Re: [Pc_Support] Re: [OT] One more time … Windows Vista system requirements

[William Warren]

Of course you can run a linux distro or even a Mac which with older 
technology(ie mac osx first version) had the features vista is trying to 
do now but with much cheaper hardware.  Vista is a horrible kludge and 
correct me if i am wrong but despite MS's protests otherwise vista is 
nothing but a reskin of xp which is a reskin of 2k which is a reskinned 
nt.  Yes they have mad echanges but the very core is still nt based.

Damien McKenna wrote:
> On Jun 8, 2006, at 2:45 PM, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
>> On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 11:52 -0400, Damien McKenna wrote:
>>> You said yourself that a DirectX9-compatible video card will work, so
>>> basically anything from a Radeon 9200 onwards
>>
>> Er, I think you mean Radeon 9500 (R300-series), the 9200 is the same
>> series as the 8500 (R200-series).
> 
> My mistake, the 9200 is only DX8.1.  The 9550 can be have for $45 off 
> NewEgg, ditto for the Geforce 5000/6000 series which are DX9 compatible.
> 
>>> or a Geforce 6000 series onwards, which puts the price well under $100
>>> for even new cards.  Even $150 will give people plenty of video
>>> speed.  Heck, you can even get those cards in PCI flavors for people
>>> without AGP or PCI-e slots.  Am I missing something?
>>
>> Yes, you're missing a huge point.
> 
> Nope.
> 
>> A NV4x/R3xx is the minimum to run Vista in _legacy_ GDI/Explorer mode.
>> I.e., it runs _much_slower_ to show the _exact_same_ as you have with XP
>> already!  You're _not_ using the new Avalon system at all.
> 
> I know that, but it is at least enough to run the darn thing, which is 
> all most people (who aren't interested/willing to pay for a whole new 
> POS) want.
> 
> --Damien McKenna, husband, father, geek.
> damien at mc-kenna.com - http://www.mc-kenna.com/
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