Microsoft has revealed how powerful computers must be to run Vista – the new version of its Windows operating system.
Microsoft has released “minimum” and “recommended” specifications for Vista.
[b]VISTA HARDWARE CHECKLIST[/b]
Minimum Recommended
[b]Processor[/b] 800MHz 1GHz 32 or 64 bit
[b]System Memory[/b] 512MB 1GB
[b]Graphics card[/b] DirectX 9 capable Runs Windows Aero
[b]Graphics Memory[/b] – - 128MB
[b]Free space on[/b] 15GB 15GB
[b]Hard Drive[/b]
The minimum means that the operating system will run but some new features will be disabled. Recommended means that this is what is needed to get the most basic configuration of the whole package working.
Microsoft has said that Vista will go on widespread release in January 2007.
Vista, formerly known as Longhorn, is Microsoft’s long awaited update to the Windows family of operating systems and makes some big changes to the way that the software works.
Source: BBC
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