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Vista: Not an XP Replacement
Saturday, September 9th, 2006
Vista’s specifications have changed–did Microsoft make it less of a pig, or did they simply play 
games with the requirements? My bet is on the latter. I can just imagine the folks at Dell, Gateway, HP, and other computer makers sitting down with their morning coffee, reading those original requirements, spewing coffee all over their monitors, and picking up the phone to Microsoft. Most of the basic configurations sold by PC makers right now do not meet the hardware requirements for Vista, you can go and check them yourself. Beefing up those configurations means a price increase. Oh yeah, and you have to pay more for Vista too.
Want to upgrade your own PC? It’s not just a case of dropping the $399 for Vista Ultimate; you’ll often need to buy more memory and possibly a new video card. Also expect to buy new utilities such as antivirus software–nope, not even the top-end Vista Ultimate version includes antivirus software. Maybe they should call it Vista Penultimate. Vista: Not an XP Replacement
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