Windows Vista takes 1.2GB of ram just to run the operating system. Windows XP faster than Vista even with the 64 bit drivers on the beta test. I know DirectX 10 is going to come out for it @ the same time, but how can this be any good for gaming? The hardware will be 2 years behind. Everything out today is obsolete as soon as Windows Vista hits the shelf. When do you think the hardware will catch up? Microsoft is such a memory hog. :) omg...this is the big one people kept taking about in 2004....?
2006-11-26 16:50:43 · 5 answers · asked by OhIdonno 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Way back when I was a new software developer I went to my boss one day and told him the software we were developing wouldn't run on the current computer. I was told not to worry that it would be taken care of. I continued to develop software that I knew wouldn't run, as my boss pushed for a new computer.
Our staff could have just as easily developed software that would have run on the current computer but that wasn't the goal. The goal was a new computer to begin with. We developed, the boss pushed and management spent money on a computer it could have done without.
Quick observation......the new dual core processors are out...:)
2006-11-26 17:04:38 · answer #1 · answered by Danny A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About the same thing has happened every time a new version of Windows has come out. The solution is to stop looking at the cheap PCs for now and buy a decent computer. Many computers today can run Vista just fine, but the 299 PC might have problems.
And you have way overstated the specs for Vista.
2006-11-26 16:56:44 · answer #2 · answered by Bryan A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard ware never catches up - neither do games -
But games should run
Im using Microsoft Windows Media Center 2005, and am still running Windows 95 / 98 games for my kids, and current games for me and the wife
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Hope this helps
2006-11-26 16:56:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.2gb ram won't be any problem. you just need a 1gb ram just do it. a 2.8 Pentium 4 and a 256 video card. that's would do it to run it and smoothly. If you want it to be like super performance. just take p4 3.2 and 2 gb ram and a 512 mb video card. that will do the work. nothing is impossible, the hardware already catch the technology nowadays. i think you're the one who need to catch up
2006-11-26 16:55:42 · answer #4 · answered by syawalx 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
vista requires 512MB RAM to run. Personally i think i'll switch to vista after Vista SP1 or even SP2.
2006-11-26 16:52:36 · answer #5 · answered by myasfalttango 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋