Archive for the 'Hardware' Category
Vista Minimum Requirements Unrealistic
Saturday, December 9th, 2006A white paper published this morning by hardware analysis firm iSuppli, based on its studies of Microsoft Windows Vista running on multiple grades of computer hardware, has concluded that the software publisher’s stated minimum requirements for the system — which include an 800 MHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, and a 35 GB hard drive [...]
Microsoft clarifies: Halo 2 Vista wont be Direct X 10
Thursday, December 7th, 2006A Microsoft representative contacted GamePro today to clear up a few matters concerning the upcoming Windows Vista port of Halo 2…namely, that the game will support Direct X 9 visual effects, not the Direct X 10 effects. GamePro.com, as well as many other game media outlets, have reported that Halo 2 will support Direct X [...]
Dell Makes Vista Migration A Snap
Friday, December 1st, 2006Dell today announced it is ready to help business customers adopt Microsoft’s Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange Server 2007, based on a software migration strategy designed to reduce the time and complexity of managing the change.
Windows Vista is big for Microsofts bottom line. Its also really big.
Thursday, November 30th, 2006On Thursday, the software giant will launch the long-awaited, newest version of its operating system, Vista, for business customers. They’ll also release new corporate versions of their Office products, like Word and Excel, and their Exchange e-mail server software. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer will speak at a launch event Thursday morning in New York, and [...]
Windows Vista Custom PC Design
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006Microsoft and Dell recently partnered up to create a super-cool custom PC in celebration of Microsoft releasing Windows Vista to manufacturing earlier this month. Our own Sean Alexander had a friend on the Windows Team forward on some pictures and information regarding the high end PC. Here are the system specs:
SiS 671FX Vista aero compatible integrated graphics chipset
Sunday, November 19th, 2006SiS earlier this week announced its SiS671FX chipset with integrated graphics for Intel platforms. The new SiS671FX supports Intel Core 2 Duo processors up to 1066 MHz front-side bus, though there’s no mention of support for Intel’s quad-core processors. Integrated graphics is provided by a new Mirage 3 graphics core.
Vista System Memory Concerns
Saturday, November 18th, 2006As Vista positions itself for an upcoming release date, many consumers are showing concerns over the required systems resources needed to give Vista the power it needs to wow and dazzle.
The word on the street is that you should be fine with a gigabyte of RAM, but those of us who are familiar with the [...]
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX Review
Thursday, November 16th, 2006The Windows Vista era won’t officially begin until Microsoft finally ships its new operating system next January, but PC game enthusiasts will get next-gen PC graphics performance a few months early because Nvidia is ready to ship its new GeForce 8800 GTX and GTS video cards. The GeForce 8800 series GPUs are designed specifically to [...]
DirectX 10 hardware appears with nary a native game in sight
Tuesday, November 14th, 2006It seems more than a coincidence that NVIDIA announced the release of the first DX 10 GPU within hours of Microsoft’s Windows Vista RTM announcement. Vista marks a significant moment in the history of desktop graphics - it’s the first time most users have had a reason to buy 3D graphics cards for reasons other [...]
Worlds First Vista Certified Laptop
Sunday, November 12th, 2006ASUSTeK Computer (ASUS) has announced the R1 laptop series as the world’s first laptop to receive the Vista x86 Premium logo.
It signals the start of new computing and digital entertainment possibilities with the much anticipated Vista operating system. ASUS is working closely with Microsoft to prepare a complete laptop line offering dynamic computing solutions for [...]
