| Microsoft is is the process of releasing a new | | | | 40GB HD with at least 15GB of free space. |
| operating system called Vista. Windows Vista is | | | | I am guessing what Microsoft wants to do is get |
| suposedly available for businesses and schools to | | | | everyone to buy these nice, expensive, new, top of |
| purchase on Nov 30th 2006, but not yet ready for | | | | the line computers for their families for Christmas that |
| home use. The home version of Vista will be released | | | | have the ability to upgrade to Windows Vista. Then in |
| in January 2007, which makes perfect sense if you | | | | January, the very few days after Christmas, Vista will |
| think about it. | | | | hit the shelves and computer companies will introduce |
| There are two levels of computer recommendations | | | | their new best models, rending all the best computers |
| for Windows Vista, those dubbed Vista-Capable and | | | | everyone just got for Christmas pretty much average |
| those dubbed Premium-Ready. Microsoft has now | | | | computers. |
| revealed the specifics in each category, and here they | | | | This way, both computer companies and Microsoft |
| are. | | | | make more money. |
| Minimum Requirements of Vista-Capable PCs. | | | | A few possible solutions around this |
| 800 MHz Intel-compatible processor | | | | 1. Buy a computer without an operating system and |
| 512MB of RAM | | | | install a FREE version of linux untill Vista comes out. |
| DirectX 9.0-Capable Graphics Processor | | | | Then look for the OEM version, its just the cd without |
| 20GB HD | | | | any booklets. |
| Recommended Requirements for Premium-Ready | | | | Go to click on operating systems then click linux. |
| PCs | | | | You can find numorous versions that run off a cd disk, |
| 1 GHz Intel-compatible processor | | | | without an actual install. That is you boot up your |
| 1GB RAM | | | | computer with the cd in and Linux loads into the Ram |
| DirectX 9.0-Capable Graphics Processor, with 128MB | | | | to run. Also as with any Linux download you will need |
| graphics memory. 64MB of graphics memory to | | | | to burn the cd as an iso image. Either Nero or a free |
| support a single monitor less than 1,310,720 pixels - no | | | | burner, Burn4free(available at download.com) can do |
| more than 1440x900 | | | | the iso burning for you. |
| 128MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor | | | | 2. Install an older version of windows then later on buy |
| at resolutions from 1,310,720 to 2,304,000 pixels no | | | | the vista upgrade. |
| more than 1920x1200; 256MB of graphics memory to | | | | 3. Buy a low cost hi-quality computer online and with |
| support a single monitor at resolutions higher than | | | | the savings upgrade to vista. |
| 2,304,000 pixels more than 1920x1200 | | | | |