Chris Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 It's not often that I can easily point to the question I'm most often asked, but these days it's simple: Readers are thinking of buying a new PC and want to ensure that it's powerful enough to run Windows Vista, Microsoft's upcoming OS. Because Microsoft hasn't yet revealed Vista's exact system requirements, customers are afraid that they're going to be somehow locked out of the upgrade if they get the wrong system. A related question, of course, is whether these customers should wait for Vista before upgrading.That last question is the easiest one to answer. If you need a new PC now, you shouldn't wait. On the flip side, remember that any PC purchase is out of date almost the minute you get it home, because PCs are updated so frequently these days. For example, suppose you just purchased an expensive new Pentium M-based laptop. I've got bad news for you: Intel is now shipping the Core Duo processor, which will replace the Pentium M in the marketplace. Or perhaps you're the proud owner of a new Intel Pentium D-based desktop PC. More bad news: AMD's dual-core chips are more powerful. You know the drill.More | HereHmmm 128GB of RAM will do :P ...and remeber DX10 cards are err not here yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason.b.c Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 It's not often that I can easily point to the question I'm most often asked, but these days it's simple: Readers are thinking of buying a new PC and want to ensure that it's powerful enough to run Windows Vista, Microsoft's upcoming OS. Because Microsoft hasn't yet revealed Vista's exact system requirements, customers are afraid that they're going to be somehow locked out of the upgrade if they get the wrong system. A related question, of course, is whether these customers should wait for Vista before upgrading.That last question is the easiest one to answer. If you need a new PC now, you shouldn't wait. On the flip side, remember that any PC purchase is out of date almost the minute you get it home, because PCs are updated so frequently these days. For example, suppose you just purchased an expensive new Pentium M-based laptop. I've got bad news for you: Intel is now shipping the Core Duo processor, which will replace the Pentium M in the marketplace. Or perhaps you're the proud owner of a new Intel Pentium D-based desktop PC. More bad news: AMD's dual-core chips are more powerful. You know the drill.More | HereHmmm 128GB of RAM will do :P ...and remeber DX10 cards are err not here yet.Did you by any chance mean 128mb of ram??? ---- 128GB seems like alot to me... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 Jason, I don't think you've read the article referred toDid you by any chance mean 128mb of ram??? ---- 128GB seems like alot to me...Viz:Microsoft says that Vista will run acceptably with 512MB of RAM, but that's a low-ball figure. My personal recommendation is to go with 1GB of RAM or more. Understand that Vista, like all Windows versions, is a RAM hog: It will utilize whatever you throw at it, to the physical limits of the system. Those limits are 4GB for 32-bit systems and 128GB for x64.BTW: "mb" of ram (your terminology) indicates millibits i.e one thousandth of a bit - an impossible concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadyassa Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 Bill "I`m gonna buy all the memory factories" Gates :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason.b.c Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Jason, I don't think you've read the article referred toDid you by any chance mean 128mb of ram??? ---- 128GB seems like alot to me...Viz:Microsoft says that Vista will run acceptably with 512MB of RAM, but that's a low-ball figure. My personal recommendation is to go with 1GB of RAM or more. Understand that Vista, like all Windows versions, is a RAM hog: It will utilize whatever you throw at it, to the physical limits of the system. Those limits are 4GB for 32-bit systems and 128GB for x64.BTW: "mb" of ram (your terminology) indicates millibits i.e one thousandth of a bit - an impossible concept. I stand corrected.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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