{"id":1836,"date":"2006-11-12T13:10:08","date_gmt":"2006-11-12T07:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2006\/11\/ensure-your-new-pc-is-windows-vista-capable-or-premium-ready\/"},"modified":"2020-03-30T14:06:48","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T08:36:48","slug":"ensure-your-new-pc-is-windows-vista-capable-or-premium-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2006\/11\/ensure-your-new-pc-is-windows-vista-capable-or-premium-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your New PC Windows Vista Capable, Premium Ready"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new Microsoft Windows Vista editions will be out in the market by <strong>January 30, 2007<\/strong> and your Windows XP will need an upgrade soon. If you plan to buy a new PC or notebook, it is a good idea to wait a few months and get <strong>preinstalled Windows Vista<\/strong>, rather than pay for an upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you really need to buy a new PC now, ensure it is Windows Vista Capable.<\/p>\n<p>The minimum system requirements of a Windows Vista Capable PC is &#8211;<br \/>\n* A modern processor (at least 800MHz1).<br \/>\n* 512 MB of system memory.<br \/>\n* A graphics processor that is DirectX 9 capable.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nWindows Vista Premium Ready PCs <\/strong>ensure you get the premium Windows Aero user experience. Choose a Windows Vista Capable PC that is Premium Ready or meets or exceeds the Premium Ready requirements &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>* 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor1.<br \/>\n* 1 GB of system memory.<br \/>\n* Support for DirectX 9 graphics with a WDDM driver, 128 MB of graphics memory (minimum)2, Pixel Shader 2.0 and 32 bits per pixel.<br \/>\n* 40 GB of hard drive capacity with 15 GB free space.<br \/>\n* DVD-ROM Drive3.<br \/>\n* Audio output capability.<br \/>\n* Internet access capability.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft will deliver five different editions of Windows Vista, each edition is focused on the needs of a specific type of person. If you will be upgrading your current PC, it&#8217;s important to understand the upgrade options. Check your Windows XP-based PC can run Windows Vista by running the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor.<\/p>\n<p>Look out for the &#8220;Windows Vista Capable&#8221;, &#8220;Certified for Windows Vista&#8221; logo or the &#8220;Works with Windows Vista&#8221; logo. Ensure you buy a Windows Vista Capable computer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Microsoft Windows Vista editions will be out in the market by January 30, 2007 and your Windows XP&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}