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Vista public BETA released
toadlife:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---But isn't that stupid?
Surly they should make it so it runs on hardware at least two years old? Personally I'd like them set the minimum requirements for a typical five year old machine.
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I don't see any reason why it wouldn't run on a five year old computer. I just threw out an Athlon 750 machine that would have run Vista just fine. It was six years old. The computers I tested on ran it with all of the fancy effects activated and it ran very fast - just as fast as XP. ON older machines you would have to turn down the graphical effects (it can revert all the way back to the "Windows Classic" look), but the security features, which I think are the best part of Vista would still be there.
Aloone_Jonez:
Don't believe you, my machine is less than five years old and it won't run Vista, unless you've upgraded your five year old machine which is of course cheating.
H_TeXMeX_H:
--- Quote from: toadlife ---I don't see any reason why it wouldn't run on a five year old computer. I just threw out an Athlon 750 machine that would have run Vista just fine. It was six years old. The computers I tested on ran it with all of the fancy effects activated and it ran very fast - just as fast as XP. ON older machines you would have to turn down the graphical effects (it can revert all the way back to the "Windows Classic" look), but the security features, which I think are the best part of Vista would still be there.
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What are the specs on this "typical" 5 year old machine may I ask ?
Oh, and yes I have to agree XP is faster than an old granny in a tar pit.
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: toadlife ---but the security features, which I think are the best part of Vista would still be there.
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Oh yes, the wonderful security features ;)
ReggieMicheals:
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---What are the specs on this "typical" 5 year old machine may I ask ?
Oh, and yes I have to agree XP is faster than an old granny in a tar pit.
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Here's the "average" pre built PC specs of Dells in 2001:
866 Mhz P III CPU
SoundBlaster Live!
Nvidia Riva TNT2
200W Power Supply
128 MB PC-133 RAM
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