Machine recommendation for Vista Beta
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Hey guys, Could you suggest the spec for a machine that'd run Vista Beta smoothly? Specifically the video card. We are trying to put together a machine for testing out Vista.
Regards, Nish
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Hey guys, Could you suggest the spec for a machine that'd run Vista Beta smoothly? Specifically the video card. We are trying to put together a machine for testing out Vista.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
for a machine that'd run Vista Beta smoothly?
isn't "beta" and "smoothly" something of an oxymoron?
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Specifically the video card.
I would imagine, get a top-end card with 256MB or 512MB of RAM. Marc
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Hey guys, Could you suggest the spec for a machine that'd run Vista Beta smoothly? Specifically the video card. We are trying to put together a machine for testing out Vista.
Regards, Nish
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Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
We are trying to put together a machine for testing out Vista.
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Hey guys, Could you suggest the spec for a machine that'd run Vista Beta smoothly? Specifically the video card. We are trying to put together a machine for testing out Vista.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)What are you doing up ? I'm not even in bed yet ( although it *is* late for me ) Doesn't Chris have a 'Vista ready' notebook ? (evil laugh) Seriously, I have the most recent Vista here, although I've not installed it. Should I try ? I have two different video cards to choose from...
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Hey guys, Could you suggest the spec for a machine that'd run Vista Beta smoothly? Specifically the video card. We are trying to put together a machine for testing out Vista.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)If you don't care too much about the Aero Glass interface, the beta runs just fine under VMWare. VMWare server is free, and Workstation is not very expensive. We use the workstation version, so that we can do the snapshots, which are REALLY good for testing installs. David
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Hey guys, Could you suggest the spec for a machine that'd run Vista Beta smoothly? Specifically the video card. We are trying to put together a machine for testing out Vista.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)Based on my experience with Vista on a development machine: RAM: Atleast 2GB (4GB recommended) Processor: Dual Core (I am using AMD 64x2 4200) Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 7 Series Hard Disk: Make sure that you have 40-60 GB in the OS partition.
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Hey guys, Could you suggest the spec for a machine that'd run Vista Beta smoothly? Specifically the video card. We are trying to put together a machine for testing out Vista.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New) -
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
for a machine that'd run Vista Beta smoothly?
isn't "beta" and "smoothly" something of an oxymoron?
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Specifically the video card.
I would imagine, get a top-end card with 256MB or 512MB of RAM. Marc
Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmerMarc Clifton wrote:
isn't "beta" and "smoothly" something of an oxymoron?
Not when refering to google. BTW: My Vista machine is running smoothly with only 1 bluescreen so far. There only a few minor quirks other than that I love it.
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Hey guys, Could you suggest the spec for a machine that'd run Vista Beta smoothly? Specifically the video card. We are trying to put together a machine for testing out Vista.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)Hi Nish I've got a Pentium 4 HT 2.8GHZ, 1GB RAM, ATI Radeon 9700 card, and it's been running Vista with no problems. I recently upgraded to 2 GB of RAM and hardly noticed a speed increase.
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Hey guys, Could you suggest the spec for a machine that'd run Vista Beta smoothly? Specifically the video card. We are trying to put together a machine for testing out Vista.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Could you suggest the spec for a machine that'd run Vista Beta smoothly? Specifically the video card. We are trying to put together a machine for testing out Vista.
Yes: God's Own Machine: -128 core processor, each core with 4 hardware threads each. -32 Terabytes of RAM -Tri-port PCI-Express video card with 2 Exabyte video memory (you can "borrow" one of these from your nearest deserted alien crash site) I have a doubt. But I have my students run this setup for every homework assignment given them. Unfortunately, they keep posting the homework assignments on the CPian sites, so I give them blackened grades.
Sincelery yours, Computer Information conSciences Professor and grader, Sharada Ulhas
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Hey guys, Could you suggest the spec for a machine that'd run Vista Beta smoothly? Specifically the video card. We are trying to put together a machine for testing out Vista.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)Nish, Microsoft has a section on their Vista webpage that details system specifications for running Vista. Vista PC Requirements[^] They also detail what kind of Video card you'd need to run Areo.
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Nish, Microsoft has a section on their Vista webpage that details system specifications for running Vista. Vista PC Requirements[^] They also detail what kind of Video card you'd need to run Areo.
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Regards, Nish
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Hi Nish I've got a Pentium 4 HT 2.8GHZ, 1GB RAM, ATI Radeon 9700 card, and it's been running Vista with no problems. I recently upgraded to 2 GB of RAM and hardly noticed a speed increase.
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Judah Himango wrote:
I've got a Pentium 4 HT 2.8GHZ, 1GB RAM, ATI Radeon 9700 card, and it's been running Vista with no problems. I recently upgraded to 2 GB of RAM and hardly noticed a speed increase.
Thanks Judah. Looks like a new machine with standard specs would easily run Vista.
Regards, Nish
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Could you suggest the spec for a machine that'd run Vista Beta smoothly? Specifically the video card. We are trying to put together a machine for testing out Vista.
Yes: God's Own Machine: -128 core processor, each core with 4 hardware threads each. -32 Terabytes of RAM -Tri-port PCI-Express video card with 2 Exabyte video memory (you can "borrow" one of these from your nearest deserted alien crash site) I have a doubt. But I have my students run this setup for every homework assignment given them. Unfortunately, they keep posting the homework assignments on the CPian sites, so I give them blackened grades.
Sincelery yours, Computer Information conSciences Professor and grader, Sharada Ulhas
Professor Sharada Ulhas wrote:
Yes: God's Own Machine: -128 core processor, each core with 4 hardware threads each. -32 Terabytes of RAM -Tri-port PCI-Express video card with 2 Exabyte video memory (you can "borrow" one of these from your nearest deserted alien crash site) I have a doubt. But I have my students run this setup for every homework assignment given them. Unfortunately, they keep posting the homework assignments on the CPian sites, so I give them blackened grades.
:sigh: Failed humor is as pathetic as it can get!
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New) -
Professor Sharada Ulhas wrote:
Yes: God's Own Machine: -128 core processor, each core with 4 hardware threads each. -32 Terabytes of RAM -Tri-port PCI-Express video card with 2 Exabyte video memory (you can "borrow" one of these from your nearest deserted alien crash site) I have a doubt. But I have my students run this setup for every homework assignment given them. Unfortunately, they keep posting the homework assignments on the CPian sites, so I give them blackened grades.
:sigh: Failed humor is as pathetic as it can get!
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)Aww, come on now Nish. It's fun posting it. :)
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Aww, come on now Nish. It's fun posting it. :)
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Judah Himango wrote:
Aww, come on now Nish. It's fun posting it.
Yeah, but Professor Sharada Ulhas's humor is repetitive - see all his posts - they are of a similar nature, and try to reuse the same joke :sigh:
Regards, Nish
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Nish, Microsoft has a section on their Vista webpage that details system specifications for running Vista. Vista PC Requirements[^] They also detail what kind of Video card you'd need to run Areo.
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Judah Himango wrote:
Aww, come on now Nish. It's fun posting it.
Yeah, but Professor Sharada Ulhas's humor is repetitive - see all his posts - they are of a similar nature, and try to reuse the same joke :sigh:
Regards, Nish
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Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)Maybe you have a point. But granted, he usually shows up only for whacking people posting their homework questions, so his posts are usually similar in nature. :)
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Maybe you have a point. But granted, he usually shows up only for whacking people posting their homework questions, so his posts are usually similar in nature. :)
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Judah Himango wrote:
Maybe you have a point. But granted, he usually shows up only for whacking people posting their homework questions, so his posts are usually similar in nature.
I'd like to know who he really is. I am sure he has a more regular ID on CP and that this masked crusader role is one he maintains in parallel.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
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Judah Himango wrote:
Maybe you have a point. But granted, he usually shows up only for whacking people posting their homework questions, so his posts are usually similar in nature.
I'd like to know who he really is. I am sure he has a more regular ID on CP and that this masked crusader role is one he maintains in parallel.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)Yes, me too. I can pretty much guarantee his last name is Himango. but i still have a doubt who he is on the cpians. ;)
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