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Old 01-29-2007   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Vista Operating System
If your computer is older than a couple of years (or in many cases even a year), be prepared for Vista to tell you in a nice way that you computer sucks and you need to upgrade. Primarily, your video card. I installed it in a dual boot config on my work Computer for testing. I have a 2.8Ghz HT P4 with 512MB ram. It uses an integrated Intel 910GL Graphics express chip for video. My "Vista Experience" rating was 1.0. Why? Because I don't have 128MB of dedicated Video memory, along with DX9c and Pixel Shader 2.0 support. Of course, if you don't care about Aero (the new user interface thats touted), then you might be ok.
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