Windows VISTA
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Windows Vista software and drivers:
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Software & Driver Downloads page
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'Premium Ready PC'-label :
processor 1 GHz, 1.024 MB memory
Graphic card with 128 MB then it will be possible to see the New Aero-interface .
For Aero Glass, the superior of the Aero-interface,then you need a graphic card with support for Vista-drivers .
If the desktop resolution is higher then 1.600 x 1.200 pixels; then the graphic card must have min. 256 MB .
The biggest problem will be the systems with integrated graphic Chip without own video memory. Videodata is send in this case to general memory therefore there is less for the OS and applications.In generaly this is the case notebooks and budget-pc's then they need more memory.
For notebooks, its best to have Core Duo-processor, 2.048 MB memory and a graphic chip enough memory.
Vista Overview
EDITIONS OF VISTA
Vista Home { BASIC || PREMIUM || ULTIMATE }
Vista Business and Vista Enterprice
For older systems Starter Edition (only in 32bit)
RAM limitations:
BASIC max:8GB Ram 1 Physic CPU
PREMIUM max:16GB Ram 1 Physic CPU
Ultimate max:128GB Ram 2 Physic CPU
Vista has Preference for :
PCI-E in place off AGP & PCI
Dual Core 64 bit
Windows Precentation Fundation (WPF)
For the building of the Desktop where XP uses the
GDI/GDI+ integrated in the Kernel
Now Vista preferred the Windows Precentation Fundation (WPF)
Who is not in kernel-mode but in user-mode; means more
Stability but better hardware needed
AERO:
Needs WDDM drivers
Displaying windows by use of DirectX with the help GPU in place of CPU.
DirectX 9.0 Graphic cards witch must support WDDM drivers
& Pixel Shader 2.0
(or must have a Longhorn Display Driver Model (LDDM) driver. NVidia and ATI both make LDDM drivers available for a number of their video card models)
32bits/pixel
This means for resolution of 1280x1024=1.310.720 pix x 4B/pix =>
64 MB Graphic memory. Microsoft advices 128 MB but 258 will be better.
PCI & AGP will cause fall back to GDI+ Ă la XP .
DirectX 10.
Not running under Windows XP
Vista introduced DirectX 10 wich needs new Graphic Chipset
Geometry Shader
Need functions who can calculate on GPU in place of CPU
DirectX 9.0 is OK but for future games relaying on Vista
Directx10 will be needed.
DRIVERS:
New Drivers runs in User-mode (no more in Kernel-mode)
90% of crashes came from the drivers running in kernel-mode !
Other MEDIA:
DVD-HD Autoplay an support without third parity drivers needed
DVD Blue Ray autoplay; auto detection of the media but
until now there is need for third parity supporting software !?
Support for Hybride HD (hardisks with flash memory on board)
Samsung will come with HD of 80,120 & 160 GB with 1GB flash ram.
Superfetch is a step further then Prefetch (who loads most used programs
In virtual memory) But superfetch make a profile of the use of the
Programs.
Windows Vista Rating System
A bench mark is Integrated : Windows System Assessment (Winsat)
who check your hardware performances. And there is possibility
that for further programs that they can use this bench mark figures.
VISTA Media Center:
There will be no stand alone Media Centre Edition.
Its is integrated in VISTA; this for Home PREMIUM and Home Ultimate
Windows ReadyDrive:
Vooral Windows Vista zal baat hebben bij deze hybride harde schijven. Het besturingssysteem gebruikt Windows ReadyDrive om het opstarten en het terugkeren uit slaapstand te versnellen. Zie ook Hybride HD
You want know more concerning the possibilities of Windows Vista, then you get help also on the Internet
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/
www.microsoft.com/netherlands/windowsvista.
Before you decide change on Windows Vista can you a test twist with the programme Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor Beta (download: www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeadvisor). With this programme you can retrieve what hardwarematig the critical be able twist Windows points is successfully Vista. YOU can twist this test uncomplicated on your own Windows XP-computer.
Sync Center
At last it becomes possible two pc.s with each other let synchronise, which are always skilful with a rag top! But on both pc.s produce a network disk and synchronise. It is me only not yet clear or also Outlook in this manner between two computers can be synchronised (as that goes now with PDA and ActiveSync).
This network functionality will be however not accessible in the Vista Home-versies. I have suspecting which the use will remain limited to mobile tel. and PDA's as a substitute of ActiveSync. Fortunately can you synchronise files also with free software (for example SyncBack, download: www.2brightsparks.com).
Name Change of Folders
The map Document and Settings it has been renamed to Users and the map Application data becomes now AppData called. For the programmes which still use of the old locations internal snelkoppelingen have been made. The chosen construction seems rather knocked together, moans that for this no good solution has been found. I had rather seen that the map Document and Settings it were split up to a map with irreplaceable documents (among which also the favourites, e-mail, address book and such) and a map with the personal institutions. Such logic is unfortunately not yet applied.
- Windows Vista Home Basic DVD: 279 euro
- Windows Vista Home Basic Upgrade DVD: 129 euro
- Windows Vista Home Prem DVD: 329 euro
- Windows Vista Home Prem Upgrade DVD: 219
- Windows Vista Ultimate DVD: 549 euro
- Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade DVD: 369 euro
- Windows Vista Business DVD: 409 euro
- Windows Vista Business Upgrade DVD: 279 euro