Microsoft releases requirements for Vista machines

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Microsoft has published the requirements for Vista capable machines.

According to Microsoft, a Vista capable machine must have at least:

-800 MHZ Processor

-512 MB of RAM

-A graphics card that is DirectX 9 compatible

-20 GB of hard drive space

These are absolute minimum requirements, and our testing here shows that to be productive in any way you will need to meet the Vista ‘Premium’ requirements:

-1 GHZ Processor

-1 GB of RAM

-A DirectX 9 Compatible Video card with a WDDM driver, 128 MB of ram, and 2.0 pixel shader

-40 GB of hard drive space

Even with the above specs, you will still feel Vista is sluggish. At least 2 GB of ram will make things much faster.

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