• PCs to have    Vista Capable    Stickers

    PCs to have Vista Capable Stickers

    Techtree News Staff, Apr 03, 2006 1325 hrs IST

    Microsoft is coming up with new "Windows Vista Capable" stickers for PCs in anticipation of the release of Vista.

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The announcement of a delay in the availability of the Windows Vista home edition might have deterred many...

But to their relief - if it can be called as such, Microsoft is coming up with new "Windows Vista Capable" stickers for PCs in anticipation of the release of the 50 million lines of Vista code to business users (end-2006) and consumers (probably beginning-2007).

According to sources, a PC can get the sticker only if it has a "modern" CPU; is able to run - to competently run Windows XP, 512MB of RAM, a DirectX 9-class graphics processor, and optionally support Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) so as to take advantage of Vista' s improved graphics.

The Windows Vista Capable program is intended to be used as a way to attract more customers into allowing Microsoft to perform an early upgrade to the existing operating system.

The Vista Capable designation, does not promise that a PC will provide a great Vista experience, or it will support all Vista features; however it does say that the PC will be able to run Windows Vista Home Basic adequately.

Meanwhile, Microsoft is only intending to use the Windows Vista Capable program to inform its customers that a PC currently running Windows XP can be upgraded to Windows Vista in the future.

If a customer sees the "Designed for Windows XP - Windows Vista Capable" logo, then he knows that he can purchase that PC and safely upgrade to some version of Vista in the future.

Joe Wilcox, analyst, Jupiter Research, stresses the importance for customers to distinguish between PCs "capable" of running Vista and those that are actually "ready" to do so.

Wilcox points out that a system running Windows Vista may not be capable of using all of its features. Wilcox explains that a machine branded "Windows Vista Capable" that is a high-end Media Center PC with superior graphics capabilities will be ready for even the most feature-intensive versions of Vista. But if it's a low-cost PC that has a "Capable" sticker on it, Wilcox warns that the PC will probably run the features of Home Basic but not anything else.

Furthermore, Microsoft has said that it will provide more information on the hardware requirements for full versions of Vista "in the coming months".

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(30) Comments
Manoj Sharma
,delhi, on Feb 28, 2008 11:59 AM
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parmar
,gandhidham, on Jul 17, 2007 02:16 PM
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anil
,nagpur, on Dec 21, 2007 12:41 PM
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babu
,ahmedabad, on Sep 22, 2006 08:37 PM
i have a install this software my computer
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,Bien Hoa, on Sep 20, 2006 09:18 AM
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ROME
,CAL, on Apr 03, 2006 02:39 PM
nice article tt
Anonymous
,dd, on May 21, 2006 08:10 PM
The bottom line is business is what drives the MS OS. If the requirments are going to be this high, then MS VISTA is not going to be adopted for at least 6 years. THey will probablly have to come out with a professional version that is less of a hog if they want this to work.
sander koks
,waalwijk, on Apr 28, 2006 11:59 PM
vista
sander koks
,waalwijk, on Apr 29, 2006 12:00 AM
windows vista
ronald
,Chennai, on Apr 03, 2006 02:14 PM
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ankush1
,Mumbai, on Apr 03, 2006 03:05 PM
hey do u have a ram at a low cost <512/1gb>
Prasang
,Lucknow, on Apr 08, 2006 12:12 PM
Hey pard can u send me the price of 512MB SD RAM for my computer.Please help me to choose from the cheapest!
Chris
,Buizingen, on Apr 03, 2006 06:39 PM
So, basically, first they will sell you XP on your new PC, and then a couple of months later, you can buy Vista? Real jokers, those Microsoft boys! My new OS comes out in a couple of weeks, it's called suse 10.1, and it's cheap as chips.
Southall
,Southall, on Apr 07, 2006 09:34 PM
Suse 10.1 - pathetic! I guess you're one of those guys who believe that anything FOSS can save the world and that writing MS as "M$" is cool. The non-techie users - who aren't 'lusers' or 'Windows weenies' but probably more sensible and practical than you guys - don't care a damn about the oh-so supertechnical capabilities of Linux. They wan't to get their job done. They'd rather like to start *using* their OS instead of spending valuable hours configuring it. An intelligent OS detects all hardware and other OS partitions on the machine it's getting installed. An intelligent OS doesn't require a techie to edit text files in vi or emac to enable everything. And it's got fonts and file formats that are compatible with what other people are using (interoperability, if you please). I started with Red Hat 7. Now I see that even the much hyped Ubuntu doesn't automatically show the other partitions in the hard disk. OpenOffice.org is many times slower than its MS counterpart. Mandriva is almost OK in the ease of use department. But the Joe User doesn't care. Because s/he wants to get his/her things done and s/he does, on "M$ Windoze".
TKoD
,ramallah, on Apr 06, 2006 10:13 AM
that was along time ago but we will see abaut that soon
Hannes
,Bloemsmond, on Apr 04, 2006 11:10 AM
HA! Another piece of crap story by Micros..t! Yust what are they thinking? This story might be good for the man on the street, but for me... I'm moving to open source asap. BTW, Satan, I mean Bill yust makes promises he can't keep! VIVA Le Revolution, VIVA Le Tux!
Chris Maguire
,Sydney, on Apr 06, 2006 03:47 AM
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Ram
,Patna, on Apr 04, 2006 12:08 PM
Please inform details of hardware requirements of running VISTA.
robert joseph
,'sheattle', on Apr 04, 2006 07:30 AM
"Designed for Windows XP - Windows Vista Capable" = please, please, buy this 'pig in a poke!' How long has Gomer Gates been promising us the 'Holy Grail?' How many times has he sold us yet another pig in a poke, full of bugs, worms, glitches and a petri dish for future grief? Just how many times will you allow the richest man in the world, pull the wool over your eyes, again, and again, and yet again? Are you BRAIN DEAD? Most 3-4 year-olds learn not to touch a hot stove after 1 or 2 encounters. What's YOUR excuse?
ROME
,CAL, on Apr 03, 2006 06:17 PM
Well, "VISTA capable" computers are whatever higher end computers available now... "VISTA ready" PCs are yet to come computers with 4GHz processor woth 1GB 533MHz RAM (2GB recommended), 128MB PCIe card, ExtraMax cabinet...
Josh
,HUD NY, on Apr 03, 2006 07:59 PM
i have seen processors overclocked over 4ghz already so its not really "yet to come"
Anonymous
,Dallas, on Apr 04, 2006 06:31 AM
Actually Intel has said that they will not produce 4ghz cpu's. The heat/performance ratio is too high. Multi-core CPU's are going to be the way they increase the speed of existing CPU's.
unknown
,unknown, on Apr 04, 2006 05:49 AM
you guys are morons i bet over half of you are using windows, yet you bash Microsoft. And some are just out to bash Microsoft just because its cool to. get a freakin life.
Windows_Free
,Colorado Springs, Co, on Apr 04, 2006 04:10 AM
Look at these "preliminary" requirements for the "basic" vista experience... Very few computers more than a year or two old will meet this, and many being sold today cannot... What a croc! I can (and do) have a very satisfying Linux "experience" today on a machine with a lot less resources than the basic vista requirements. No thanks Redmond...
SkiTzO
,Kalamazoo, MI, on Apr 04, 2006 03:57 AM
Yeah just took a class at college covering XP and its architechture and crap. So much for that class now I'll have to take another one.
alpacahacka
,bradford, on Apr 03, 2006 08:46 PM
This is just Microsoft struggling to compete with the OS's that thei competitors have and will be releasing. They are afraid that Vsita will be outsold, which it likely will be, because of the delays.
Mr. Pusser
,Portland, Oregon, on Apr 03, 2006 10:15 PM
M$ isn't afraid Vista will be outsold because of the delays. They're afraid that Vista will be outsold because, just like every other M$ offering, it's crap. Crappy software. Americans with more money than brains. Criminal corporation. It's sickening! Dear North Korea...please nuke Redmond, WA.
gregoogle
,l-town, on Apr 03, 2006 10:13 PM
i have windows vegas!!?wait i mean vista....vegas is made by sony.....my b!
compton compute
,New Delhi, on Apr 03, 2006 07:36 PM
We are waiting for Vista and hoping the the product is worth waiting
Anonymous
,somewhere, on Apr 03, 2006 07:27 PM
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