1 posted on
06/09/2006 9:35:57 AM PDT by
MadIvan
To: ShadowAce
2 posted on
06/09/2006 9:36:17 AM PDT by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Bush2000; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; ...
3 posted on
06/09/2006 9:45:04 AM PDT by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: MadIvan
Your pricing is full of it. Windows XP retails for nearly $300, but no one pays that. Newegg sells XP Pro for $150, and it's about half that when purchased preinstalled on a computer.
Your analysis also sucks. By offloading the video processing to the video GPU, you reduce the load on the CPU. Vista will be no more demanding than a low-end video game. Which is to say, it will require a good 3d card. There are many cards in the under $100 range that will do just fine.
Business users will not require the fancy video effects and can turn them off.
4 posted on
06/09/2006 9:52:04 AM PDT by
js1138
(Well I say there are some things we don't want to know! Important things!")
To: MadIvan
Vista=
RAM Hog
Processor Hog
Cache Hog
Storage Hog...........
6 posted on
06/09/2006 9:59:58 AM PDT by
roaddog727
(eludium PU36 explosive space modulator)
To: MadIvan
What this tells me is that the business community is going to greet Vista with a great big yawn. Just looking at the requirements tells me that every single one of those low-end Dell Dimensions that business is so fond of buying is going to have to be replaced (since many of them don't have an AGP or PCIe/X slot) in order to run Vista acceptably.
10 posted on
06/09/2006 10:44:18 AM PDT by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: MadIvan
This, with a more advanced OS, runs all the OS's eye candy just fine with 512 MB RAM and onboard shared-memory graphics.
To: MadIvan
No way anyone will ever need more than 640k of RAM.
16 posted on
06/09/2006 1:49:41 PM PDT by
Spruce
(Keep your mitts off my wallet)
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