By Benecia Beyer
Thinking of upgrading to Microsoft's Windows Vista early next year?
If so, you may be (or should be) getting ready to budget for this upgrade. But before you do, you should check out the newly posted and rather extensive Windows Vista Upgrade planning information and tools posted on the Windows Vista site.
First - let's review optimal and minimum requirements. And then we'll look at how to test your system.
Windows Vista is the first Windows operating system that adapts to take advantage of the capabilities of the hardware on which it is installed. So the Windows Vista experience will vary on different PC's based upon this. If you have the minimum requirements, you will be able to run at least the core experiences of Windows Vista. But if you have the maximum requirements, you will have the ultimate Windows Vista experience.
Minimum Requirements:
Processor - 800 MHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64)
System Memory: 512 MB
GPU: SVGA (800x600)
HDD: 20 GB
HDD Free Space: 15 G
Optical Drive CD-ROM
Maximum Requirements:
Processor - 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64)
System Memory: 1 GB
GPU: A graphics processor that runs Windows Aero. You will also need anywhere from 64MB to 256 MB of graphic memory to support your particular monitor based on its resolution.
Graphics Memory: 128 MB
HDD: 40 GB
HDD Free Space: 15 G
DVD-ROM Drive - external - not internal.
Are you ready to test your system? You can test your system with the Windows Vista Upgrade beta. This isn't a Windows Vista install, but a program that will test your PC to determine whether or not it can handle such an upgrade. Here's the link:
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