Chris Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 26, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the product lineup of its upcoming Windows Vista™ operating system. Scheduled for release later this year, the Microsoft® Windows Vista product lineup will bring clarity to customers’ digital world by helping them easily accomplish everyday tasks, instantly find what they want, enjoy the latest in entertainment, improve the safety of their personal information, stay connected at home or on the go, and help ensure PCs are up-to-date, more secure and running smoothly. The Windows Vista product lineup consists of six versions, two for businesses, three for consumers, and one for emerging markets: Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows Vista Starter. The number of offerings is the same as the number of offerings currently available for Windows® XP. More important, the lineup is designed to deliver clear value to a broad range of customers, each product tailored to meet specific needs of various segments of customers — home PC users, small and medium-sized businesses and the largest enterprises — and is aimed at bringing 64-bit, Media Center and Tablet PC functionality into the mainstream. “We live in a digital world that is filled with more information, more things to do and more ways to communicate with others than ever,” said Mike Sievert, corporate vice president of Windows Product Management and Marketing at Microsoft. “The PC needs to give people the clarity and confidence to handle this ‘world of more’ so they can focus on what’s most important to them. With our Windows Vista product line, we’ve streamlined and tailored our product lineup to provide what our customers want for today’s computing needs.”More | Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 System requirements? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyWhirly Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 System requirements?Good point as I will need to know what computer specs to get when I upgrade to 64 bit.After reading about the different versions on offer, I have decided that Windows Vista Home Premium is the one for me.It includes Windows Aero so it should be okay for games as well B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 System requirements?Courtesy of: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroo...staBeta1FS.mspxSystem RequirementsMinimum system requirements will not be known until summer 2006 at the earliest. However, these guidelines provide useful estimates: • 512 megabytes (MB) or more of RAM • A dedicated graphics card with DirectX® 9.0 support • A modern, Intel Pentium- or AMD Athlon-based PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyWhirly Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 I think that the above minimum requirements are for the 32 bit version and if so I would like to know the minimum requirements for the 64 bit version, as that is my future upgrade path.I will just have to wait I suppose! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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