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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/
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Ouch!
Regards, Ivan
Posted on 6/09/2006 by MadIvan
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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
Jai Maharaj
http://tinyurl.com/a5ljc
http://www.mantra.com/jai
Om Shanti
Hindu Holocaust Museum
http://www.mantra.com/holocaust
Hindu life, principles, spirituality and philosophy
http://www.hindu.org
http://www.hindunet.org
The truth about Islam and Muslims
http://www.flex.com/~jai/satyamevajayate
o Not for commercial use. Solely to be fairly used for the educational
purposes of research and open discussion. The contents of this post may not
have been authored by, and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the
poster. The contents are protected by copyright law and the exemption for
fair use of copyrighted works.
o If you send private e-mail to me, it will likely not be read,
considered or answered if it does not contain your full legal name, current
e-mail and postal addresses, and live-voice telephone number.
o Posted for information and discussion. Views expressed by others are
not necessarily those of the poster who may or may not have read the article.
FAIR USE NOTICE: This article may contain copyrighted material the use of
which may or may not have been specifically authorized by the copyright
owner. This material is being made available in efforts to advance the
understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic,
democratic, scientific, social, and cultural, etc., issues. It is believed
that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as
provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title
17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without
profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included
information for research, comment, discussion and educational purposes by
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