Well, Windows Vista is on the shelves. There was an article in my local paper Tampa Tribune regarding the official release, and there appears to be no big motivation for people to rush out and buy a new operating system.
Vista has been more than five years in the making and ranges in price between $100.00-$400.00 depending on the version and if you are upgrading from XP.
The official site is located at www.windowsvista.com
Vista requires quite a bit of power, so if you do decide to purchase make sure you run the upgrade advisor found at the above link, to make sure you pc can handle the new OS.
If you decide you want to purchase Vista, you can even download the OS for a quick install.
Here are the posted minimum requirements for Vista Ultimate.
System Requirements
Manufacturer/Publisher Name
Microsoft
Operating System
Windows Vista
Minimum Processor Speed
1 GHz processor
Memory Required
1 GB of system memory
HardDisk Required
40GB hard drive with at least 15GB of available space
Display
Support for DirectX 9 graphics with:
• WDDM Driver
• 128 MB of graphics memory (minimum)
• Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware
• 32 bits per pixel
I think it will be awhile before Vista becomes the most common OS, as XP seems to work just fine.
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