what is the minimum hardware requirements of windows vista?

Answer 1

if you're asking this most likely you don't know much about your own system and probably should hold off purchasing Vista. Continue using 2k or XP until you buy a new computer with Vista pre-installed

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/default.mspx

Answer 2

You can actually get this off from Microsoft site but, see below:

Windows Vista Home Basic
• 800-megahertz (MHz) 32-bit (x86) processor or 800-MHz 64-bit (x64) processor
• 512 megabytes (MB) of system memory
• DirectX 9-class graphics card
• 32 MB of graphics memory
• 20-gigabyte (GB) hard disk that has 15 GB of free hard disk space
• Internal or external DVD drive
• Internet access capability
• Audio output capability

Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, and Windows Vista Ultimate
• 1-gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) processor or 1-GHz 64-bit (x64) processor
• 1 GB of system memory
• Windows Aero-capable graphics card

Note This includes a DirectX 9-class graphics card that supports the following:• A WDDM driver
• Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware
• 32 bits per pixel

• 128 MB of graphics memory (minimum)
• 40-GB hard disk that has 15 GB of free hard disk space (the 15GB of free space provides room for temporary file storage during the install or upgrade.)
• Internal or external DVD drive
• Internet access capability
• Audio output capability

Answer 3

Minimum is 1GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, 40 gig hard drive, between 128 and 256 MB of video RAM, and that's probably it. Go to Microsoft's website to find the exact requirements (http://www.microsoft.com).

Answer 4

you need the same as xp but heard nothing good about vista

Answer 5

I'll list the site in source to test your PC.