there is NO upgrade path from XP. No upgrades. No upgrades????

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So I am told there is no upgrade path to Vista. Is that true from what you
know?
Second: I have one meg of RAM. Is that enough to run Vista Aero?
Tks.
-Pete
 
So I am told there is no upgrade path to Vista. Is that true from what you
know?
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No. I upgraded from XP to Vista Beta, then RC1.
Second: I have one meg of RAM. Is that enough to run Vista Aero?
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One meg? Or one gig?

One meg? No way. One gig? It will run. It will be slow, but it will
technically run.
 
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Pete said:
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So I am told there is no upgrade path to Vista. Is that true from what you
know?
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YET. There is an upgrade option, but it's shadowed out.
Second: I have one meg of RAM. Is that enough to run Vista Aero?
Tks.
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I assume you mean one GIG. If so, plenty.

No guarantee though that all your peripherals will work, though. You might
want to run the latest Upgrade Advisor to check on those.

Note that a number of video cards out there will work with Vista, but that
doesn't necessarily mean they'll provide access to the new Aero interface.
Vista runs fine without that -- you just don't get the fancy special EFX.
 
Windows Version 3.11 needs 4 Megs.

8 MB strongly recommended for 386 enhanced mode.

Remember the Memory DOS takes from your total amount of Ram.

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Evan Platt explained :
No. I upgraded from XP to Vista Beta, then RC1.


One meg? Or one gig?

One meg? No way. One gig? It will run. It will be slow, but it will
technically run.
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I'm currently running Vista with aero on one gig of (dual channel) RAM,
and it runs smooth as a babies bum.... :o)
In fact, is even a bit faster then XP on the same machine.

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It happens that Sascha Benjamin Jazbec formulated :
Windows Version 3.11 needs 4 Megs.

8 MB strongly recommended for 386 enhanced mode.

Remember the Memory DOS takes from your total amount of Ram.

..... Welcome back in 1993
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lol
Doesn't time fly...

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YET. There is an upgrade option, but it's shadowed out.

I assume you mean one GIG. If so, plenty.

No guarantee though that all your peripherals will work, though. You might
want to run the latest Upgrade Advisor to check on those.

Note that a number of video cards out there will work with Vista, but that
doesn't necessarily mean they'll provide access to the new Aero interface.
Vista runs fine without that -- you just don't get the fancy special EFX.
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Great. My machine only has 1GIG of RAM. You say "plenty" which is good news,
but on what do you base your statement?
Tks.
-Pete
 
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Pete said:
Great. My machine only has 1GIG of RAM. You say "plenty" which is good
news, but on what do you base your statement?
Tks.
-Pete
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TWO things. First:


(from http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/capable.mspx)
A Windows Vista Capable PC includes at least:

A modern processor (at least 800MHz1).
512 MB of system memory.
A graphics processor that is DirectX 9 capable.

Second:

I have a gig -- it works fine, runs smooth and quick -- **MUCH** more
quickly than Beta2.

Or, to quote an in-joke from a previous job:
"Works good -- lasts a long time."
 
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jwardl said:
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TWO things. First:


(from http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/capable.mspx)
A Windows Vista Capable PC includes at least:

A modern processor (at least 800MHz1).
512 MB of system memory.
A graphics processor that is DirectX 9 capable.

Second:

I have a gig -- it works fine, runs smooth and quick -- **MUCH** more
quickly than Beta2.

Or, to quote an in-joke from a previous job:
"Works good -- lasts a long time."
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Nothing is more true than experience. ONE meg it is then. Tks.
-Pete
 
Yes, Windows XP can be upgraded to Windows Vista if the versions match. You
can't upgrade XP Pro to Vista Home, you can't upgrade XP Pro to Vista Home.

Whether or not you get Aero depends on your video display card, not the RAM
in your computer.

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YET. There is an upgrade option, but it's shadowed out.
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It is NOT shadowed out if you start your installation from within XP.

I upgraded from Windows XP just fine.
I assume you mean one GIG. If so, plenty.
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Personally, I advise 2gig if you want all the features of Aero.
No guarantee though that all your peripherals will work, though. You might
want to run the latest Upgrade Advisor to check on those.

Note that a number of video cards out there will work with Vista, but that
doesn't necessarily mean they'll provide access to the new Aero interface.
Vista runs fine without that -- you just don't get the fancy special EFX.
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You will need a DirectX 9-capable card with a minimum of 128meg
DEDICATED Video Memory to use all the features of Vista Aero.

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Which version of DOS do you mean? :-)
My bad. I did mean Gig.
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We all make a "faux pas" from time to time, Pete. You're definitely
not alone it that.

But the future is rapidly catching up with us, it seems.

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One meg? No way. One gig? It will run. It will be slow, but it will
technically run.
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I'm running RC1 on my home PC with 1GB of RAM, and it's perfectly
acceptable. I would say it's equally as fast as XP, perhaps even faster
with a 1GB ReadyBoost USB drive that i just added :)
 
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