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      Do Microsofts Vista Hardware Guidelines Meet the Mark?

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        While the final hardware requirements for Microsofts Windows Vista operating system wont be made public until next summer, testers say the first beta release of the operating system is performing moderately well on existing PC hardware.

        Microsoft released to testers the first beta of Vista one week ago. As it has been doing for the past couple of years, Microsoft is declining to specify the minimum hardware requirements for the operating system for now.

        Microsoft did offer some general guidelines, saying that Vista beta 1 should run on “a majority of modern computers that can run Windows XP, carry the Designed for Windows XP logo, have a mainstream processor from Intel or AMD, and have 512 MB of RAM,” a Microsoft spokeswoman reiterated this week.

        (Comparatively, Microsoft suggests that users have a 300-MHz CPU and 128 MB of RAM to run Windows XP.)

        So do Microsofts guidelines meet the mark?

        “Beta 1 seems to be working well enough, although Im extremely disappointed in both Microsoft and NVIDIA for not delivering drivers that would enable me to experience [Vistas Aero] Glass [user interface] in its full glory,” said Chris Pirillo, founder of Lockergnome.com and a frequent Microsoft beta tester. “Either 64MB aint enough video RAM, or NVIDIA is incapable of supporting this card with this beta [and possibly future releases]. Frustrating.”

        Pirillo said he is testing Beta 1 on a Toshiba Satellite 5105-S701 that originally shipped with XP Home Edition. The system sports an Intel Pentium 4 processor, 512 MB of RAM, and a 60GB hard drive. It also has a 15-inch display and an Nvidia GeForce4 440 Go graphics card with 64MB of video memory.

        So far, Vista “doesnt seem to be any faster than XP,” Pirillo said. “Maybe a little slower.”

        The bits released on July 27 have yet to be performance-tweaked. Microsoft officials warned the first beta would include little of the final user interface.

        /zimages/1/28571.gifClick here to read more about enterprises concerns about Vistas compatibility.

        But Pirillo said that the “Classic Mode interface is beyond unusable,” and called it a “Frankenstein UI.”

        “Im going to reserve true judgments until one of the first RCs (final release candidate builds), he said. But “if certain details are still underfinished, Ill scream like a banshee.”

        /zimages/1/28571.gifRead the full story on MicrosoftWatch: Do Microsofts Vista Hardware Guidelines Meet the Mark?

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