32-bit or 4.4GB 64-bit
> version, unless you want to order and wait for the DVD
> kit which costs US$6.
>
> In its product blurb, Microsoft has been very careful to
> stress that users will need the appropriate hardware to
> run Vista. The blurb distinguishes between a Vista
> Capable PC and Vista Premium PC.
>
> -From the sound of things, a Vista Capable PC won't do
> the trick for any users at all. It's just the old minimum
> requirement that allows you to load the product without
> being able to run it with any measure of acceptable
> performance or functionality. In fact, one of the snazzy
> new features, the Windows Aero interface, that has all
> the nice things available in Mac OSX, such as translucent
> windows and animations, will not be available at all.
> Therefore, the Vista capable PC requirements listed as: a
> modern processor (at least 800MHz); 512 MB of system
> memory; and a graphics processor that is DirectX 9
> capable, are basically meaningless. No one with any sense
> would try to load Vista onto such a basic system.
>
> For an acceptable installation, Microsoft provides a
> second list of specifications which designate what is
> termed a Vista Premium ready PC. The configuration given
> is more like what is required to actually load a fully
> working version of Vista. However, one gets the feeling
> that if you stuck with the following minimum requirement
> specs you would have a system that runs like an ageing
> dog:
>
> o 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor.
> o 1 GB of system memory.
> o A graphics processor that runs Windows Aero.
> o 128 MB of graphics memory.
> o 40 GB of hard drive capacity with 15 GB free space.
> o DVD-ROM Drive.
> o Audio output capability.
> o Internet access capability.
>
> Based on what Microsoft developers have said to date,
> Vista is memory hungry so, at a guess, a 2GB system is
> probably the real minimum and who only has a 1GHz
> processor these days? In addition, Vista is supposed to
> take care of all its fancy graphics on the graphics card,
> leaving the system RAM free for running applications.
> Therefore instead of 128MB get 256MB of graphics memory.
> In short, double all the Microsoft minimum requirements
> to get the real minimum requirements.
>
> Having said all of the above, unless you're a developer
> or an insatiably curious journalist, it's probably not a
> good idea to install Vista Beta 2 at all on any machine
> that is doing useful work. Anything as unstable as the
> Beta 2 version of a totally new Windows product could
> easily cause havoc.
>
> Microsoft is encouraging users who need to buy a new PC
> prior to the release of Vista with labels that say Vista
> Capable or Vista Premium. Anyone who buys anything less
> than a Vista Premium configuration is probably not
> serious about running Vista and may as well stick with
> XP. The bad news for those who do intend to upgrade to
> Vista is that it's going to cost you big time. Exactly
> how much is still a secret. Steve Ballmer is reported to
> have said that you'll pay about the same for Vista as XP
> if you want to do the same things. Now that's clever.
> Ballmer knows very well that people who upgrade Vista
> will want to do a whole lot more. Taking an intuitive
> stab in the dark, US$300 to US$400 comes to mind.
>
> http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/4579/53/
>
> - - - - - - -
>
> Ouch!
> Regards, Ivan
>
> Posted on 6/09/2006 by MadIvan
>
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> End of forwarded message
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