Windows Vista/dual Core Question.

Hey there, I just had a couple questions...

Would I be able to run windows vista (when it comes out) smoothly, taking into account I have 1 gig ddr2 ram, 256mb nvidia 7800 go, 1.83 ghz intel dual core processor (its a dell inspiron 9400 laptop btw)?

Also, will vista take full advantage of my intel dual core?

Thanks alot

 

There are no really serious answers to everybodys questions concerning Vista, but it will be most likely that it will be supported. Since Duel core is the futere of computers

 

I would amagine that would be in order.

WARNING: let Vista go for at least 6-12 months after it is out, because a large number of bugs will come with it. It's alot easier AFTER it's been in the market for awhile.

 

Just download a Vista theme and keep Windows XP ... LOL I have a Vista theme right now and it looks sweet.

 

lol, I'll be holding my XP for awhile.. on this computer at least.

 

Yea ive tried that, but im just not into the whole theme thing...I would prefer to just wait until the real thing comes out

 

I'm 100% agree with this. Like all M$ the bugs comes first

 

Yeah, I remember XP when it first came out... buggy as hell.. then about a year later, It was all fixed, to where we can use it today...

Roaches check in, and stay there for a year until they are dealt with

 

Not Me I use 2000 because its faster

 

It is, but it is less secure than XP. if you look around, you will find a version of XP called 'Stripped to the bone edition'. It can only be found by warez, but it knocked out alot of the unneeded processes in windows XP. then XP is alot faster..

 

I wont be touching vista for a long time until someone finds a way to disable drm, because I aint made of money and certainly cant buy all my apps I need like office, ps, games, etc.

Yes vista will work on that but dont bother. Vista wont be good for the average user who buys software until SP1, Vista wont be good for users who download stuff until after SP1 and a DRM disabler has been released.

 

keep on dreaming.

 

Same here. Built in DRM sucks.

And just using the classic view in XP speeds things up quite a bit. It's not as pretty, but you get used to it, and it helps to not have the OS sucking up more resources than it has to when gaming.

 

I think that Windows XP runs fine for me ... as long as it continues to support games (and I'm sure it will, since you can play most games on 2000 and some even on 98). I had Windows 98 until March of 2004 ... so I'm not spendin the extra hundred and sum dollars for a new OS. If anything, that money is going into hardware

 

it is.